Organizers had hoped that the dozens of boats making up the Global Sumud Flotilla would reach Gaza on Thursday; Israel says flotilla has provocative, not humanitarian aims

Sometimes leaders need to lead, even if it means defying public sentiments today. But Benjamin Netanyahu is using all his rhetorical abilities to sway the Israeli people in favor of war, not peace

Slovenia is the first EU country to ban the Israeli prime minister, but elections could soon reverse course

Police are treating the Manchester incident as a terror attack: Three other victims are reportedly seriously wounded. British Prime Minister Starmer said he would hold an emergency meeting: 'The fact that this has taken place on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar, makes it all the more horrific'

A fractured opposition and rising extremism could return billionaire ex-leader Andrej Babiš to power, and many fear illiberal measures will follow. What his comeback portends for Czech foreign relations – including with Israel – is less clear

Dvora Idan, whose son Tsachi was abducted and later returned dead, and whose granddaughter Maayan was murdered on October 7, says the government 'sealed his fate' by halting a Gaza cease-fire deal. 'Israel was founded to protect its citizens. What went wrong?' she asks

Israeli bombardment reportedly focused on Gaza City and surrounding neighborhoods, with strikes also reported in Zawaida and Al-Muwasi, where a food distribution facility was damaged. Local sources said armored vehicles entered the Nuseirat camp and troops fired on civilians in Daraj and Rafah