Naftali Bennett, a right-wing politician, and Yair Lapid, a centrist, will merge parties for a vote later this year.

President Isaac Herzog of Israel has decided not to issue a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption case at this time, and instead will seek mediation, officials say.

The fragile truce in Lebanon was extended after talks in Washington this week but has come under threat as Israel and Hezbollah have traded attacks.

The jury said it would “refrain from considering” countries whose leaders are facing charges of crimes against humanity, which would affect Israel and Russia.

The U.S.-mediated cease-fire halted an all-out war between Israel and Hezbollah, but their intensifying attacks on each other could put the truce at risk.

The Israeli leader had surgery in 2024 for an enlarged prostate. More recently, follow-up care detected a tumor, his office disclosed on Friday.

The demand reflects both the U.S. administration’s eagerness to secure a lasting cease-fire in Gaza and its growing impatience with the Palestinian militant group.

Two missiles landed hours apart, wreaking havoc in two towns near a heavily guarded nuclear site in the Negev Desert.

The Israeli military said it had killed the spokesman for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, and Iran warned that it could target American and Israeli military personnel.

The United States views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals. Israel has a more regional approach. After nearly three weeks of war, their paths are diverging.

Strikes continued in the region as attacks on energy infrastructure rattled global markets.

Five missiles struck the Baghdad International Airport and injured four people. Israeli and Iranian attacks continued as global economic concerns about the war mounted.

As the conflict with Iran expands and intensifies, President Trump’s options — to fight on, or to move toward declaring victory and pulling back — both carry deeply problematic consequences.

Israel’s prime minister wanted regime change in Iran. But President Trump seems prepared to settle for something less.

Iran’s new supreme leader delivered a forceful message in his first public statement since succeeding his slain father, as the Israeli military bombarded Tehran and the Lebanese capital with strikes.

The temporary measure, during the holy Muslim fasting month, follows tensions as Jewish activists increasingly encroach on the contested religious site.

With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries.