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Israeli court rejects flotilla activists' appeal challenging detention

Israeli court rejects flotilla activists' appeal challenging detention

An Israeli court on Wednesday rejected an appeal contesting the detention of two foreign activists seized by Israeli forces from a Gaza-bound flotilla, with the rights group representing them denouncing the ruling as "unlawful." Saif Abu Keshek, a Spanish national of Palestinian origin, and Brazilian Thiago Avila

US, Iran ceasefire sees Israel's war goals left hanging

US, Iran ceasefire sees Israel's war goals left hanging

A ceasefire between the United States and Iran has left Israel's principal war objectives largely unmet, analysts say, with Israeli opposition figures quick to denounce a major "strategic failure". Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had set the elimination or at least severe degradation of Iran's

In Israel, air raid sirens spark anxiety and dilemmas

In Israel, air raid sirens spark anxiety and dilemmas

Acutely sensitive to noise because of childhood trauma, Nili stresses when air raid sirens send her into a crowded shelter where her own "internal war" overlaps with the one raging outside. The experience of Nili, whose name has been changed for this article, highlights the particular vulnerability of

Questions over Israel's interceptor stockpiles as Mideast war drags on

Questions over Israel's interceptor stockpiles as Mideast war drags on

The ability of Israel's highly sophisticated air defences to keep intercepting Iranian attacks is coming under scrutiny as the Middle East war drags on into a second month. The military has dismissed reports that it is running low on the interceptors used to shoot down the steady stream

Under Hezbollah fire, people in north Israel hope for better days

Under Hezbollah fire, people in north Israel hope for better days

Israeli dairy and fruit farmer Tommy Kurlender refused to abandon his herd during the last war with Hezbollah, and vowed he would again stay put this time around. The Israel-Lebanon border area has once again come under fire since Hezbollah launched attacks in support of its backers in Tehran,

Tel Aviv residents say ready to withstand more Iranian attacks

Tel Aviv residents say ready to withstand more Iranian attacks

Shattered glass lay strewn across the streets of a residential area of Tel Aviv on Sunday, the day after an Iranian missile strike left one woman dead, but residents insisted they could withstand further attacks. The US and Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran on Saturday, sparking a