At least nine children and four women were killed in the Israeli attack on a school housing displaced persons in the Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Palestinian reports

The cost of expanding the military campaign in the Gaza Strip is liable to amount to 25 billion shekels in three months – not including the damage to the economy ■ If additional spending is approved, the defense budget will climb to about 160 billion shekels this year, the state budget will be reopened and the deficit could increase ■ Long-term control of Gaza will cost billions more

There was still a cease-fire when Friedrich Merz was elected. Since then, a lot has changed – including Merz's tone toward Israel's extremist government

The Israeli Diaspora Ministry's 3 million shekel campaign will bring public figures and influencers from across Europe, the U.S. and Latin America to tour Israeli settlements in the West Bank and meet with residents

Desperate to declare achievements, Trump announced he'd halt strikes on the Houthis in exchange for their promise not to attack ships. Jerusalem was taken by surprise, but that's just a preview for next week, when Trump is due to visit the Gulf states – but skip Israel

Trump loves Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE – they're rich, under U.S. influence, and led by regimes he finds easy to handle. But if it's deals we're talking, maybe it's the Saudi crown prince we should speak to about trading a Gaza cease-fire for a multi-billion-dollar pact with Trump

The settlement was reportedly paid after Naftali Bennett's wife, Gilat, accused activists from Ben-Gvir's Otzma Yehudit party of having broken into her home

The merger will shut down the Palestinian affairs office's direct line to the U.S. State Department and bring it under the authority of U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

The preliminary discussions will not set the exact structure or timeline of the post-war administration, which will depend on conditions on the ground, sources told Reuters

In Canada, for the first time ever, members of the Jewish community will hold an election to determine what slates get represented in their delegation to the 'parliament of the Jewish people.' It will be an end to secret backroom deals in the U.K. and Australia as well

Israel's expanded assault on Gaza is setting it up for a prolonged and costly occupation that the economy cannot afford

Several officials in Ahmed al-Sharaa's new regime, including a senior defense figure, met with Israeli defense officials in Israel, Syrian sources told Haaretz. This follows Damascus' public shift in its stance toward the country, declaring Syria is not 'a threat to Israel'

The judge ruled that the actions of the protester, who displayed a sign reading 'Chikli is abandoning the hostages,' were 'a clear expression of freedom of speech,' adding that 'freedom of expression is the lifeblood of democracy'

Humanitarian organizations in Gaza reject the army's plan, saying it will harm the population's security. The Washington Post reported that Israel will allow 60 aid trucks to enter Gaza daily and that residents may collect food and household products at six hubs

The Israeli north and south have been empty for many months. Now Carmen from Madrid, Trevor from London and Albert and Janny from Apeldoorn join Israeli kibbutz members in helping deserted towns look better

The bill aims to ensure that High Court panels are 'composed independently without the involvement of a human factor.' Also on the agenda are the NGO bill, academic silencing laws, and a law to exempt Haredi men from military service

A Gaza resident tells Haaretz about how his family is coping with the lack of food in the Strip: 'We agreed: one meal a day, no bread. We rely on water trucks for drinking water'

Rather than cheering the looming closure of the USAID mission and the termination of assistance projects to Palestinians, Israel and its supporters in the U.S. should recognize this immense loss and advocate its return

ISRAEL: Likud MK: Israel prepares for 'major event of destruction and displacement in Gaza'; goal is occupation of entire territory ■ GAZA: Over 107 people, including women and children, killed in Israeli strikes since Wednesday morning, Gazan medical sources say ■ SYRIA: UAE mediating secret talks between Israel and Syria; Syrian officials visited Israel in April ■ LEBANON: IDF kills senior Hamas official in Lebanon

Jacob Bardugo has been Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's attack dog against law enforcement agencies and has turned opportunism into an art form

Teachers, who are protesting planned pay cuts, doubt the dismissals will go ahead - given the severe nationwide teacher shortage

For Netanyahu's government, the Gaza war is still 'existential' and protesting its surging cost is a matter of disloyalty to the cause. Perhaps it's fitting that it's teachers, with their duty to Israel's next generation but their salaries slashed, are now on strike

Issa Amro, one of the Palestinians featured in Louis Theroux's new documentary, claims appearing in the film has made him a target of IDF harassment and settler violence

Within a tension-filled powder keg of war, there's one thing Israelis still need: to know they can get out if they want to. The Houthis just put that in doubt

Longtime collaborators Dudu Tassa and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood said they fear the cancellation, celebrated 'by some progressives,' will be 'weaponized by reactionaries'

'This is how you bring in a million residents': Far-right minister Smotrich said that the government is 'already working on it,' and that 'God willing, there'll be [Israeli] sovereignty [in the West Bank] during this term'