Israel is bracing for a potential attack by Hezbollah, which has threatened retaliation over the recent destruction of equipment earmarked for its efforts to bolster its precision missile arsenal. GOC Northern Command: We are preparing for any contingency and if need be, we will react to developments on the ground.

Poll predicts 32 seats for center-left party, putting it ahead of Likud for the first time in this election campaign • The right-wing bloc is still ahead by one seat • Zehut drops out after party leader Moshe Feiglin is offered a ministerial position.

Lebanon's Jammal Trust Bank SAL and its subsidiaries allegedly facilitated financial activities of Shiite terrorist group. US secretary of state: "Jammal Trust's misconduct undermines the integrity of the Lebanese financial system."

Human rights activists in Gaza believe around 30,000 of Gaza’s population of 2 million have tried to leave the territory in the past decade, with a surge in numbers after the 2014 war between Israel and Hamas.

After 2,000 years of trauma-filled Jewish history, Israel is, like a battered woman, afraid to confront its enemies. But the longer it postpones a military operation, the bolder these enemies get.