Israel's artists are being shunned by the world's cultural community since the war erupted, some are scrapping their own plans for forays abroad, and it's getting tougher to draw foreign artists and performers here. Is Israel becoming Russia 2.0?

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen rejected Haaretz's report that he ordered the issuing of diplomatic passports to influential Likud members, but his ministry's director general made it plain that he was following Cohen's orders

IDF announces deaths of four soldiers ■ Rocket barrages target Tel Aviv, central Israel and northern Israel ■ Syrian opposition claims four killed in Israeli drone strike on vehicle ■ Israel agrees to open Kerem Shalom border crossing for inspection only, senior U.S. official says ■ At least 1,200 civilians and soldiers killed in Israel since Oct. 7; over 138 hostages still held in Gaza ■ Hamas-run health ministry: 17,177 killed, 46,000 wounded

The IDF chief of staff recently boasted of the army's precise munitions and its ability to reduce harm to noncombatants. But the data shows that in the war on Hamas that principle has been abandoned

The six were killed during an exchange of fire with the Israeli army, who were on a military operation of arresting wanted persons in the al-Farah refugee camp. Two of the casualties were wanted persons known to the army

Baruch had been hiding with his brother in their home near the Gaza border when he was taken hostage and his brother and grandmother murdered. ■ IDF: Hamas is responsible for the hostages' wellbeing, is using them for psychological warfare

At least two of the dead suffered violence, evidence shows, against the backdrop of a Knesset decision to worsen Palestinian prisoners' conditions. 'The minister in charge of the prison service encourages vengeful conduct,' a rights group says