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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...

President Barack Obama and visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting in the White House Monday night, in an attempt to re-launch the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.     The two leaders discussed security cooperation on a...

US efforts to revive the Middle East peace process floundered Tuesday after US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held closed door talks amid signs of friction. The two went into talks after the US renewed its...

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The United Nations Council for Human Rights approved a controversial report Friday which accuses Israel and Hamas of "actions amounting to war crimes, possibly crimes against humanity" during the December-January war in Gaza.

Israel has rejected a move by the Palestinians to gain international recognition for an independent state, saying negotiations are the solution. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said such unilateral moves would unravel past agreements to reach Middle East peace. The Palestinians...