Israeli air strikes in Gaza kill ‘at least 70 Palestinians’ in intensified bombardment
‘We came running, we saw body parts on the ground, children killed,’ witness says
Binyamin Netanyahu
Israeli-American soldier freed by Hamas in Gaza Strip is reunited with family
Release of Edan Alexander came after mediators brokered a deal between Hamas and the US
Israeli-American hostage leaves Gaza after release by Hamas
Short pause in fighting allows Edan Alexander passage to Israel but agreement on wider truce still not in sight
Trump’s direct hostage talks with Hamas signal his growing impatience with Israel’s Gaza war
As Israeli-American Edan Alexander is freed, Netanyahu faces fresh criticism for failing to prioritise release of hostages over defeat of Hamas
Gazans now eat one meal every two or three days as Trump plans his ‘Riviera’
In a just world, Putin, Netanyahu and their enabler, Trump, would stand trial for war crimes and the US administration’s ‘green light for genocide’
Voicenotes from Gaza: ‘I can’t bear to see my children fighting over a loaf of bread’
Messages from Gaza reveal distressing stories of hunger, crime and a mental health crisis
Netanyahu could bring about the end of Zionism
Critics have begun to ask if Israel can still convincingly present itself as a safe haven for Jews
The Irish Times view on Israel’s plan in Gaza: anatomy of a war crime
Israel's plan for Gaza is a war crime in progress
Israeli strikes kill 15 in Gaza school housing displaced families, medics say
Israel continues to demolish homes in Rafah, Hamas rejects interim truce in return for a resumption of aid for a few days
Israel to scale up military operations in Gaza following security cabinet decision
Plan includes blocking Hamas from distributing aid, which UN and aid agencies say is ‘a breach of basic humanitarian principles’
‘Despicable and unconscionable’: Tánaiste says Israeli plans to seize all of Gaza ‘alarming’
Israeli authorities accused of aiming to ‘manipulate and militarise all aid to civilians’
Israeli strikes on Syria hit area near presidential palace in Damascus
Escalation indicates Israel’s preparedness to ramp up military action in name of Syria’s Druze minority
Ireland ‘out of step’ with United States on Israel, US ambassador nominee is told
Edward Walsh, who is Trump’s pick to be envoy to Dublin, pledges to build on relations between America and Ireland
Israeli intelligence chief announces resignation after spat with Binyamin Netanyahu
Prime minister’s attempt to fire Ronen Bar pushed country to brink of constitutional crisis
‘Total lies’: Netanyahu dismisses internal security chief’s claims over sacking
Shin Bet director challenges dismissal in court, alleges he lost his job for political reasons
Gazans fear Israel is enacting Donald Trump’s ‘Riviera’ plan
Binyamin Netanyahu has embraced US president’s idea to expel Palestinian population
Critics of Israeli government policies being labelled anti-Semitic is ‘outrageous’, Higgins says
President says absence of some leaders at pope’s funeral is ‘very significant’
Affidavit from Shin Bet chief alleges Binyamin Netanyahu requested illegal actions
Ronen Bar claims Israeli PM asked him to argue that due to security concerns there was no safe venue to host his corruption trial
Donald Trump’s Gaza plan piles pressure on his ‘favourite dictator’
Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sought to kill proposal to expel population while preserving good relations with US president
Recovering Pope Francis appears on basilica balcony for Easter message
Pontiff did not preside over the Vatican’s Mass for Easter but appeared after for blessing and message
Israel watches with concern as US and Iran prepare to resume nuclear talks
Israeli sources fear the US position in the talks with Iran may fall short of the 2003 deal with Libya, under which Tripoli agreed to dismantle its nuclear weapons
Fighter pilots call on Israel to prioritise release of Gaza hostages, even if war must stop
Almost 1,000 retired and active reservist Israeli pilots say Gaza war now ‘mainly serves personal and political interests’
UN chief rejects new Israeli plan to control Gaza aid
No aid delivered to Palestinian enclave since March 2nd, as Israel says it will not allow entry of supplies until Hamas releases hostages
Israel high court hears petitions against dismissal of Shin Bet security chief
Chaos erupts in courtroom in what appears to be deliberate attempt to disrupt proceedings over Ronen Bar
Trump signals possible progress on Iranian nuclear issue
US president says ‘very high level’ talks will take place on Saturday
‘Nobody but me would do this’: Donald Trump cares nothing for the doomsayers
It is impossible to imagine any other American president having the chutzpah to brazen out what represents a deliberate policy capable of foisting a recession
Trump says no pause to tariffs and urges EU to buy ‘beautiful’ US energy
US president said EU has been ‘very bad to us’ but trade deficit will ‘disappear fast’
Trump says US and Iran beginning direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme
US president says he prefers a deal over military confrontation
Binyamin Netanyahu to meet Donald Trump in Washington as Israel continues to pound Gaza
This will be the Israeli prime minister’s second White House visit since Trump’s return to power
‘They destroyed this moment of joy’: On the frontlines of the Israeli incursion into Syria
Days after the fall of the Assad regime, Israeli forces entered southern Syria, where many locals now want protection from the UN
An Irishman in Israel: Is it better for my Israeli daughters to grow up in Tel Aviv or Dublin?
World View: The grim milestone of 50,000 Palestinian deaths passed almost without comment in Israel
IDF conducts ground operations in Shujaiyeh neighbourhood of Gaza city
Health authorities in Gaza say Israeli forces killed at least 27 in an airstrike on a school building where displaced families were sheltering
Hundreds of thousands flee as Israel seizes Rafah in new Gaza ‘security zone’
Israel’s military says it is conducting an investigation into the deaths of 15 Palestinian aid workers found buried in a shallow grave
Hungary says it is withdrawing from International Criminal Court as Netanyahu visits
Israeli prime minister was invited to Budapest the day after ICC issued arrest warrant in November
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