IAA says 160 passengers aboard Turkish Airlines subsidiary Anadolu Jet's flight were forced to return to a terminal at Ben Gurion Airport after some received a picture of Istanbul-bound plane that crashed at take-off in 2009, killing 9 people

Party awaits Shura council decision whether to support government in critical vote to dissolve Knesset after Bennett claimed decisions on Muslim holy site is his to make; opposition says government dependent on Muslim Arab body can not continue to rule

Drug worth millions discovered in case of mentally disabled passenger held in custody despite family claims he could not even travel to France on his own and had no money to fund smuggling

Recent security tensions, which have so far claimed the lives of 18 Israelis, have once again reignited the fiery discussion on the need for capital punishment, which in Israel has only been imposed twice, but thus far not against terrorists

Ukrainian military says Russian forces recently fired at the Black Sea port city at least seven missiles, which injured and killed several civilians; authorities add bodies of 44 civilians uncovered near the besieged city of Kharkiv

Yoram Katsav, brother of Moshe Katsav who served 5 years in prison for rape, arrested alongside 21 others suspected of taking part in widespread criminal activity, which saw gangs take over businesses via extortion to launder nearly half a billion shekels

Mohammad El Halabi, head of Gaza operations for relief group World Vision, was arrested in June 2016 claims his innocence ever since; the unusually long trial leaves a 'negative effect on children and their families in Gaza'