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Hadar Shavit, 39, from the town of Lapid.   Shavit, a veteran pilot, revealed only upon boarding the helicopter that Ran Lapid, a distant relative of his, would be at the helm. Lapid was also killed in the crash. "I...

Medics and other witnesses said two of the air raids struck supply tunnels on the border between the blockaded coastal sliver and Egypt, whereas the strike in the eastern part of Gaza City targeted a weapons manufacturing facility...Gaza continues to...

I hope we see [IDF Staff-Sergeant Gilad Schalit] home soon, along with all other MIAs and fugitives," IDF Chief of General Staff Lt. -Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi said Tuesday, amid reports that a deal to release the soldier, held by Hamas...

Israel and the Palestinians are preparing a prisoner exchanger that could lead to the release of an Israeli soldier who has been held for more than three years In the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of Palestinian militants will be released by...

The brother-in-law of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has called on him to quit rather than agree to release terrorists in exchange for captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit. "Such a deal will lead to a vicious wave of terror," Dr Hagi...

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians , Palestinian medical workers said. An army spokesman said the strikes, which occurred after a rocket fired from the Hamas...

Tens of thousands of Gazans living in tents and damaged homes face a wet, cold and miserable winter as Israel’s blockade of the coastal territory continues to prevent the importation of building and reconstruction material. During the last few weeks Gazans...

J Street executive director Jeremy Ben-Ami denied rumors on Wednesday that the lobbying group is facilitating the Washington tour of Judge Richard Goldstone, who authored the UN Human Rights Council report that accused Israel of war crimes during Operation Cast...

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner met with the parents of captured IDF soldier Gilad Schalit in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Schalit holds dual French-Israeli citizenship. After the meeting, the soldier's mother Aviva said she did not receive any new information.

In the monthly newsletter that the hesder yeshiva Birkat Yosef in the northern West Bank settlement of Elon Moreh sends to its students in the army, a soldier in the Kfir Brigade describes how he and his comrades stopped a...