Israel said it has launched an airstrike on a Hamas militant in southern Gaza in retaliation for an attack earlier in the day that wounded five Israeli soldiers.

Hospitals in Gaza said at least 21 Palestinians were killed in Israeli strikes Wednesday on both sides of the yellow line established in last month’s ceasefire. The boundary splits the enclave in two, leaving the border zone under Israeli military control while the area beyond it is meant to serve as a safe zone.

What began as Israel’s survival instinct has become a global security asset, with nations far from the Middle East now safer because of technologies born in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. Opinion.

A series of attacks show how Israel has expanded its reach in the region.

Israel began releasing nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners on Monday as part of the hostage exchange deal with Hamas — including some convicted for murder and terrorism. The first wave of prisoners arrived in the West Bank and Gaza soon after Hamas ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) — The remains of four more deceased hostages arrived in Israel on Tuesday evening. This latest transfer comes just as new aid cuts for Gaza are set to take effect, it happened not long after president trump expressed frustration over the ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Until last week, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was the Israeli army’s top lawyer. Now she is behind bars and at the center of a scandal rocking the country after a bizarre sequence of events that included her abrupt resignation, a ...

Israel is preparing to deploy the world’s first operational laser defense system, the Iron Beam. Learn how this breakthrough weapon can shoot down drones and rockets at ultra-low cost after successful tests.