Lebanon and Israel delineated their maritime borders in 2022 under a U.S.-brokered deal, and Syria is the final country with which Lebanon has yet to delineate its sea border. Lebanon hopes offshore gas and oil discoveries could help reverse a 2019 financial collapse

Dror Or, from Kibbutz Be'eri, set out to transform his kibbutz's dairy industry, traveling to Europe to refine his craft. 'He was one of those Israelis we love to love, the kind the country is so desperately missing,' says Dafi Cramer, a culinary tour guide in the Gaza-border region

Three recent rulings show how the court's more conservative jurisprudence since Netanyahu retook office and amid the Gaza war has given the government greater leeway, even for legally questionable actions. 'Israel's factionalism and polarization also seep into the Supreme Court,' said one legal expert

After the Gaza border community's security chief arrested a terrorist near the fence, the IDF brigade commander managed to establish contact with the Air Force control tower and requested support, but a combat helicopter did not arrive until 40 minutes later

The report submitted to the UN notes that detainees received medical treatment while shackled and blindfolded, and were forced to use diapers to relieve themselves. It also says detainees were starved, with 'an official diet of approximately 1,000 calories daily'

According to Palestinian reports, the IDF entered the northern West Bank city of Tubas with armored vehicles, took over Palestinian homes and converted them into military outposts. The Al-Quds Brigades said 'they're ready' to respond to the Israeli incursion

Pope Leo will not visit Lebanon's south, battered by last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah and the site of intensified Israeli strikes in recent weeks. Israel's recent strike that killed Hezbollah's chief of staff in Beirut reinforced security concerns

Dror Or, 48, was murdered during the October 7 Hamas attack and kidnapped from his home on Kibbutz Be'eri. His wife Yonat was also murdered, and two of their children were kidnapped to Gaza and released in an earlier hostage deal

The chances that the prime minister will manage to outlaw the United Arab List are slim, but his government will wage a smear campaign against a bloc that could be a major obstacle to victory in the election. As a bonus, this would also hamstring the opposition