Netanyahu earns slender victory in Israel polls

Israel's hawkish Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday won a narrow victory at the polls with his position seemingly secure for the time being but the stunning results have seen his right-wing bloc's strength severely diminished.

Israel goes to polls, set to re-elect Netanyahu

Israelis voted on Tuesday in an election that is expected to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu win a third term in office, pushing the Jewish state further to the right, away from peace with the Palestinians and towards a showdown with Iran.

Blast in Tel Aviv injures ten

At least 10 people were injured in an explosion on a bus near the defence ministry in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Israel's emergency services said,

Israel escalates Gaza bombing, Palestinian civilian death toll mounts

Israeli aircraft struck crowded areas in the Gaza Strip on Monday, driving up the civilian death toll and in one case devastating several homes belonging to one clan — the fallout from a new tactic in Israel's six-day-old offensive meant to quell Hamas rocket fire on Israel.

Israel preparing to attack Iran: Report

Israel is preparing for a ground attack on Iran before Christmas, after conducting commando dry runs in the Iraq desert, a media report said. Top military officials in Tel Aviv believe they have until the end of the year to strike at Iran's nuclear programme,

Israel hands over bodies of 91 Palestinian militants

Israel on Thursday handed over the remains of 91 Palestinians killed during anti-Israeli attacks, some of whom died more than 40 years ago, officials on both sides said.

Israel welcomes new talks with Iran

A top adviser to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has cautiously welcomed an upcoming round of talks between six world powers and Iran over its suspect nuclear program. Netanyahu's security adviser Yaakov Amidror said Wednesday that

Embassy car bombing: India has 'considerable evidence' against Iran, says Israel

Indian intelligence agencies have "considerable evidence" of Iran's involvement in the February 13 attack on an Israeli diplomat but are not releasing it in a bid to avoid public confrontation with Tehran, a top Israeli security official has claimed.

Gunmen kill 7 in Israel in attack near Egypt border

Gunmen killed seven people in southern Israel on Thursday in three attacks along the Egyptian border, drawing Israeli accusations that militants from Gaza were responsible and that Cairo's new rulers were losing their grip on a porous frontier.

Conflict between India, Pakistan not religious: Israel

Israel today said differences between India and Pakistan have nothing to do with religion and these are mainly political in nature.
"The conflict between India and Pakistan is not religious, it is political. Differences of opinion on political issues is there between the two countries. It is not the conflict between Hindus and Muslims," Israel's ambassador to India Mark Sofer said.

Israel warns of Hezbollah threat

Israeli army 'releases Hezbollah video' Israel's president says Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a "powder keg", after an explosion at a member of the group's house near Tyre on Monday. Shimon Peres said the Shia Islamist group was preventing the country making peace with Israel and possibly becoming "the Switzerland of the Middle East". Earlier, Israel's army released a video purportedly showing munitions being removed from the house after the blast. Both Hezbollah and the Lebanese army have said one person was wounded. The army and UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon are investigating whether the building might have been used to store weapons in violation of UN Resolution 1701, which ended the war between Israel and Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. Israel said it had proof munitions were removed from the house after the blast More than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, were killed during the 34-day conflict, as well as 160 Israelis, most of whom were soldiers. Residents of the village of Tayr Filsi, which lies on the southern bank of Litani River, say Hezbollah member Abdel Nasser Issa had found a rocket near his home on Monday and was trying to dismantle in his garage when it blew up. But on Tuesday evening, the Israeli army released video taken by a drone which it said showed several rockets being removed from Mr Issa's home after the blast. "Hezbollah has turned Lebanon into a powder keg," Mr Peres said. "It's not Israel that is endangering Lebanon, but rather Hezbollah, just as Hamas is endangering the Palestinians." "There is no reason for Israel not to make peace with Lebanon," he stated, adding that Israel's neighbour "could be, with the help of this peace, the Switzerland of the Middle East". "But it's clear to everyone who is preventing this." Hezbollah MP Hussein Haj Hassan told the Associated Press that Israel was exaggerating the incident "for political interests".