MK Bezalel Smotrich is considering flying to New York for most of next week to participate in a gathering of Chabad community leaders, according to ​​​​​​​Channel 12 News.

'Rules of engagement killed our father,' bereaved family of terror victim Tamir Avichai tells Israel's Pres. Herzog.

Azerbaijan parliament announces decision to open embassy in Israel, making it the first Shiite country to do so.

Israel's 1st Chief Rabbi, iconic leader of Religious Zionism: "The soul is always praying. It constantly seeks to fly away to its Beloved.”

Hamas is blaming Israel for Thursday"s fire in the Gaza Strip, in which at least 21 people were killed, Galei Tzahal (IDF Radio) reported.According to the report, Hamas said that "for 15 years, Israel has prohibited the entry of equipment and materials into Gaza, which has harmed the ability of the fire and rescue agencies to put out the fire in time."

Police say the deranged man, who also had an axe, calmly handed his weapons and was taken to hospital for evaluation.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz holds conversation with US counterpart Lloyd Austin as Gantz prepares to leave his post.

North Korea fired an apparent intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea said In Friday, a day after it launched a smaller missile and warned of "fiercer military responses" to the US boosting its regional security presence, Reuters reported.Japan's Coast Guard said the missile was likely to have landed in the sea roughly 210 kilometers west of Hokkaido.