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

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

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