Apr 10, 2020, at 10:43 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Hours after Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Narendra Modi for sending hydroxychloroquine medicine, which is being considered as a possible cure for Covid-19, the Indian PM on Friday said both the nations need to fight the disease together.
Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Israel rise to 304
Mar 17, 2020, at 04:47 pm
Tel Aviv, Mar 17 (Xinhua) The number of confirmed novel coronavirus cases in Israel has risen to 304, the Israeli Ministry of Health said on Tuesday.
Israel Prez receives official election results
Mar 11, 2020, at 06:55 pm
Jerusalem/UNI: Israel President Reuven Rivlin issued a call for a unity government after the official results of the March 2 elections were submitted to him on Wednesday.
Israel introduces mandatory quarantine for all those coming from abroad
Mar 10, 2020, at 10:34 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday the introduction of mandatory quarantine for everyone arriving from abroad amid coronavirus fears.
Feb 29, 2020, at 11:04 am
New York/IBNS: The United States’ announcement of a new vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, touted as the “Deal of the Century”, is a “mockery”, the Prime Minister of Malaysia told an international conference in Kuala Lumpur on Friday.
Israeli army does not comment on reports about air strike on Syria's positions
Feb 28, 2020, at 12:26 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) does not comment on foreign media reports about an attack by Israeli helicopters on Syrian positions, the IDF said.
Israel to Quarantine 200 South Koreans at military base over coronavirus fears - Reports
Feb 23, 2020, at 08:21 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Two hundred South Korean citizens who have arrived in Israel over the last 24 hours will be quarantined at a military base to prevent a possible spread of the coronavirus disease, the Ynet news agency reported on Sunday.
Feb 15, 2020, at 09:40 am
New York/IBNS: A database of 112 businesses connected to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has been hailed by an independent human rights expert as “an important initial step towards accountability and the end to impunity”.
UN underlines need for dialogue to resolve Israel-Palestine conflict
Feb 12, 2020, at 10:28 am
New York/IBNS: Rising tensions and instability across the globe, particularly in the Middle East, underscore the need to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Resolving Israel-Palestinian conflict, ‘key to sustainable peace’ in the Middle East: Guterres
Feb 05, 2020, at 10:07 am
New York/IBNS: Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “key to sustainable peace in the Middle East”, the UN chief said on Tuesday, maintaining that the lack of any progress only “furthers radicalization across the region”.
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IDF says another rocket fired from gaza as anger against Trump's deal mounts
Feb 02, 2020, at 10:37 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that another rocket had been fired from Gaza toward Israel amid the Arab world's mounting anger against the US' Middle East peace plan.
Israel officially allows citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia: Reports
Jan 26, 2020, at 09:22 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israel’s Interior minister Arye Deri has signed a directive earlier this week allowing Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time in its history, media reported Sunday.
Israeli troops open fire on three suspects trying to cross border fence – IDF Statement
Jan 22, 2020, at 10:34 am
Telaviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli troops on Tuesday opened fire and hit three suspects who were spotted attempting to cross the border from the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
Netanyahu hails US for killing Iranian commander
Jan 05, 2020, at 08:10 pm
Jerusalam/Xinhua/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised on Sunday the United States for killing Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps.
Israel/Palestine war crimes probe ‘momentous step forward’, says UN rights expert
Jan 01, 2020, at 09:06 am
New York/IBNS: An independent UN human rights expert hailed on Tuesday, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to consider a formal criminal investigation into allegations of war crimes in Palestine as a "momentous step forward in the quest for accountability" in the five-decade-long Israeli occupation.
At least 30 Palestinians injured in anti-Israel protest in eastern Gaza
Dec 21, 2019, at 07:19 am
Gaza/Xinhua/UNI: At least 30 Palestinian demonstrators were injured on Friday during clashes with Israeli soldiers stationed on the border between the eastern Gaza Strip and Israel.
Only ‘concrete action’ will stop fraying of Israel-Palestine peace prospects
Dec 19, 2019, at 09:38 am
New York/IBNS: Obstacles to any lasting deal between Israel and Palestine continue to mount, the UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told Security Council members on Wednesday, and only “concrete action” towards a two-State solution will change that dynamic.
Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza in response to rockets' firing: military
Dec 08, 2019, at 07:16 pm
Jerusalem/Xinhua/UNI: Israel's military said on Sunday that it had carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, hours after three rockets were fired by militants in the besieged enclave.
Twenty-six Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli forces in West Bank - Red Crescent
Nov 27, 2019, at 05:08 pm
Gaza/Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Twenty-six Palestinians were injured in the early hours of Wednesday during clashes with the Israeli armed forces near Joseph’s Tomb, located on the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Palestine Red Crescent’s spokeswoman, Erab Al Fuqaha said.
Netanyahu says Israel developing anti-drone technology in wake of recent launch from Gaza
Nov 25, 2019, at 10:18 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israel is working on new technology to fend off the growing threat of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday in the wake of a reported drone launch from the Gaza Strip.
Benjamin Netanyahu calls on all countries to apply more pressure on Iran, support Israel
Nov 24, 2019, at 09:44 pm
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on all countries that want to achieve peace in the region to apply pressure on Iran and to support Israel in its efforts in countering Iran’s regional influence.
Israel’s Netanyahu charged with bribery, fraud, breach of trust - Reports
Nov 22, 2019, at 10:21 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli chief prosecutor Avichai Mandelblit on Thursday indicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, media reported.
Israeli Air Defense intercepts 4 'launches' from Syria: Army
Nov 19, 2019, at 10:07 am
Tel Aviv/Sputnik/UNI: Israeli air defense systems intercepted four unspecified launches from Syria against the north of the country, Israeli Defense Forces said Tuesday.
Israel launches energy efficiency plan in factories, municipalities
Nov 18, 2019, at 05:28 pm
Jerusalem/Xinhua/UNI: Israel has launched a plan to streamline energy consumption and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Ministries of Economy, Energy and Environmental Protection announced on Monday.
Islamic Jihad group says 5 militants killed in clashes with Israel over 24 hours
Nov 13, 2019, at 06:06 pm
Gaza/Sputnik/UNI: Gaza-based Palestinian militants group Islamic Jihad (PIJ) said on Wednesday that five of its militants had been killed over the past 24 hours during an armed confrontation with Israeli forces.
Death toll from Israeli air strikes near Gaza strip rises to 10 - Health Ministry
Nov 13, 2019, at 10:17 am
Gaza/Sputnik/UNI: The death toll from Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip has grown to 10, the spokeswoman for the enclave's Health Ministry, Wafaa Yagi, told Sputnik on Tuesday.
Israeli Forces' strike kills commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad Group in Gaza
Nov 12, 2019, at 04:47 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Two people, including the commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, Baha Abu Al Ata, were killed as a result of an Israeli strike at his home, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Oct 29, 2019, at 09:19 am
New York/IBNS: Pervasive deteriorating facts on the ground in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, “are pushing us every further” from achieving a viable two-State solution, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Monday.
Decisive international action needed to end Israeli occupation: UN rights expert
Oct 24, 2019, at 08:26 am
New York/IBNS: The international community has a responsibility and legal obligation to compel Israel to end its 52 year-long “occu-annexation” of Palestinian territory and remove barriers preventing Palestinian self-determination, a UN independent human rights expert told the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians in raids across West Bank - Reports
Oct 22, 2019, at 05:17 pm
Moscow, Oct 22 (Sputnik/UNI) Israeli forces on Tuesday detained 14 Palestinians in raids across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, media reported, citing the Palestinian Prisoner Society.