A mortar or anti-tank missile fired from Syria killed an Israeli teenager and seriously wounded his father south of the Kuneitra crossing on the Golan Heights. The boy, identified as Mohammed Karkara, was apparently accompanying his father to work with a civilian crew doing maintenance work on the border fence....

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro visited the parents of 16-year-old Naftali Fraenkel, the Israeli high school student who was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists along with two other Israeli teenagers. The Fraenkels hold dual Israeli-American citizenship. Shapiro said he “offered the strong support of the US government, our people, and...

On Thursday, Times of Israel reporter Avi Issacharoff quoted an unnamed Israeli security official blaming Saleh al-Arouri, a Hamas operative now living in Turkey, for orchestrating the kidnappings last week of Naftali Fraenkel, Gil-ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach. Issacharoff reports: According to the unnamed official, Saleh al-Arouri — a former...

As part of its effort to insure the safety and respect the privacy of innocent Palestinians, the Israel Defense Forces is using new technologies in its search for the three Israeli teenagers abducted on June 12. In Operation Brother’s Keeper, Israel has been using its recently improved Skylark UAV drones...

CNN on Tuesday conveyed reports that Islamist militants loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have made significant gains outside of Baghdad, where fighters are advancing on the city of Baquba and where more than 50 people were killed when ISIS militants used hand grenades to attack a...

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani traveled to the Iraqi border on June 18 to pledge his country will do whatever it takes to protect the holiest sites in Shia Islam, which are located in southern Iraq. Rouhani said there are petitions from Iranians who are willing “to destroy the terrorists and...