Investigators said the suspect, a 26-year-old from Jerusalem, had been in contact with Iranian intelligence officials for several months and carried out various security-related tasks at their direction, such as identifying associates of Knesset members and distressed individuals willing to commit murders for Iran

When Iran retaliated with a strike on Qatari energy assets after Israel targeted the South Pars gas field, an angry Trump was quick to tell out Netanyahu to serve his first attempt at de-escalation

Israel is sinking into a dangerous apathy. Who really cares about what's happening in the West Bank and Gaza Strip? Is the Palestinian issue still a decisive question in Israeli politics? Those demanding Palestinian reform as a condition for change must also look inward, at Israeli society

Amid investigations and conflicts, people close to the prime minister say that the return of Ron Dermer and Yonatan Urich means that experienced hands are back on the wheel. Dermer will likely handle negotiations with Lebanon, while Ulrich is expected to manage the election campaign

Under the cover of the current war, the government is counting on a double success – its continued assault on gatekeepers and avoiding judgment in the court of public opinion for its misdeeds ■ Benny Gantz continues to be vilified ■ And, what stands behind Netanyahu's embrace of Jonathan Urich?

An investigation has been opened into the killing of the 40-year-old man, as officers search for a local resident identified as a suspect, Israel Police said. A man was shot and seriously wounded in a separate incident in Haifa earlier on Thursday