Military says woman pulled out knife as soldiers approached her and charged at them; troops open fire toward her lower body, lightly wounding her; no injuries reported among Israeli soldiers

No place in Israel has been hit harder by Palestinian rockets than Sderot; although Gaza border city enjoys economic revival, generation of children and parents suffer from trauma that experts struggling to understand

Following cross-border salvo between Israel and Hezbollah, Patriarch Bechara Boutros Al-Rai slammed the Iranian proxy, saying no group should decide on war and peace, urging the army to halt missile fire from the south

Top Israeli diplomat - whose trip is the first by an Israeli minister since 2003 - will head delegation of lawmakers and officials who will meet with Moroccan counterparts and inaugurate Liaison Office in capital of Rabat

Issawi Freij says Iran is not a problem for Israel and Saudi Arabia alone and requires a global solution; says the Ministry for Regional Cooperation set to put Paris Protocol, part of Oslo Accords dealing with economic relations with Palestinians, into effect