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FILE – A Palestinian worker rests inside a smuggling tunnel in Rafah, on the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip Sept. 30, 2013. An extensive labyrinth of tunnels built by Hamas stretches across the dense neighborhoods of the Gaza Strip, hiding militants, their missile arsenal and the over 200 hostages they now hold after an unprecedented Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File) XJG503 XJG503

November 3, 2023 at 11:32 am

How Gaza’s tunnel network leaves Israel facing ‘three-dimensional’ war

Israel estimates 1,300 tunnels span 300 miles in the Gaza Strip, itself just 25 miles long. These greatly complicate a war fought among so many...

Nation & World

October 4, 2023 at 9:20 pm

Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular VIEW

Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict.

Nation & World

Israeli archaeologists show four Roman-era swords and a javelin head found during a recent excavation in a cave near the Dead Sea, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Sep. 6, 2023. Archaeologists said the exceptionally preserved artifacts are dated to the 2nd century, when Jewish rebels launched an uprising against the Roman Empire. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) XOB101 XOB101

September 6, 2023 at 3:14 am

4 exceptionally preserved Roman swords discovered in a Dead Sea cave in Israel

Israeli archaeologists have discovered four swords with their wooden and leather hilts and scabbards and steel blades exquisitely preserved after 1,900 years in a desert...

August 14, 2023 at 11:13 pm

Israel may uproot ancient Christian mosaic near Armageddon. Where it could go next sparks outcry

An ancient Holy Land mosaic inscribed with an early reference to Jesus as God is at the center of a controversy that has riled archaeologists.

August 1, 2023 at 4:02 am

Israeli high-tech investment plummets in first half of 2023, industry monitor says

An Israeli tech industry monitor says investment in Israeli start-ups has plummeted in the first half of 2023.

Business

Demonstrators protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Monday, July 24, 2023. Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a key portion of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s divisive plan to reshape the country’s justice system despite massive protests that have exposed unprecedented fissures in Israeli society. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) XOB414 XOB414

July 25, 2023 at 12:58 pm

Israel’s government has passed the first part of its legal overhaul. The law’s ripples are dramatic VIEW

The Israeli government has passed the first major piece of legislation in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the legal system.

Nation & World

July 20, 2023 at 11:12 pm

After decades of struggle in Israel, dozens of African Hebrew Israelites face deportation VIEW

The African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem made their way to Israel from the United States in the 1960s.

June 26, 2023 at 4:37 am

Hollywood mogul acknowledges gifts to Netanyahu may have been ‘excessive’ in 2nd day of testimony

A billionaire Israeli movie mogul has taken the stand for a second day in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.

Entertainment

Palestinians take cover during fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian militants outside of a hospital in the West Bank city of Jenin, Monday, June 19, 2023. Israeli helicopter gunships struck targets in the West Bank, during a fierce gunbattle in which Palestinian militants detonated a roadside bomb next to an Israeli military vehicle. Several Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, were killed. Dozens of Palestinians were wounded and the Israeli military said seven members of the border police and the army were hurt. They said troops came under fire during an arrest raid in Jenin and shot back at gunmen. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) XMA112 XMA112

June 18, 2023 at 11:33 pm

Fiercest fighting in years erupts in West Bank camp of Jenin, at least 5 Palestinians killed VIEW

Israeli military forces have raided a refugee camp in the northern West Bank on Monday, igniting the fiercest day of fighting in years as Palestinian...

Nation & World

June 18, 2023 at 8:30 am

Israeli government gives settler minister control over West Bank settlement planning

Israel’s government has granted a pro-settlement firebrand authority over planning in the occupied West Bank and lifted red tape on the settlement housing approval process.

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