Demonstrators gather during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas and calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The IDF intercepted a missile launched at Israel from Yemen several hours after the military struck Houthi targets in the country.

Israel said Thursday it was moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, a development far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said would “permanently bury the idea of a Palestinian state.

Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Holy Family Parish in Gaza City, said Aug. 18 that an evacuation order was issued by Israeli forces for the al-Zaytun neighborhood.

Defense Minister Israel Katz warned the Houthi terrorists following the launch of a missile, which triggered sirens across central Israel, including Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, on Sunday afternoon. Defense Minister Israel Katz denounced the Houthis firing a missile towards central Israel on Sunday,

Plans for a controversial settlement project wey Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich say go 'bury di idea of a Palestinian state' don spark widespread criticism.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) -Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich approved plans overnight for a settlement that would split East Jerusalem from the occupied West Bank, a move his office said would bury the idea of a Palestinian state.

As an Armenian living in the Old City, it is deeply troubling to witness the gradual erosion of our Christian presence here,' said Levon Kalaydjian, an Armenian Christian activist in Jerusalem.

A coin minted by Jewish rebels just before the destruction of the Second Temple – an event Jesus predicted in the Gospels – has been unearthed in Jerusalem.

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