ISRAEL: Israel signals support for a Gaza cease-fire proposal, Egyptian sources say ■ LEBANON: France's Macron, alongside Lebanon's president, calls IDF Beirut strikes 'unacceptable' as Hezbollah denies it's behind rocket fire ■ YEMEN: Houthis say they attacked U.S. aircraft; U.S. reportedly struck Houthi targets

'The secret to Israel's existence is refusing to give up,' says Muki Tzur, renowned historian of the kibbutzim. He has a grave warning for Israelis if the hostages aren't released: 'failure would affect every facet of our lives'

Legal experts who spoke with Haaretz were unanimous that the High Court will have to interfere once more to preserve democracy and overturn for the second time an amendment to a basic law advanced by the Netanyahu government

Resignation comes after Trump pulled $400m in federal funding and the university announced changes to its management of protests, including a ban on masks and demonstrations inside buildings

In case after case, human rights lawyer Michael Sfard is witnessing the weakening of the court, which, while striving to uphold liberal values in the past, has also helped to entrench the occupation. The mounting apartheid in the West Bank, the resurgent regime coup and the efforts to incapacitate civil society while a war is raging – these are all interconnected, he says

Before launching effective opposition to the abandonment of the hostages and the eradication of Israeli democracy, we must first answer five simple questions: what, who, when, how and where

This week at Ben-Gurion Airport: A baby takes his first vacation, and an Israeli expat living in Turkey reunites with her sister

The military-led government said that 1,002 people have been found dead, while over 2,300 are injured and dozens missing