July 22, 2014
11:00 pm

European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton, center, talks with British Foreign Affairs Minister Philip Hammond, right, prior to the start of the EU Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers held at the EU Council building in Brussels, on July 22, 2014. At left is Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister Didier Reynders. photo credit: AFP/Thierry Charlier)

EU calls on Hamas, Islamic Jihad to disarm

28-country bloc defends Israel’s right to fight, says indiscriminate rocket fire from Gaza is ‘criminal and unjustifiable’

By Marissa Newman

July 22, 2014
10:10 pm

John Kerry speaking on June 19. (photo credit: US State Department)

US defends aid to UNRWA despite rocket caches

Washington critics of $15 million grant cite longtime allegations regarding UN group’s proximity to Hamas

By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil

July 22, 2014
9:31 pm

Palestinian girls at a UNRWA school in Gaza. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

For second time, rockets found at UN school in Gaza

‘How many more schools will have to be abused by Hamas missile squads before the international community will intervene?’ Foreign Ministry fumes

By Raphael Ahren

July 22, 2014
7:19 pm

Illustrative photo of a Delta flight (photo credit: AP/Michael Simon)

US carriers suspend flights to Israel over rocket fears

Israeli officials trying to convince American counterparts to lift ban put in place after shrapnel damages home near airport

By AFP and Raphael Ahren

July 22, 2014
6:44 pm

Jon Stewart: Gaza on the map (YouTube screenshot)

Jon Stewart hits back at Israel critics

Host of ‘The Daily Show’ is under fire for portrayal of current conflict between Hamas and Israel

By Aron Dónzis

July 22, 2014
6:29 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry (L) meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in the capital Cairo on July 22, 2014. (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/POOL)

In Cairo, Kerry urges Hamas to accept truce

US secretary of state says terror group has ‘a fundamental choice to make,’ backs the Egyptian initiative

By Shaun Tandon

July 22, 2014
6:23 pm

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri (unseen) and in Cairo on July 21, 2014 (photo credit: AFP PHOTO/KHALED DESOUKI)

‘Stop fighting, start talking,’ Ban tells Israel, Palestinians

UN chief says rocket fire from Gaza is ‘shocking,’ adds that the negotiations must address ‘the root causes of the conflict’

By AFP

July 22, 2014
5:50 pm

Hamas gunmen dressed as IDF soldiers targeting Israeli forces near Kibbutz Nir Am Monday morning. (Screen capture: IDF)

16-year-old Gaza terrorist treated in Israeli hospital

Hamas gunman was in group that carried out tunnel attacks on southern Israel Monday in which 4 soldiers were killed; 2nd terrorist also in Israeli hospital

By Times of Israel staff

July 22, 2014
5:46 pm

Staff Sergeant Avitar Moshe Torjamin, 20 (photo credit: Facebook)

IDF soldier Avitar Moshe Torjamin killed in Gaza

Circumstances of death unclear; IDF death toll climbs to 28

By Times of Israel staff

July 22, 2014
5:11 pm

Men examine a rocket fired by Gaza terrorists that landed in Sderot's industrial zone in June (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

As war rages, figures show Israelis ‘nest’ at home

International travel is down, and so are local car trips, according to data from El Al and parking app Pango

By David Shamah

July 22, 2014
4:00 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses on July 15, 2014 deputies of his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) at the parliament in Ankara. (photo credit: AFP/Adem Altan)

Erdogan abandons mediation role for anti-Israel diatribe

Turkey’s PM’S rhetoric reaches new heights in effort to impress voters before August presidential elections

By Stuart Williams and Dilay Gundogan

July 22, 2014
3:32 pm

Chairman of the Executive of The Jewish Agency for Israel Natan Sharansky addressed the Jewish Agency Board of Governors at the Knesset June 23. (Lior Daskal for The Jewish Agency for Israel)

‘We’ve had more immigrants than missiles,’ says Sharansky

Jewish Agency chairman castigates Jewish ‘useful idiots,’ says pro-Palestinian Jews are ‘playing into the hands of Hamas’

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

July 22, 2014
2:58 pm

Lone soldiers graduate the IDF's Hebrew school (photo credit: courtesy of Jared Bernstein Photography/Nefesh B'Nefesh)

Lone soldiers follow long Diaspora tradition

Nearly 2,000 foreign volunteers currently serve in IDF, many of whom are American citizens

By JULIE WATSON

July 22, 2014
2:54 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meets with IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz (C) and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon (R) at the Command and Control Center of the 162nd Armor Division in Southern Israel, on July 21, 2014. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)

In the press, weighing fight versus flight

Ceasefire efforts and a mounting death toll face off against Israel’s objective of destroying Gaza’s labyrinth of tunnels. Everybody, of course, has an opinion

By Joshua Davidovich

July 22, 2014
12:40 pm

US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri in Cairo on July 22, 2014. (photo credit: AFP)

Egypt suggests restarting peace talks as part of ceasefire bid

Egyptian FM meets with Kerry, who says he wants to end fighting and find ‘a way to deal with the underlying issues’

By AP and Times of Israel staff

Topic: Hamas