Israel Air Force helicopters attacked two armed Palestinians believed to be planting explosives on the Gaza border.
It is not known if the men, who were fired on Sunday, were injured, according to reports.
The Fellowship Foundation (also known as the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews), headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, provides ongoing assistance and support to children from low-income Jewish families.
Israeli authorities on Thursday deported three Swedish citizens who arrived in the country earlier that day in a delegation of seven young people with Jewish and Palestinian roots.
Next year, "the birth of a Palestinian state will be celebrated as a day of joy by the entire community of nations," says Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in an exclusive interview to Haaretz.
In a move likely to keep the spotlight on the Goldstone Report, the UN Human Rights Council voted on Thursday to form an independent standing committee to evaluate the document’s demand that Israel and the Palestinians probe their actions in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead.
More than 12,000 people were invited to Defense Minister Ehud Barak's traditional Independence Day reception last year, at a cost of some NIS 1.5 million, the state comptroller said Thursday in a brief statement.
More than half the members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed onto a letter urging President Obama to keep his disputes with Israel out of the public eye.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that he is building in Jerusalem on his own accord and not because coalition partners are pressuring him to do so.
