Israel will reopen its only goods crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday if calm is maintained, after having prevented most deliveries since July 9 over border tensions, the defence ministry said Tuesday. "Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman this afternoon held a situation assessment"...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a secret summit with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt in May to discuss a long-term ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Israel's Channel Ten News said Monday. A spokesman for Netanyahu declined to comment on the report and there...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday demanded a "total" ceasefire from Gaza's Hamas rulers in his first public comments on another deadly flare-up between the two sides. There have been efforts by U.N. officials and Egypt to secure a long-term truce between Israel and Hamas,...

The Israeli military says it bombarded a rocket launcher in Syria in response to two missiles that fell into the Sea of Galilee. The army said in a statement late on Wednesday that the area surrounding the rocket launcher was targeted by Israeli artillery. The rockets appeared...