Some 20 crews dispatched to battle forest fire flames outside Kibbutz Heftziba, near Afula; some homes briefly evacuated

Children hit by shrapnel in attack near Tekoa settlement; IDF says troops chasing suspects in area

After all-night hospitalization, Sheba Medical Center says premier's heart is 'completely normal' and that doctors used a subcutaneous Holter monitor 'as is customary'

Foreign Ministry official quoted saying Jerusalem seeking to avoid 'attack' on ally's government'; Lapid says coalition 'taken hostage by extremist minority of fanatics'

Elizabeth Tsurkov may have interviewed her Iraqi abductors in Baghdad for her research, Arab sources claim

National team heads to final match for sixth time in history, after 67-46 win; will face France on Sunday

Defense minister tells Justice Minister Levin legislation giving national security minister power to use administrative detention could bring 'harm to national security'

While such programs have existed for more than a decade, Azara is perhaps Europe’s first, hoping to offer a pluralistic space for intensive study of Talmud and other holy books