PM's office, quoting Israeli security sources, claims Teddy Sagi was not the target of the plot, which local reports say included the assassination of five Israeli businessmen working out of the same office building in Nicosia

Analysis: Coalition members brace themselves as Knesset goes into its winter session, and with six whole months of uninterrupted legislative work, lawmakers are bound to find themselves on a collision course on almost every issue

Baku launches statement after Iran made claims about its sworn enemy as Tehran's army launched drills at the countries' border, further raising tensions between the neighbors

Health Minister Horowitz says his Meretz party's role in gov't is to 'keep two-state solution alive'; Abbas invites all other coalition members to Ramallah; Interior Minister Shaked flatly rejects, stresses she will not meet with 'Holocaust denier'

Peres Center for Peace and Innovation releases exclusive footage of former president's final speech, made shortly before suffering a fatal stroke; memorial service held at Mount Herzel National Cemetery, attended by PM Bennett and President Herzog

Speaking at stormy opening of Knesset's winter session, Bennett directs scathing criticism against previous governments which prompted opposition legislators to angrily heckle him

Tehran's mission to Mediterranean island nation denies accusations voiced by a Bennett spokesperson alleging Islamic Republic ordered hit on Israeli businesspeople