Top Israeli officers believe that combat in Hamas's tunnels will provide precious intel about the group's leaders and the Israeli hostages it is still holding

The United States needs an accomplishment – like the release of Israeli hostages – but it is running out of patience with Netanyahu's policies ■ Iran has yet to pay the price for its regional agitation and Washington is trying to avoid further escalation ■ Hezbollah is preparing for an imminent and broad conflict with the IDF

Far-right ministers Smotrich and Ben-Gvir share a common goal: to push centrist Gantz out of the war cabinet and demand his seat. Right now, everything seems to be working in their favor

The deal's first stage is said to include the release of about 35 Israeli hostages in exchange for a six-week break in the fighting, and the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails

For Israel's extremists, nothing is off-limits when it comes to Gaza – fighting the delivery of humanitarian aid, re-establishing Jewish settlements, human decency. But it would be a mistake to dismiss them as a fringe movement

Authorities believe the shooting is related to a feud the extended family of the victim is involved in. The principal's brother, Hussam, was murdered last July at the age of 45

The Shin Bet security service requested Chaim Pearlman, who remains the main suspect of an unsolved series of Jerusalem stabbings in 1998, be released from his reserve duty. The IDF says it wasn't aware of the case when Pearlman enlisted

The band members – who fear Russia is behind their arrest due to their public opposition to the war in Ukraine – refused to meet the Russian consul in Thailand who visited their detention center, and their release was cancelled