Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
With almost all votes in, Netanyahu-led right wins decisively
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu clinched a clear electoral victory Wednesday morning, with some 97 percent of votes showing his Likud party tied with Blue and White, but the right-wing bloc with a decisive lead and Netanyahu possessing a…
Results all but final, jostling for coalition spots begins
Posted on Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Headed toward his largest-ever election victory as leader of the Likud party, and with the Knesset’s right-wing bloc holding a clear lead, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was widely seen Wednesday morning as having secured a fifth term in…
Islamic Jihad planning large Gaza attack to derail ceasefire talks
Posted on Tuesday, April 2, 2019
Israeli defense officials on Monday warned that the Palestinian Islamic Jihad appeared to be planning to conduct a large-scale terror attack on the Gaza border in order to derail ongoing cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas, according to…
Arab leaders to seek U.N. Security Council resolution on Golan
Posted on Monday, April 1, 2019
Arab leaders said on Sunday they would seek a U.N. Security Council resolution against the U.S. decision to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and promised to support Palestinians in their bid for statehood.
Barrage of rockets hits southern Israel but Gaza crossings reopen
Posted on Monday, April 1, 2019
Militants fired five rockets from Gaza into Israel early Sunday, the Israeli military said, following a day of Palestinian mass protests along the Israel-Gaza perimeter fence. Despite the rocket fire, the Kerem Shalom and Erez border crossings -…
Netanyahu: Israel’s preparing for a broad campaign in Gaza
Posted on Friday, March 29, 2019
Israel prepared for a broad military campaign in Gaza Thursday, as Egypt worked behind the scenes to ensure that Palestinians marking the one year anniversary of the Great March of Return this weekend do not spark a new…
Gaza rockets, Israeli airstrikes resume overnight after tense lull
Posted on Wednesday, March 27, 2019
The cross-border fighting between Israel and Hamas, which resumed late Tuesday evening, continued into early Wednesday, with Israeli military striking several Hamas military positions in Gaza, while air-raid sirens sounded in southern Israeli communities.
IDF sends infantry and armored brigades to reinforce Gaza division
Posted on Monday, March 25, 2019
Israel has deployed two infantry and armored divisions to southern Israel and has begun a limited call up for reservists in the intelligence and air defense corps following rocket fire on central Israel Monday morning, the IDF said.
