Leaders thank one another for restoration of official ties, agree on further development of bilateral ties with focus on commerce and tourism; Israeli flights to Turkey to resume in September

IDF says troops arrived at Joseph's Tomb to secure some 600 Jewish pilgrims before coming under fire from Palestinian gunmen; Palestinian Red Crescent reports 18-year-old dead, at least 30 wounded

Military Advocate General demands probe into death of Staff Sergeant Nathan Fitoussi be halted due to suspect's 'mental distress' stemming from 'lack of sleep and stress he is under'

Suspects arrested on suspicion of gathering information about security facility where one of them works and handing documents over to foreign agent in Egypt; two released to house arrest

Athletes from Israeli European Championships team visit Olympic Park in Munich when banned straight-armed gesture made, police say; suspect banned from all further events

Meeting on margins of security conference comes as Russia seeks allies around the world to counter what Putin described as Western hegemony and neo-colonialism amid Ukraine war

Both countries will return ambassadors in first since 2018 in a move that will 'contribute to deepening ties between the two peoples, expanding economic, trade, and cultural ties, and strengthening regional stability,' PM's office says

Yosef Fitoussi says Nathan always said 'God chose us to make Aliyah,' and loved Israel; parents said they haven't spoken with the soldier who shot their son, but that he was Nathan's friend and visited his home many times

The Economist piece, titled 'why women are fatter than men in the Arab world,' triggered blazing criticism on social media, as local rights groups issued denunciations

PA president says Holocaust is 'the most heinous crime in modern human history,' and he had no intention to deny the genocide; clarification allegedly made after correspondence with Gantz and his office

PM says history will not forgive PA leader, Yad Vashem Chair Dani Dayan calls comments new low, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says he is 'disgusted,' saying, 'relativization of the singularity of the Holocaust is intolerable and unacceptable'

Regardless of scant evidence provided from Gaza, several reports pin blame for strike on IDF rather than Palestinian misfire despite not bear tell-tale signs of Israeli attack

Standing next to German chancellor Scholz during Berlin visit, Palestinian leader lashes out and cites '50 slaughters that Israel committed' when asked to apologize for massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian militant half a century ago

Staff Sergeant Nathan Fitoussi laid to rest at the military section of the Netanya Cemetery; 'You were a good friend and very loved, the first to volunteer for every task,' his commander eulogizes

'I do not espouse the use of the word apartheid and do not think it correctly describes the situation,' says German Chancellor Scholz in an official meeting with PA President Abbas in Berlin

Prisoner's lawyer says client's health deteriorating and that they asked that he be released; 'Justice was not done with that man," she says after military court rejects appeal

Foreign Affairs Ministry says the hiker fell down while trying to climb up Cotopaxi, which is the second highest mountain in the South American country; efforts underway to bring 25-year-old man's body for burial in Israel

Failure to reach an agreement would carry the risk of a fresh regional war with Israel threatening military action, and Iran saying it would retaliate to any aggression with a 'crushing' response

Military says Staff Sergeant Natan Fitoussi, 20, left his post in Tulkarm for a brief period and was mistaken for an intruder upon return; army slams publication of unconfirmed reports of soldier's death before family had been notified

Head of Safari in Ramat Gan says truck belonging to contractor doing maintenance work at zoo started rolling down and crashed into tree; two women and Safari employee hurt in crash

Otzma Yehudit leader declares faction will run separately after negotiations with alliance leader Bezalel Smotrich ran into a cul-de-sac; Smotrich implores Ben Gvir to return to negotiating table

Mohamad Agrabia and Abed al-Mahdi Jabarin, both 21 from Umm al Fahm, arrested by security forces, who say they practiced shooting and collected IS material, including pictures of beheadings; Bedouin man also arrested on similar charges

Head of Lakiya in the Negev also suspected of domestic violence, witness tampering and invasion of privacy; some 20% of Bedouin households are polygamous, according to government figures

Military says attack tunnel was initially destroyed in 2021 but efforts were being made to rebuild it; tunnel stretched from Gaza City to Kibutz Alumim near the border with the Palestinian enclave

Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Nasser Kanaani tells news briefing freedom of speech does not justify Rushdie's insults against religion in his writing; adds 'nobody has the right to accuse Iran in this regard'

Border Police's undercover unit say they were conducting searches for illegal weapons in the village of Aqab near Jerusalem, when Muhammad al-Shaham tried to attack the troops with a knife; local residents hurl stones and objects at the force

Syrian source says an Iranian base near the village of Abu Afsa, south of the port city, target of strike alongside an air defense and radar station nearby; Iran-backed Hezbollah also hit in northeastern outskirts of Damascus

Agreement allows surge in security with UAE, Bahrain, paves way for normalization with Sudan and Morocco; recent poll by Washington Institute, however, shows public's reaction to Abraham Accords is negative in Bahrain and UAE

State TV says missiles fired from Israeli aircraft were from direction of Lebanon, leaving 3 dead and 3 wounded; UK based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says attack aimed at several military sites where Iran affiliated militias are located

Former military chief speaks to reporters after joining National Unity alliance under former commander Benny Gantz; says Israel must prevent bi-national state, and no public figure under indictment must be allowed to run for elections