Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Sunday submitted an official Letter of Request (LOR) to the US and to Lockheed Martin for the purchase of a third squadron of 25 F-35 aircraft, which will eventually bring Israel’s total complement to 75 aircraft.
Israeli ministers met on Sunday morning to discuss the government’s response to the previous day’s violent riots in Tel Aviv between rival Eritrean factions.
The head of the Hezbollah terror group hosted senior officials from the Palestinian Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror groups in Lebanon over the weekend, with the goal of unifying their efforts to attack the State of Israel.
A delegation of top American officials is slated to travel to Riyadh this week to meet with Saudi counterparts in order to discuss a potential normalization agreement between the Gulf kingdom and Israel, a US official and a Palestinian official told The Times of Israel on Sunday.
The Israeli Defense Ministry has unveiled a new surveillance aircraft that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) systems in what officials are calling a groundbreaking development for technology.
Test results on a small lead amulet found in an archeological project linked to Joshua’s Altar on Mount Ebal, named after the Biblical leader has confirmed that it contains the oldest known proto-Hebraic inscription of the divine name “Yahweh” (in Hebrew יְהוָה ), sources tell Worthy News.
Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has warned United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that Iran is encouraging Hezbollah, its proxy in Lebanon, to attack Israel’s northern border, CBN News reports. Iran’s Islamic fundamentalist regime and the Hezbollah Lebanese terrorist organization are political and military allies, and sworn enemies of Israel.
Iran’s Foreign Minister has threatened Israel with retaliation following an airstrike Monday on Syria’s international airport in Aleppo, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. The Iranian Islamic fundamentalist regime has been a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar Assad since civil war broke out in Syria in 2011.
Saudi Arabia is prepared to pay the Palestinian Authority (PA) to gain its acquiescence to Riyadh’s normalization of relations with Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
Israel and the United States are set to hold a series of joint military exercises in the coming months.
Less than two days after Aleppo International Airport was shuttered when its runway was damaged in an airstrike attributed to Israel, Syria’s Transportation Ministry announced Tuesday evening it would reopen overnight.
Papua New Guinea and Sierra Leone have announced they will be opening embassies in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, CBN News reports.
Israeli archaeologists have uncovered a 300-meter-long (984-foot) stretch of an ancient aqueduct that served Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced Monday.
The official Syrian SANA news broadcaster reported Monday morning that Israel carried out an airstrike on the airport in Aleppo, causing heavy damage and putting it out of service. An hour after the attack was reported, the Civil Aviation Authority of Syria issued a notice to the pilots that the only runway at the airport in Aleppo was closed for repair work in the wake of the attack.
Amid consternation about a recent spate of visa denials for international Christian clergy, Israeli government officials are discussing new visa provisions for the permanent staff of evangelical organizations, including the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem (ICEJ), Bridges for Peace, and Christians United for Israel, the Christian Post (CP) reports.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to threats of an escalation over the weekend from a Hamas leader, saying anyone carrying out terrorist activity “will pay the full price.”
Israel will have partial laser defenses by this time next year, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems chairman Yuval Steinitz told Army Radio on Sunday.
The Biden administration told the Israeli government last week that it would have to make considerable concessions to the Palestinians if a U.S.-brokered deal with Saudi Arabia is to succeed.
Israel and Saudi Arabia might establish diplomatic ties as early as “early next year,” a senior Israeli official told Ynet Wednesday night on condition of anonymity, after “progress has been made” in talks between the Saudis and the United States.
Archaeologists in Israel have found a blood-red combat arena at Legio, a massive military base that housed Rome’s “ironclad” legion in the second century.