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Eli Weinstein, a 51-year-old Haredi resident of the Haredi town of Lakewood, was sentenced yesterday (Friday) to 37 years in prison for fraud—a crime he committed a few months after being released from prison due to a pardon he received from President Donald Trump.

Donald Trump has sent a letter to the Israeli president urging him to "fully pardon" Benjamin Netanyahu in his ongoing corruption trial.

Israeli soldiers have described a chaotic situation in Gaza and a collapse of norms and legal constraints, with civilians killed at the discretion of individual officers, according to testimony in a TV documentary.

The family of Sami Hamdi, the British journalist held by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), says he is to be released.

Israeli police made dozens of arrests on Monday as part of a vast investigation into suspected corruption at the country’s main labour union.

Hamas has handed over the remains of three people to Israel, but Israel says they do not belong to any of the hostages.

Late Thursday, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the remains were those of Sahar Baruch and Amiram Cooper, who were both captured during the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attack that sparked the conflict.

When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.

Iran appears to be stepping up the rebuilding of its ballistic missile program, despite the reintroduction last month of United Nations sanctions that ban arms sales to the country and ballistic missile activity.

Polish prosecutors are seeking to charge Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro with misusing public funds and purchasing Israeli spyware Pegasus, allegedly to target opposition politicians.

Israel will not accept the presence of Turkish armed forces in Gaza under a US plan to permanently end the conflict in the Palestinian territory, Israeli foreign minister Gideon Sa’ar said on Monday.

A British commentator allegedly applauding the Oct 7 massacre has been detained by US authorities and is facing deportation back to the UK.

Turkey is likely to be excluded from the 5,000-strong stabilization force that is to be established inside Gaza, as Israel made it clear it did not want Turkish troops involved.

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday warned Israel against annexing the West Bank, calling lawmakers’ preliminary vote to extend sovereignty in the occupied area and the surge in settler violence there a “threat to peace.”

Vice President JD Vance’s arrival in Israel on Tuesday comes as some Trump administration officials are concerned that the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas could fall apart, sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

The EU has been criticized for pausing sanctions against Israel’s government in response to Donald Trump’s peacemaking efforts in the Middle East, as the fragile ceasefire came under threat.

Israel has initiated a series of strikes on Gaza following accusations against Hamas of "multiple attacks" in a "bold violation" of their ceasefire agreement.

The Scottish Green co-leader has insisted that UK citizens who have fought with Israel in the conflict in Palestine should be tried for war crimes when they return home.

An international agreement with Iran intended to keep the world safe from the spread of nuclear weapons has officially ended, as Tehran has announced the termination of the decade-old deal.

Israel’s military has identified the remains of a 75-year-old hostage, transferred by Hamas to the Red Cross in Gaza late Friday, as Eliyahu “Churchill” Margalit.