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TEL AVIV — The Israeli Navy is expanding cooperation with the US Navy and other NATO maritime services and eventually aims to restore professional ties with Turkey after more than six years of estrangement, an Israeli officer said Thursday.

Residents of Gaza were enraged by criticism of Hamas’ cross-border tunnels, used mainly for smuggling, that has been voiced on the Palestinian Authority’s official TV channel.

JERUSALEM – Amid deafening silence from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who failed to condemn Sunday’s fatal terror attack in Jerusalem, the Palestinian Authority prepares to reward the terrorist’s family with a monthly stipend of $760 for the murder of Israelis.

JERUSALEM – President Barack Obama on Monday denied betraying Israel by not using the U.S. veto for an anti-settlement resolution at the United Nations Security Council last month.

Two of the four Israeli soldiers killed in the truck ramming attack in Jerusalem were American citizens.

Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank shot dead a Palestinian who attacked them with a knife overnight during an operation to arrest suspected militants, the army said on Tuesday morning.

Sunday’s deadly truck-ramming attack in Jerusalem is permitted by Sharia, a Palestinian cleric told Breitbart Jerusalem.

In response to Sunday’s truck-ramming terror attack, the security cabinet decided late Sunday on a series of measures intended to deter new Palestinian attacks.

The military trainer that shot and killed the terrorist who rammed his truck into a group of people killing four in Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv neighborhood on Sunday said that IDF soldiers on the scene were hesitant to shoot due in part to the conviction of IDF soldier Elor Azaria on manslaughter charges.

JERUSALEM – Education Minister Naftali Bennett slammed the BBC for its coverage of Sunday’s terror attack in Jerusalem for only mentioning the death of the truck “driver” who “allegedly” rammed into pedestrians.

Four Israeli soldiers were murdered and at least 16 people were wounded, some seriously, when an Arab resident of eastern Jerusalem rammed his truck into pedestrians near Jerusalem’s Armon Hanatziv Promenade.

Hamas sympathizers on Thursday marked the 21st anniversary of the assassination of Yahya Ayash, the movement’s first explosives expert, who was responsible for the killing of more than 100 Israelis.

Israel’s shadowy international spy agency, Mossad, is seeking to bolster its ranks with more women, launching its first recruitment drive specifically targeting females.

Much of the international news media is portraying the case of Elor Azaria, the so-called Hebron shooter, as a clear-cut episode in which an Israeli soldier killed a “neutralized” Palestinian terrorist in cold blood purportedly out of anti-Palestinian sentiment.

Politicians from across the political spectrum called Wednesday for a pardon for an IDF soldier who shot and killed an incapacitated Palestinian assailant, after he was convicted of manslaughter.

Two Border Police officers were injured early Tuesday evening in a suspected vehicle-ramming attack in the northern West Bank, according to preliminary reports.

Last March, Sergeant Elor Azaria, a 19-year-old Israeli army medic deployed to the West Bank, shot and killed a Palestinian assailant as he lay wounded and motionless on the ground after attempting to stab an Israeli soldier.

Israel’s parliamentary ethics committee on Monday suspended Arab-Israeli lawmaker Bassel Ghattas from participating in all Knesset activities, except for voting on bills in the plenum, following accusations he smuggled mobile phones, SIM cards, and documents to Palestinian security prisoners.

Hezbollah remains the most serious conventional threat Israel is facing, more than Hamas or Iran, a report released Monday by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) determined.

The Security Cabinet on Sunday ruled that it would not release to their families the bodies of Hamas militants killed during attacks on Israelis but would instead bury them, the government said.

Diplomatic efforts over a UN Security Council resolution demanding that Israel immediately halt settlement construction in the West Bank and East Jerusalem are “not yet resolved,” said Israel’s envoy to the world body on Thursday.

Israeli forces raided the largest arms workshop in the West Bank, the military said Monday. The raid, which took place in Hebron’s Palestinian industrial area revealed an underground facility for arms and munitions.

The Islamic State terror group claimed Wednesday that it was responsible for firing two missiles on Monday from the Sinai Peninsula, aimed at an Israeli border crossing with Egypt but which missed the mark and landed in Egyptian territory.

A terrorist carried out a stabbing attack at Lions’ Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on Wednesday afternoon, leaving two policeman lightly wounded before being neutralized.

Police said an East Jerusalem woman tried to carry out a car-ramming attack Tuesday at the flashpoint Qalandiya crossing in the West Bank.

Two of Israel’s newly purchased F-35 stealth fighter jets touched down at a Negev air force base Monday night, after bad weather delayed the arrival of the planes, touted as the most advanced fighting machines in the world.

Israel will receive its first F-35 stealth fighter jets, hailed as technological marvels whose helmets alone cost more than most people’s homes but criticized for their price and initial flaws.

A huge cloud of dust and rain blew up along the border between Israel and ISIS last week, sparking online claims that it was a biblical storm.

WASHINGTON — A day ahead of a government shutdown deadline, Congress scrambled on Thursday to wrap-up unfinished business, voting decisively to send President Barack Obama a defense policy bill, including more than $600 million for missile defense cooperation with Israel.

TEL AVIV – While all eyes are set on the battle of Aleppo, there is concern Iran-backed forces could make significant gains in areas close to the Israeli and Jordanian borders, an Arab intelligence official told Breitbart Jerusalem.

Two Hamas terrorists were killed while working on an attack tunnel intended for an infiltration from Gaza into Israel collapsed in the territory near the border with Israel, according to a statement issued by the group.

The Shin Bet announced that it arrested a cell of four Palestinians, including three minors, who had perpetrated four shooting attacks in the West Bank.

An 18-year-old Palestinian threatened Israeli border police with a knife at a flashpoint junction in the occupied West Bank on Thursday and was shot dead, Israeli authorities said.

A battalion of soldiers crawls across the desert sand with assault rifles cocked. It’s a routine exercise, but these are no ordinary troops – they are Arabs who have chosen to fight for the Jewish state.

Hezbollah accused the Israeli Air Force of striking targets near Damascus early on Wednesday morning, according to Arabic-language media reports affiliated with the Lebanese terrorist group.

The IDF held a major drill Tuesday on the Gaza border to test its readiness for a variety of attacks.