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  • Syria says Israel hits Homs outposts, sources say air bases bombed April 02, 2023 07:31 AM IST

    Syria says Israel hits Homs outposts, sources say air bases bombed

    The Israeli military declined to comment on the report of the latest strike in Syria, the third since March 30 and only a day after another attack on March 31 that killed an officer in Iran's Revolutionary Guards, the Guards said.

  • Speaker Om Birla calls for deepening India-Israel cooperation to combat terrorism March 31, 2023 04:38 PM IST

    Speaker Om Birla calls for deepening India-Israel cooperation to combat terrorism

    Birla also said that in the changing global dynamics, the relations between India and Israel have become more important.

  • Israel conducts air strike in Syria: Report March 31, 2023 11:49 AM IST

    Israel conducts air strike in Syria: Report

    There have been at least six strikes in March alone, according to a tally by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a U.K.-based war monitor with sources on the ground.

  • Watch: Israeli commandos stage underwater protest protest against judiciary overhaul March 28, 2023 05:32 PM IST

    Watch: Israeli commandos stage underwater protest protest against judiciary overhaul

    Members of Israel's Navy SEALs and other commando units went underwater to protest against PM Benjamin Netanyahu-led administration's decision on judicial overhaul. Israel was faced with one of the most widespread domestic crises in its history over the government's plans to change the way the judicial system works. Protestors claimed that the reforms will shield Netanyahu, currently on trial for alleged corruption.

  • Israel Unrest: Benjamin Netanyahu, synonymous with crisis, faces yet another March 28, 2023 10:26 AM IST

    Israel Unrest: Benjamin Netanyahu, synonymous with crisis, faces yet another

    Netanyahu revived his political career through an alliance with far-right groups. His acceding to their drastic demands like the overhaul of the country’s judiciary has ended up exposing the deep fault lines behind Israel’s chronic political instability

  • Benjamin Netanyahu suspends judicial overhaul after day of Israeli turmoil March 28, 2023 06:13 AM IST

    Benjamin Netanyahu suspends judicial overhaul after day of Israeli turmoil

    The plans by his nationalist religious coalition to hand control over judicial appointments to the executive while giving parliament the power to overturn Supreme Court rulings has ignited one of the biggest internal crises in Israeli history.

  • Israeli government postpones disputed judiciary bill amid mass protests March 27, 2023 10:38 PM IST

    Israeli government postpones disputed judiciary bill amid mass protests

    It was unclear how far the bill’s delay to the next parliamentary session, announced by far-right coalition partner Jewish Power, will satisfy either side or cool a crisis the army chief said on Monday made ”this hour different to any before”.

  • The Israeli Government’s Plan to Overhaul the Judiciary: What to Know March 27, 2023 08:45 PM IST

    The Israeli Government’s Plan to Overhaul the Judiciary: What to Know

    For weeks, protesters have taken to the streets to oppose the government’s plan to overhaul judicial rules. The discontent intensified Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired a minister who had criticized the plan for causing turmoil within the military.

  • 'Democracy in danger': Timeline of Israel protests March 27, 2023 08:22 PM IST

    'Democracy in danger': Timeline of Israel protests

    Embattled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the nation about the crisis.

  • Explained | The widespread protests against Israel PM Netanyahu’s judicial reform plan March 27, 2023 09:11 PM IST

    Explained | The widespread protests against Israel PM Netanyahu’s judicial reform plan

    A proposed Netanyahu government law will allow a simple majority in Parliament to override supreme court rulings and enable politicians to appoint justices to the bench. Ordinary Israelis have erupted in fury at the move. The dismissal of Defence minister Yoav Gallant, who asked Netanyahu to halt the contentious legislation, fuelled the protests.

  • Protest-hit Israel faces general strike call over govt reforms March 27, 2023 02:24 PM IST

    Protest-hit Israel faces general strike call over govt reforms

    Benjamin Netanyahu was due to address the nation later Monday, a day after sacking his defence minister who had broken ranks over the divisive issue, and after President Isaac Herzog again urged an immediate stop to the reform package "for the sake of the unity of the people of Israel".

  • Israeli PM Netanyahu's dismissal of defense minister sparks mass protests March 27, 2023 01:33 PM IST

    Israeli PM Netanyahu's dismissal of defense minister sparks mass protests

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to dismiss Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on March 26 has caused mass protests. This move came after Gallant publicly opposed the government's plan to overhaul the judicial system.

  • Israel's national carrier EL AL resumes non-stop flight services from Delhi, Mumbai March 23, 2023 10:48 PM IST

    Israel's national carrier EL AL resumes non-stop flight services from Delhi, Mumbai

    The airline will operate four non-stop weekly flights from Mumbai to Israel on the Boeing 737 with economy and business class, and two non-stop weekly flights to Delhi on either the Boeing 787 or Boeing 777.

  • US claims Iran can make a nuclear bomb in 12 days | Why is US keeping a watch on the Middle East? March 16, 2023 07:38 PM IST

    US claims Iran can make a nuclear bomb in 12 days | Why is US keeping a watch on the Middle East?

    The West sounded an alarm in early March that Iran is making a nuclear bomb. After research the US, UN & IAEA found Uranium particles enriched up to 80% in Iran at numerous sites. But what has got the West spooked? Why has the US time & again been spying on middle east countries when the US itself has the second-highest number of nuclear bombs in the world. What are the findings from sites in Iran & are they really at the cusp of making a nuclear bomb as the West claims? Watch.

  • Syrian state media: Israel fires missiles at western city March 12, 2023 11:39 AM IST

    Syrian state media: Israel fires missiles at western city

    No deaths were reported. Photos from SANA show that the missiles may have landed on farmland.

  • Israeli blockchain chip startup Chain Reaction raises $70 million February 23, 2023 03:35 PM IST

    Israeli blockchain chip startup Chain Reaction raises $70 million

    Alon Webman, co-founder and CEO of Chain Reaction, told Reuters that the company will start mass producing its blockchain chip Electrum in the first quarter this year.

  • Explosions rock Gaza, Israel says it hit Hamas rocket factory February 13, 2023 08:32 AM IST

    Explosions rock Gaza, Israel says it hit Hamas rocket factory

    The air strikes, in which there was no immediate word of casualties, followed what Israel described as its shooting down over the weekend of a rocket that had been fired over the border from Gaza. There was no Palestinian claim for that launch.

  • Factbox-Turkey quake: international support and offers of aid February 06, 2023 05:02 PM IST

    Factbox-Turkey quake: international support and offers of aid

    WHO chief Tedros said its network of emergency medical teams has been activated to provide essential health care for the injured and most vulnerable affected by the earthquake.

  • 9 points about Haifa Port in Israel, acquired by Gautam Adani February 02, 2023 03:19 PM IST

    9 points about Haifa Port in Israel, acquired by Gautam Adani

    Gautam Adani met Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday for the official handover of the Haifa Port to the Adani Group.

  • Palestinians fire rockets, Israel hits Gaza, days after US call for calm February 02, 2023 02:20 PM IST

    Palestinians fire rockets, Israel hits Gaza, days after US call for calm

    With no reports of serious casualties, the exchange followed a familiar pattern that signalled neither side was seeking a wider conflict.

  • Benjamin Netanyahu would consider Ukraine-Russia mediator role if asked February 01, 2023 06:28 AM IST

    Benjamin Netanyahu would consider Ukraine-Russia mediator role if asked

    Netanyahu would not say who asked him to serve in the role but he said the request was "unofficial."

  • Adani Group's port acquisition will turn Israel's Haifa city into strong Mediterranean hub: Mayor January 31, 2023 02:02 PM IST

    Adani Group's port acquisition will turn Israel's Haifa city into strong Mediterranean hub: Mayor

    A consortium of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) and Israel's Gadot Group won the tender in July last year to privatise the Port of Haifa for a staggering USD 1.18 billion.

  • PM Benjamin Netanyahu to attend ceremony marking Adani Group's entry into Israel through Haifa port acquisition January 30, 2023 03:12 PM IST

    PM Benjamin Netanyahu to attend ceremony marking Adani Group's entry into Israel through Haifa port acquisition

    A consortium of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) and Israel's Gadot Group won the tender in July last year to privatise the Port of Haifa in Israel for a staggering USD 1.18 billion.

  • Israel hits Gaza as conflict flares after West Bank clashes January 27, 2023 06:57 PM IST

    Israel hits Gaza as conflict flares after West Bank clashes

    The rockets fired from Gaza overnight set off alarms in Israeli communities near the border with the southern coastal strip controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas but there were no reports of casualties.

  • Gaza militants fire rockets, Israel strikes in Gaza January 27, 2023 07:09 AM IST

    Gaza militants fire rockets, Israel strikes in Gaza

    The cross-border fire came after an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank on Thursday that led to the largest single death toll in years of fighting.