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Thu: Tel Aviv 35 Index up 1.9% in October
The main indices on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange rose today. The Tel Aviv 35 Index rose 0.41%, to 3,273.43 points, and the Tel Aviv 125 Index rose 0.27%, to 3,338.77 points. The BlueTech Global Index fell 0.44%, to 592.10 points. The TelBond 60...
Israel Renews Strikes in Gaza Following Ceasefire Pledge Amid Rising Tensions
Israeli airstrikes and tank fire targeted parts of Gaza on Thursday, testing the limits of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire just one day after Israel reaffirmed its commitment to the fragile truce. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom Israeli forces launched new...
Israel continues to violate Gaza cease-fire with renewed attacks
Israel continued to violate the Gaza cease-fire Thursday when planes and tanks pounded eastern parts of the territory, residents and witnesses confirmed. The attacks come a day after Israel claimed it remained committed to a U.S.-backed...
Israeli settlers burn Palestinian vehicles amid West Bank raids
Illegal Israeli settlers burned two vehicles belonging to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank amid an escalation of settler violence, a rights group said. The Bedouin rights group al-Baidar said the two vehicles were set on fire by illegal...
Israel using water as quiet weapon to dominate Persian Gulf: Report
A new investigative report has uncovered that Israel is using desalination and water technology projects as covert instruments to normalize relations and expand its strategic foothold in the Persian Gulf. The findings by The Cradle suggest that...
Israel to Deport Activists Who Joined West Bank Olive Harvest in Solidarity with Palestinians
Israeli forces have intensified raids across the occupied West Bank, storming villages near Jenin and Ramallah. Separately, Israeli settlers stormed a Bedouin village east of Jerusalem, destroying Palestinian property and blocking roads. In...
Israel’s military says ceasefire back on after its overnight strikes in Gaza kill 104
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israel's military said Wednesday that the ceasefire was back on in Gaza after it carried out heavy airstrikes overnight across the Palestinian territory that killed 104 people, including 66 women and children,...
Israel demanded Google, Amazon use secret code to bypass legal obligations, investigation reveals
Tech giants Google and Amazon agreed to use a secret code to evade legal obligations in countries around the world to serve Israeli interests, a report by The Guardian has revealed. The joint investigation, conducted with Israeli-Palestinian...
Israel's Gaza attacks strike at Donald Trump's reputation as a peacemaker
The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, which never fully came into effect, is now hanging by a thread. Among the many casualties of renewed fighting, especially if it spirals back into full-blown warfare, will be the claims and...
Israel’s engagement with Africa
In July 2021 Israel was granted observer status at the African Union ((AU), a major move that followed two past failed attempts in the 2010s.This diplomatic victory for the Jewish State remained the object of fierce dispute among member states....
Israel’s ultra-Orthodox rally against army draft as politician says ‘everyone will enlist’
Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis held a mass prayer rally in Jerusalem on Thursday protesting the arrests of yeshiva religious seminary student draft dodgers who refused to serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The rally,...
Israel's attacks in Palestine normalize global atrocities: UN rapporteur
ISTANBUL Israel's attacks in Palestine have normalized atrocities worldwide, according to a UN expert on Thursday. "What happens in Palestine does not stay in Palestine," UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Reem Alsalem said during a...
Israel recibe lo que Hamas afirma que son los restos de dos de los rehenes fallecidos
Por Mohammad Al Sawalhi y Oren Liebermann, CNN Israel ha recibido los restos de dos rehenes fallecidos que se encontraban retenidos en Gaza, según informó Hamas. Los restos fueron trasladados a Israel a través de la Cruz Roja y serán llevados al...
Israel's West Bank annexation law threatens escalation: Russia
Russia on Thursday expressed hope that Israel’s bill to extend sovereignty over the West Bank would not be passed, warning it could trigger a major escalation. Speaking at a press briefing in Moscow, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria...
Israel erects nearly 1,000 barriers in West Bank during Gaza War
Since Israel's war on Gaza began more than two years ago, Israel has erected nearly 1,000 barriers in cities and towns in the occupied West Bank, further stifling movement for Palestinians and hindering daily lives, a local government body says....
Israeli envoy calls UN advisor Albanese ‘a witch’
United Nations: Tensions flared at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday, October 28, when Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, labelled Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in the occupied...
Israeli forces arrest 15 Palestinians in West Bank
Ramallah – Saba: Israeli forces arrested 15 Palestinians, including former prisoners, a journalist, and a woman, in a series of raids across the occupied West Bank early Thursday morning. The Palestinian news agency "Sanad" reported that Israeli...
Israeli forces raid al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas, several areas in Bethlehem
Israeli forces raid al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas, several areas in Bethlehem Tubas / Bethlehem – Saba: Israeli forces raided al-Far'a refugee camp south of Tubas on Thursday, and also raided several areas in Bethlehem in the West Bank at...
Israeli army continues to violate "fragile truce" in Gaza Strip
Gaza – Saba: Israeli enemy forces continued to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, which came into effect on October 10, 2025, carrying out several bombing and gunfire operations and demolishing homes. Palestinian media outlets...
"Jerusalem is the key to a political solution"
Who has a right to the city? Jerusalem, October 2025. (Photo: Picture Alliance/Anadolu | G. Samad) Peace through interdependence? According to Yudith Oppenheimer and Amy Cohen of Israeli NGO Ir Amim, a shared capital city could pave the way for an...