43+ min ago  (867+ words) A Beersheba family court judge on Friday ruled that the sperm of Yotam Haim, an Israeli hostage who was mistakenly killed by troops after escaping Hamas captivity in Gaza, may be used to conceive a child, saying it was his…...

1+ hour, 51+ min ago  (668+ words) Prosecutors indicted a Jerusalem man for alleged security offenses on Friday morning after he was arrested last month on suspicion of gathering intelligence for an Iranian agent. The indictment was filed a day after reports that a group of men…...

2+ hour, 42+ min ago  (1150+ words) Stav Levaton is a military reporter for The Times of Israel The 38-day US-Israel war on Iran came to an abrupt halt on Tuesday night with the announcement of a two-week ceasefire " but whether it extends to Lebanon remains a…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago  (792+ words) Islamabad isn't often called on to act as an intermediary in high-stakes diplomacy, but it's stepped into the role this time for several reasons, both because it has relatively good ties with both Washington and Tehran and because it has…...

5+ hour, 27+ min ago  (384+ words) Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter Welcome to The Times of Israel's Lazar Focus. Each Friday, join host'diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman for a deep dive into what's behind the news that spins the globe. The fledgling ceasefire…...

5+ hour, 10+ min ago  (1134+ words) After 40 days of severe disruptions for travelers due to the war with Iran, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport, the country's main international gateway, is being fully reopened. Israeli airlines are working at full speed to reinstate their regular schedules by…...

5+ hour, 36+ min ago  (633+ words) Israeli leaders overnight Thursday denounced the government of Pakistan, which is mediating the US-Iran ceasefire negotiations, after the country's defense minister called Israel "cancerous." In a post on X, Khawaja Asif wrote, "Israel is evil and a curse for humanity,…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago  (15+ words) Melania Trump denies connection to Epstein case, calls accusations "baseless lies'The Times of Israel...

6+ hour, 58+ min ago  (732+ words) WASHINGTON (Reuters) " US House of Representatives Republicans on Thursday blocked a Democratic effort to end US attacks on Iran, as Donald Trump's party continued to prevent efforts to rein in the Republican president's war powers. Representative Chris Smith, a New…...

7+ hour, 59+ min ago  (1148+ words) Israel and Hezbollah continued to exchange fire into Friday, despite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's announcement of peace talks with Lebanon, which had continued to reel from major Israeli strikes two days earlier. There was no immediate response to the Israeli…...