Military chief Gadi Eizenkot unifies specialized units like Egoz and Duvdevan in bid to increase efficiency

Attack on firefighters in heavily Arab neighborhood sparks retaliatory mob that sets Muslim prayer hall on fire

Detonation of booby-trapped farm marks the latest setback for rebel forces in country’s four-year civil war

Attackers from Bedouin village of Hura tried to torch car used in drive-by shooting attack earlier in the day

Move follows UK chief rabbi’s urging of Islam education, and a new requirement that schools teach a second religion

Proposed government bill would up fines to over NIS 450,000, raise maximum jail term to four years

In Afghanistan, Syria and Cameroon, White House seen increasingly relying on small deployments of elite troops to quell crises, The New York Times reports

First Star Wars film for Jewish director J.J. Abrams breaks global records even before opening in China, the world’s second-largest market