Police cut wanted fugitive free with power tools after he chained himself inside a house • Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls for “an immediate halt to violence against security forces.”
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Yisrael Beiteinu leader Avigdor Lieberman’s threat to join a Blue and White-led minority government with Arab parties is “highly implausible,” says Likud official.
Israel Security Agency Director Nadav Argaman credits the agency’s success to its people, cutting-edge technology and collaboration with local and global security forces.
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Collapse of Kurdish autonomy in northern Syria is a “negative and dangerous scenario” that would bolster Iran, says Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is poised to enter the Democratic primaries, challenging Bernie Sanders, who is much further to the political left, for the possibility of being the first Jewish president of the US.
In a U.N. General Assembly speech in September, however, Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas didn’t hint of that, saying he would call for “general elections” in the West Bank, Gaza and eastern Jerusalem.
Chinese media reports David’s Sling interceptor that landed intact in Syria after failing to detonate was recovered by Syrian forces and handed over to Russia for study.
Following Israeli strikes in Gaza, Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar says Israel faces “hundreds of thousands” of traps and “hundreds of kilometers” of attack tunnels should it launch a ground operation.
The “clear shift” in Arab countries’ perception of Israel due to the Iran threat “is the way peace will ultimately be achieved,” Israeli prime minister says at the Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem.
One death reported in Gaza due to Israeli strikes • Rocket scores direct hit on a home in Israeli border town, causing damage but no casualties • Iron Dome intercepts 8 of 10 rockets, IDF says.
Hundreds threw rocks, Molotov cocktails and other explosive objects at the security fence and Israel Defense Forces.
No injuries have been reported, and no property was damaged.
