Pope Francis recalls his meeting with mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin: Her humanity struck me. I accompany her at this time.

Conditions in northern Israel now allow for a buffer zone to be created in southern Lebanon, reports quote Major General Ori Gordin, commander of IDF's Northern Command, as saying.

Several prominent columnists resign from world's oldest Jewish newspaper following allegations it published articles written by former IDF soldier about the Gaza conflict, based on “wild fabrications”.

<p>Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, criticized the Palestinian Authority (PA) after it accused the IDF of "killing Palestinian teenagers".</p><p>"The Palestinians are continuing their campaign of lies against the IDF and Israel — and, this time, the Palestinian delegation to the UN is lying, as well, with a false tweet accusing Israel of killing 'Palestinian teenagers' in the 'Palestinian territories.' But just as these Palestinians revealed themselves, these were not innocent teenagers. They were terrorists," said Danon.</p><p>"This is just one example of the many lies the Palestinians spread against Israel. However, we will not be silent, and we will continue to expose the lies and fight for the truth," he added.</p>

<p>Two launches were detected from Lebanon following the sirens that were sounded in the Upper Galilee overnight Sunday.</p><p>The rockets exploded in an open area. There were no injuries or damages.</p>

Large bags of fake ten-shekel coins were found during the arrests.

Report of terror incident near Mevo'ot Yeriho

Jewish teen beaten by group of men after responding in the affirmative to a question regarding his Jewishness; police call for witnesses to come forward.