The fighting began with an attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, resulting in about 1,160 deaths, most of them civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official Israeli figures. Israel's retaliatory offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed 30,534 people, mostly women and children, according to...

The three-member "war cabinet" would include Netanyahu, Gantz and Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, according to the statement. It said Gadi Eisenkot, also a former army chief from Gantz's party, and Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer will serve as observers.

The demonstrators have kept up the pressure with weekly rallies against Netanyahu, who returned to power last December at the head of a coalition with ultra-Orthodox Jewish and extreme-right parties. Although there were no figures immediately available for the number of people who demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday, the...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-right government's proposals would curtail the authority of the Supreme Court and give politicians greater powers over the selection of judges. Opponents regard them as a threat to Israeli democracy and US President Joe Biden is one of several Israeli allies to have voiced concern.

Recent media reports had said that Eisenkot, chief of staff from 2015 to 2019, was being courted by political parties including Prime Minister Yair Lapid's centrist Yesh Atid.

Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas held talks in Ramallah to prepare for US President Joe Biden's visit to the region, Israeli officials said Friday. The rare meeting late Thursday was to "discuss security and civilian coordination ahead of the visit of US President Biden to...

"Ramadan must be a month of peace and quiet and not a period marked by terror," Gantz told Abbas

Jordan king called on Gantz to "lift all obstacles that could prevent (Muslims) from performing prayers" at Al-Aqsa.

Israel's government said talks "focused on security and policy topics", during which Gantz thanked the king for playing a "critical role in maintaining regional peace and stability". Gantz also "expressed his commitment to further developing security, economic and civilian exchanges", but the Israeli statement made no mention of the Palestinian...

The Morocco deal came as Gantz made the first visit by an Israeli defence minister to the North African kingdom. Gantz said the deal "will enable Israeli exports here (to Morocco)". Israel’s defence ministry oversees all security exports, with the Jewish state offering state-of-art products ranging from attack drones to...

The meeting, which focused on "security policy, civilian and economic issues", came just hours after Bennett returned from Washington

All 18 choppers are Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion heavy-lift helicopters, and will come fitted with weaponry provided by Lockheed Martin.