Reuters Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits a site in Israel hit by Iranian missiles Back in March, as he turned his back on a ceasefire process that was delivering results, the Israeli prime minister took a decision described by some commentators as akin to “political suicide”. The Gaza ceasefire deal, brokered by Donald Trump’s envoy...
Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting fromBat Yam, central Israel BBC Veronica Osipchik, 33, had her home damaged by the blast Bat Yam, just south of Tel Aviv, has long been a stronghold of support for Israel’s right-wing governing coalition. In the early hours of Sunday morning, an Iranian missile struck a 10-storey block of flats...
Tom Bennett BBC News Reporting fromRishon LeZion, central Israel Anadolu via Getty Images Two people were killed when a missile hit Rishon LeZion early on Saturday As sirens rang out across Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning, Ifat Benhaim and her family ran into their basement. “We closed the door, and suddenly there...
Lucy Williamson Middle East correspondent AFP via Getty Images In the 20 months since the war in Gaza began, Amit Halevy has been spat at, screamed at, and pelted with rocks and eggs in Israel’s streets, all because she was calling for peace. “We would sit in silence, just a bunch of women dressed in...