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Tears, hugs greet 90 Palestinian women, children freed from Israeli prisons

Jubilant crowds of relatives, friends and well wishers gathered to celebrate the release of 90 Palestinian prisoners.

Al Jazeera

Israel claims to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after attack kills 12 on Golan Heights football pitch

‘We are approaching the moment of an all-out war against Hezbollah and Lebanon,’ claims Israeli foreign minister

The Independent UK

What does Israel want in Gaza?

A ‘defeat’ of Hamas seems out of reach, while analysts say recently a announced ‘Phase Three looks more like occupation.

Al Jazeera

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Anxious, optimistic: Families of female Palestinian prisoners await release

According to terms of a four-day truce between Israel and Hamas, 150 Palestinian women and children will be released.

Al Jazeera

Yom Kippur turns Israel’s roads into paradise for growing numbers of cyclists

Bike-riding on car-free streets has become a popular pastime on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar

The Guardian - UK

Israeli soldier killed in car ramming attack by Palestinian

A Palestinian truck driver, 41, rammed his vehicle into Israeli soldiers at a checkpoint and was later ‘neutralised’.

Al Jazeera

Anger as violent crime soars in Israel’s Palestinian communities

Bereaved families, who have taken to the streets in mass protests, blame the Israeli police for inaction.

Al Jazeera

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Tens of thousands protest against planned Israeli judicial overhaul

Tens of thousands of Israelis joined protests across the country, now entering their 20th week, on Saturday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's contested plans to tighten controls on the Supreme Court.

Reuters

After days of violence, Jerusalem prayers end peacefully

Ramadan prayers and Jewish Passover visits at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound passed without incident on Sunday, after days of tension at the flashpoint Jerusalem site which led to cross-border exchanges of fire.

Reuters

Hear from the Palestinians attacked in Israel’s raid on Al-Aqsa

Hundreds of Palestinians were detained by Israeli forces after spending the night worshipping in Al-Aqsa Mosque.

Al Jazeera

What’s behind the Ramadan raids at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque?

Israeli forces regularly storm Al-Aqsa Mosque as worshippers visit the site during Ramadan.

Al Jazeera

Violence erupts again at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque

Israeli police clashed with Palestinians at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque a second time on Wednesday, witnesses said, hours after the arrest and removal of more than 350 people in a police raid at the compound and despite a U.S. appeal to ease tensions.

Reuters

Two dead as violence in Jerusalem, West Bank simmers

A Palestinian motorist rammed his car into a group of soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Israeli military said, wounding three before another opened fire at the driver who was, according to the Palestinian health ministry, killed.

Reuters

Israelis stage protests near parliament against judicial reforms

Thousands protest outside parliament against the proposed amendments that critics say will weaken democracy.

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Palestinian driver ploughs into bus stop killing two Israelis

Two Israelis including a child were killed by a Palestinian driver who rammed his car into a group of people at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Friday, Israeli police said.

Reuters

U.S. sees urgent need for de-escalation in Israel, West Bank -White House

The United States is deeply concerned about recent violence in Israel and the West Bank and believes there is an urgent need for all parties to de-escalate in the region, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Israel releases second longest-serving Palestinian prisoner

Maher Younis, cousin of recently released Karim Younis, freed after four decades in Israeli prisons.

Reuters

Israeli police arrest two suspects in Protestant cemetery vandalism

Israeli police said on Friday they arrested two people suspected of vandalising a Protestant cemetery in Jerusalem earlier this week.

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Israel frees one of longest serving Palestinian prisoners after 40 years

(This Jan. 5 story has been refiled to correct Younis's age and conviction details)

Reuters

Signs of Salome, said to be nurse to baby Jesus, unearthed in Israel

Excavations of a cave reputed to be the burial place of Salome, said in non-canonical scripture to have been nurse to the newborn Jesus, have found more signs it was both an important Jewish tomb and a Christian pilgrimage site, archaelogists say.

Reuters

Twin blasts in Jerusalem kill one in suspected Palestinian attack

Two bombs exploded at bus stops on Jerusalem's outskirts on Wednesday, killing a 16-year-old boy and wounding at least 14 people in what appeared to be an attack by Palestinian militants, Israeli authorities said.

Reuters

Palestinian kills three in West Bank as Israeli politics veers rightward

A Palestinian killed three Israelis near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and was hailed by Islamist militants as a hero on Tuesday, hours before Israel swore in lawmakers set to return Benjamin Netanyahu to power atop a hard-right coalition.

Reuters

Analysis-As Netanyahu returns, concerns grow over far-right ally

Triumphant in this week's election, Benjamin Netanyahu faces a new test forming a government with an ultranationalist party whose sudden rise has many at home and allies abroad alarmed at the potential implications for Israeli democracy.

Reuters

Netanyahu says he is on brink of 'very big victory' in Israel election

Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was set to return to power in one of the most right-wing coalitions in Israel's history, causing jitters among Palestinians and Arab neighbours who fear it could ratchet up tensions across the Middle East.

Reuters

Palestinian shot dead after attacking Israeli soldiers with car

A Palestinian was shot dead after he carried out a car-ramming attack against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Sunday.

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