Israel will send a team to participate in an investigation into the blast outside its embassy in New Delhi on Friday, Sputnik reported citing sources. Sources told Sputnik that the decision was made after India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval spoke to his Israeli counterpart Meir Ben-Shabbat while updating the situation and the ongoing investigation into the minor […]
Iran accuses Israel, US in assassination of nuclear scientist
Iran accused Israel and the US of being behind the assassination of one of its top nuclear scientists on Friday and vowed revenge, sharply escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf in the final weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was the head of research and innovation at Iran’s Ministry […]
Israel and UAE to announce partnership to combat Covid: Israeli PM Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that his government and the United Arab Emirates will soon announce a partnership in the fight against the coronavirus. The deal, which the UAE later said involved two private companies, comes despite recent warnings from UAE officials that Israel’s planned annexation of parts […]
Mike Pompeo in Israel for West Bank annexation talks amid Covid-19 lockdown
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was in Israel on Wednesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his new governing partner for talks that were expected to address Israel’s plans to annex parts of the West Bank. Pompeo landed in Tel Aviv early in the morning and proceeded directly […]
Israel airstrikes target Iran-linked military base in Syria
Syrian air defences on Sunday night opened fire in response to missiles being fired from inside Israel, the state media reported. Without divulging further details in the matter, the Syrian state TV, however, quoted residents in Damascus as saying that explosions could be heard near the capital. There were no […]
Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander, rockets rain from Gaza
Israel killed a top commander from the Iranian-backed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad on Tuesday in the Gaza Strip, drawing day-long rocket salvoes in the worst cross-border fighting in months. The rare targeted strike which killed Islamic Jihad’s Baha Abu Al-Atta in Gaza came as Syrian state media said a […]
Israeli army says intercepts 7 rockets fired from Gaza
The Israeli army said that the country’s Iron Dome anti-missile defence system had intercepted seven rockets fired on Friday evening from the Gaza Strip. “Seven rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza. The Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepted them all,” the Israeli military said on Twitter. The army had […]
Israel approves extradition of alleged Russian ‘hacker’ to US
Israel’s justice minister Wednesday approved the extradition of a Russian alleged hacker to the United States, where he is wanted for fraud. “After thorough discussions these last few weeks with various parties, including political and judicial actors” Alexei Bourkov is to be extradited, Justice Minister Amir Ohana said in a […]