A major new scientific study shows that Jerusalem in the time of the Biblical Kings David and Solomon was a large urban area, not a small town or village some historians have suggested.

Israel’s military said Monday it struck sites in the Gaza city of Rafah shortly after the Israeli government decided to continue with its “Rafah operation,” likely referring to an imminent invasion of the area.

A two-minute-long siren sounded across Israel Monday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day between anxiety over the future of a Jewish nation faced with the ongoing war in Gaza and other threats to its existence.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Monday they have begun moving the Palestinian population from the eastern neighborhoods of Rafah to “a humanitarian zone” ahead of an expected Israeli military invasion in that city in southern Gaza.

In a controversial move, Israel’s government shut down the operations of the Al Jazeera television network in the country, saying it was a mouthpiece of Hamas and a security threat.

Israel was weighing its options Sunday after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration put a hold on a shipment of U.S.-made ammunition to Israel, several sources said.

A photo was shared Friday of murdered Elyakim Shlomo Libman, who was previously believed to be among the Israeli hostages held by Hamas.

Turkey on Thursday suspended all trade with Israel in protest over its ongoing war against Hamas in Gaza, which the Turkish trade ministry said had turned into a “humanitarian tragedy.”

A key leader of Israel’s military has visited troops stationed near neighboring Lebanon from where Hezbollah fighters have attacked Israel.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Hamas Wednesday to accept the latest proposal for a cease-fire with Israel that would free hostages and pause the nearly seven months of war in Gaza that has killed thousands.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to eliminate Hamas in Gaza while the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) 98th and 162nd divisions have been intensively preparing for upcoming operations in the Gaza Strip, focusing on the impending Rafah offensive.

Amid ongoing legal proceedings to finalize the matter, Israel’s government has told the country’s Supreme Court justices that it is working on the immediate enlistment of army-age ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men into the Israel Defense Forces, i24News reports.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned reported plans by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli government officials on charges related to the conduct of its war against Hamas.

A new report published by Israel’s Innovation, Science and Technology Ministry shows that, since the Oct. 7 massacre which triggered the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, academic researchers from European countries have been increasingly unwilling to cooperate with their Israeli counterparts, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports. The boycott primarily affects research in the fields of medicine, biology, physics, space, and computer science.

Israel has warned that it will destroy Syrian President Bashar Assad’s “regime” if Syria gets involved in the Gaza war, diplomats said Monday.