A Jewish congressman on Wednesday shared his personal fears of political violence, as he reflected on last week’s fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy staffers and called on those protesting the war in Gaza to do so peacefully.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government hit back at growing international pressure over the war in Gaza on Wednesday, amid deepening signs of division over the war at home, 600 days after the Hamas-led attack on October 7,

The court investigated Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir over West Bank settlements before Karim Khan took leave because of sexual-assault allegations against him.

Keith Siegel has been free for nearly four months, but he is still pained by vivid images of his 484 days as a Hamas hostage and of those still held in Gaza’s tunnels.

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the West Bank on Wednesday, the local health ministry said, the third reported killed by Israeli forces in 24 hours in the occupied territory where there has also been a new spate of settler attacks on Palestinian villages.

As mediation efforts continued, an Israeli strike on the home of a Palestinian doctor in Gaza killed nine of her 10 children on Friday. Dr Alaa al-Najjar's 11-year-old son was injured, along with her husband, Hamdi al-Najjar, who is in critical condition.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has blasted the country’s political leadership and the conduct of its military, saying he is no longer able to defend Israel against accusations of war crimes.

Former Israeli government spokesperson Eylon Levy says Israel faces an "impossible dilemma" between bringing home hostages and defeating Hamas.

Malnourished five-month-old baby Siwar is now out of hospital in Gaza - but as we found, she and her family are struggling.