Israel

An Israeli company says it will soon attempt to become the first private entity to land a spacecraft on the moon.

Roger Waters recently did an interview for the magazine that accompanies the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, and he has now written an open letter to the editor as he feels what was printed was not what he said.

Roger Waters says he's going to call for a musical boycott of Israel.

A senior Palestinian official is warning that the West Bank government will pursue war crime charges against Israel if it doesn't stop settlement construction.

An Egyptian diplomat says indirect talks on implementing a cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants have opened in Cairo.

Israel and the Hamas militant group agreed to a cease-fire Wednesday to end eight days of the fiercest fighting in nearly four years.

A U.N. aid agency says some 10,000 Gazans have sought shelter in U.N.-run schools after the Israeli military dropped leaflets on the territory warning residents of certain areas to evacuate their homes.

A man identified as the most elusive top military commander of Hamas is urging the group's fighters to keep up attacks on Israel.

Witnesses say an Israeli airstrike has hit a high-rise in downtown Gaza City where a number of local and foreign news organizations have offices.

Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip say an Israeli airstrike has killed the commander of its military wing.