Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency from 06:00 am (0300 GMT) Sunday, after the Israeli military launched what it called pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon. “The declaration on the state of emergency enables the IDF (Israeli military) to issue instructions to the citizens of Israel, including limiting gatherings and closing sites where it may be relevant”, …

Surgeons at Hadassah Medical Centre, Jerusalem, have reattached a 12-year-old boy’s head to his neck after a serious accident in which he was hit by a car while riding his bicycle. Palestinian from the West Bank, Suleiman Hassan was airlifted to Hadassah Hospital’s trauma unit in Ein Kerem, where it was determined that the ligaments holding the posterior base of …

Two Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli military operation near the Palestinian town of Jenin on Saturday. According to unanimous reports from both sides, the Palestinian men fired shots from a moving car at Israeli soldiers, who returned fire. The men, aged 23 and 24, were fatally wounded, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The Israeli army said the …