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Jerusalem

Israel demolishes buildings in UN Palestinian agency’s East Jerusalem compound

A member of the Israeli forces walks past the rubble of a dismantled structure at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in East Jerusalem, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
A member of the Israeli forces walks past the rubble of a dismantled structure at the Jerusalem headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in East Jerusalem, January 20, 2026. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

UN chief warns he could refer Israel to world court over action against UN Palestinian refugee agency

FILE PHOTO: Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in an UNRWA school, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive shelter in an UNRWA school, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025. REUTERS/Hatem Khaled/File Photo

Israel says it killed Hamas financial officer in Gaza

A Palestinian man on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 13.
A Palestinian man on the rubble of destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip on Dec 13.

Famed Jerusalem stone still sells despite West Bank economic woes

The quarry is a source of Jerusalem stone, the famed pale rock used throughout the Holy Land and beyond for millennia.
The quarry is a source of Jerusalem stone, the famed pale rock used throughout the Holy Land and beyond for millennia.

Israeli authorities raid UN Palestinian refugee agency’s East Jerusalem compound

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem. The UNRWA has been accused of bias by Israel.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) headquarters in Jerusalem. The UNRWA has been accused of bias by Israel.

5 million of 6 million Jews killed in Holocaust now identified

FILE PHOTO: Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Visitors tour an exhibition, ahead of Israel's national Holocaust memorial day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, in Jerusalem April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo

Israel to demolish homes of Palestinians who killed six in Jerusalem bus stop attack

Israel to demolish homes in Palestinian villages of Jerusalem attackers in move seen as illegal

The two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Sept 8.
The two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop on the outskirts of Jerusalem on Sept 8.

Palestinian gunmen kill six at Jerusalem bus stop

People inspect a bus with bullet holes in the windshield at the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place at the outskirts of Jerusalem, September 8, 2025 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
People inspect a bus with bullet holes in the windshield at the scene where a suspected shooting attack took place at the outskirts of Jerusalem, September 8, 2025 REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun     TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Israel army says intercepted missile fired from Yemen

Israel has carried out multiple retaliatory strikes in Yemen.
Israel has carried out multiple retaliatory strikes in Yemen.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.