In right-leaning communities and mixed towns, candidates representing Ben-Gvir's party failed to win votes – and the party's mayoral candidates were marginal figures in the race – but, for the first time, the extremist party now has seats on some local councils

In Israel's war with Hamas, Gaza's children have been exposed to unimaginable horrors as their parents, once again, find themselves incapable of protecting them. Many of them weigh suicide

Today, every human being can add two new reasons to end the war. Today, the number of Gazans killed reached 30,000. And Palestinians in northern Gaza fought over aid trucks

Ben-Gvir fumes over report he will not make decision on access to Al-Aqsa in Ramadan ■ Hamas Health Ministry: Four infants killed, seven in critical condition ■ Building in Kiryat Shmona hit by launch from Lebanon ■ Hostages' families march to Jerusalem ■ Biden says he hopes a cease-fire can be agreed upon by next week ■ Sources say Hamas studies Paris truce proposal involving 40-day cease-fire and hostage exchange

'We are operating in the assumption that an Israeli military operation is in the coming months,' a senior Biden administration official said

Haimanot Kassau, who was last seen on Sunday, was not spotted on security camera footage leaving the absorption center where she was last seen. Police are combing the surrounding mountainous terrain, assisted by masses of volunteers

Imam at the Great Mosque in Mecca says worshippers should not let their emotions distract them from their prayers, and that they pray to God instead of expressing demands at the holy site