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The latest news, updates, and features on the State of Israel, a country in the Middle East. Running alongside the Mediterranean Sea, the country borders Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Lebanon, as well as the Gaza Strip and West Bank Palestinian territories.

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Soccer - International Friendly - Israel v Honduras

Ex-Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal star caught in terrifying grenade attack

Football 1 day ago By Tom Olver

GAZA CITY, GAZA - APRIL 5: Palestinians sheltering in a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) in Jabalia Refugee Camp, north of Gaza City, are viewed struggling to survive without basic humanitarian needs, in Gaza City, Gaza on April 5, 2025. (Photo by Abdalhkem Abu Riash/Anadolu via Getty Images)

British citizens accused of committing 'shocking and inhumane' war crimes in Gaza

UK 2 days ago By Gergana Krasteva

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed

Furious row among parties after British MPs detained in Israel and deported

UK 3 days ago By Gergana Krasteva

This frame grab from a video released by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, taken with a phone by one of the 15 Palestinians medics killed, shows Red Crescent emergency vehicles, their lights and sirens flashing and their logos clearly visible, seconds before they came under a barrage of gunfire from Israeli army soldiers in Tel al-Sultan, a district of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, early Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Palestinian Red Crescent Society via AP)

Israel admits mistakes over killing of 15 rescue workers in Gaza

World 3 days ago By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Iranian commanders visit an underground "missile city"

Iran unveils secret underground city armed with thousands of missiles

World March 26, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

A Palestinian child rides a tricycle infront of a rubble of houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 13, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled

Israel fired at a Red Cross building in Gaza 'by mistake'

World March 24, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - MARCH 18: A view of destruction as the Palestinians lost their houses at the Nuseirat Refugee Camp after an Israeli attack, breaking the ceasefire on March 18, 2025 in Khan Yunis, Gaza. At least 190 Palestinians, including children, killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip. (Photo by Doaa Albaz/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel launches 'extensive' strikes on Gaza with 'at least 413 killed'

World March 18, 2025 By Katie Boyden

KHAN YUNIS, GAZA - MARCH 02: Displaced Palestinians staying in makeshift tents in the al-Mawasi area are trying to meet their daily needs by filling water jerry cans with water distributed by tankers in Khan Yunis, Gaza on March 02, 2025. (Photo by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Drinking water may run out after Israel cuts energy to Gaza

World March 10, 2025 By Danny Rigg

Creator of Trump's Gaza video says AI should be banned in politics

World March 9, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

Trump warns Hamas 'you are dead' if it doesn't release hostages

US March 6, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Israel's representative to the Eurovision Song Contest, Yuval Raphael, a survivor of the deadly October 7 2023 attack by Hamas on the Nova festival in Israel's south, holds an Israeli flag in this handout photo obtained by Reuters on January 23, 2025. Courtesy of The Rising Star, Channel Keshet 12/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

Israeli survivor of Hamas attack to sing New Day Will Rise at Eurovision

TV March 4, 2025 By Meghna Amin

No Other Land

'Urgent and impactful' documentary released for free in UK after it wins Oscar

Film March 3, 2025 By Pierra Willix

RAFAH, GAZA - MARCH 02: Trucks and tankers, used to transport humanitarian aid, return empty to Gaza City through the Kerem Abu Salim border crossing in Rafah, where the aid was not allowed to pass in Gaza on March 02, 2025. Israel halted the flow of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after the end of the first phase of the ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement in Gaza. (Photo by Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Israel announces it will stop all goods and supplies from entering Gaza

World March 2, 2025 By Craig Munro

Police officers are seen outside the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, January 31, 2024. A hand grenade was found near the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, Sweden on Wednesday, the explosive device was destroyed by the National Bomb Squad. (Photo by Henrik MONTGOMERY / TT News Agency / AFP) / Sweden OUT (Photo by HENRIK MONTGOMERY/TT News Agency/AFP via Getty Images)

Three people arrested near Israeli embassy after 'attack plot'

World February 21, 2025 By Luke Alsford

Stormzy and a McDonalds meal

Stormzy responds to backlash over deleted pro-Palestine post

Showbiz February 23, 2025 By Laura Harman

Bibas brothers with their mother Shiras who were captured in the October 7 attack.

Hamas accused murdering young Bibas brothers 'with their bare hands'

World February 21, 2025 By Sarah Hooper

‘Incredibly frail’ hostages sob hugging family 491 days after Hamas kidnapping

World February 8, 2025 By Sara Odeen-Isbister

Creepy gift Netanyahu gave Donald Trump alluding to deadly Israeli operation

US February 7, 2025 By Jessica Kwong

Hacker WhatsApp.

WhatsApp sends messages warning people across multiple countries they've been hacked

Tech February 6, 2025 By Jasper King

GAZA CITY, GAZA - Palestinians continue to return back to their homes

Could Donald Trump's plan to build a Riviera in Gaza spark conflict in the Middle East?

World February 5, 2025 By Gergana Krasteva

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