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December 17, 2013
6:29 pm

Israeli soldiers guard near the border between northern Israel and Lebanon on Monday, Dec. 16, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Ariel Schalit)

Lebanon to prosecute serviceman who killed IDF soldier

Defense Minister says Lebanese officials stress that shooter, who claims he fired on suspicious figure near fence, acted alone

By Yifa Yaakov and Times of Israel staff

December 17, 2013
4:56 pm

Immigration officials arrest Sudanese migrants in front of the Knesset building in Jerusalem, Monday, December 17, 2013. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Migrants forcibly evicted by police after protest

250 African demonstrators who gathered at PMO bused from capital after fleeing ‘open’ detention facility and spending night in kibbutz shelter

By Yifa Yaakov

December 17, 2013
3:06 pm

A home without power in Jerusalem on Saturday. (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After absence during storm, heads roll at electric company

Senior engineers fired for spending snowy weekend in Eilat warmth rather than joining efforts to restore power to homes

By Yifa Yaakov

December 17, 2013
11:15 am

Sudanese refugees march toward Jerusalem in protest of the new Holot detention center for illegal migrants on Monday, December 16, 2013. (photo credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Protesting migrants make way to Jerusalem with police escort

Some 100 demonstrators being bused to capital after fleeing ‘open’ detention facility and spending night in kibbutz shelter

By Yifa Yaakov

December 17, 2013
12:37 am

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks to the media in Moscow, Russia on Friday, Nov. 8, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia ready to escort chemical arms out of Syria

Moscow lashes out at US, allies over ‘staged’ Aug. 21 chemical attack, comparing it to ‘manipulation’ that led up to Iraq war

By Yifa Yaakov and AP

December 16, 2013
11:20 pm

Bomb squad police unit examine the blackened remains of a car that exploded in a suspected bombing in the southern city of Ashkelon, Saturday night, November 2, 2013. (photo credit: David Buimovitch/Flash90)

Man injured in Kiryat Yam bomb blast

Car explodes in northern town in what may have been latest in series of underworld hits

By Yifa Yaakov

December 16, 2013
10:07 pm

Lebanese, Israeli officials meet in bid to calm border

After IDF soldier shot dead by Lebanese Army gunman, representatives from Lebanese military, IDF and UN discuss ways to prevent cross-border attacks

By Yifa Yaakov

December 16, 2013
7:23 pm

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks during a session of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, in January (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/World Economic Forum)

Soldier who shot dead IDF officer acted on his own, Lebanese PM says

Najib Mikati tells UN coordinator that cross-border attack in which Shlomi Cohen was killed was an ‘isolated incident’

By Yifa Yaakov

December 16, 2013
5:54 pm

An IsrAID worker with African refugees (photo credit: courtesy)

Israeli aid workers caught up in South Sudan coup attempt

IsraAID mission reports it is taking shelter until fighting eases as country’s president claims he’s defeated revolt

By Lazar Berman and Yifa Yaakov

December 14, 2013
2:24 pm

Snow falls by a section of Israel's separation barrier in Jerusalem on December 13, 2013. (photo credit: Sliman Khader/Flash90)

IDF assists in rescue efforts around country

Military vehicles stand ready to provide medical and rescue services to those in need

By Yifa Yaakov and Mitch Ginsburg

December 14, 2013
1:58 pm

A tractor plows snow on the road at the Al Hader intersection in the West Bank, Saturday, December 14, 2013. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash 90)

Netanyahu: Saving lives is top priority

In conference call with senior ministers, police and military officials, prime minister urges aid to the elderly

By Yifa Yaakov

December 14, 2013
12:17 pm

Moshe Ya'alon in January (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

‘No failure on our part,’ says Ya’alon

Defense minister praises government’s swift response to storm of unexpected proportions

By Yifa Yaakov

December 14, 2013
9:05 am

Jerusalem's light rail line stands deserted after a heavy snowstorm, Friday, December 13, 2013. (photo credit: The Times of Israel)

State comptroller to probe response to storm

As police trade barbs with Jerusalem municipality, Shapira calls lack of readiness for snow ‘a problem on a national scale’

By Yifa Yaakov

December 12, 2013
7:32 pm

Palestinian Hussein Rawarda, 16, who stabbed IDF soldier Eden Atias on a bus in Afula on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, is led away by police. (Screenshot: Channel 2)

Palestinian teen killer of IDF soldier indicted

Hussein Rawarda, from West Bank city of Jenin, says he stabbed Eden Atias, 19, to avenge imprisoned relatives; his father condemns killing

By Adiv Sterman and Yifa Yaakov

December 10, 2013
11:39 am

Workers at a cherry factory in a West Bank settlement. May 25, 2009. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)

UK trade agency discourages business with settlements

Agency warns of ‘clear risks’ related to economic, financial activities in West Bank; report is ‘strange’ and ‘hypocritical,’ government source says

By Gavriel Fiske and Yifa Yaakov

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Writer: Yifa Yaakov

Yifa Yaakov is a breaking news editor at The Times of Israel.

Lebanon to prosecute serviceman who killed IDF soldier

Defense Minister says Lebanese officials stress that shooter, who claims he fired on suspicious figure near fence, acted alone

Migrants forcibly evicted by police after protest

250 African demonstrators who gathered at PMO bused from capital after fleeing ‘open’ detention facility and spending night in kibbutz shelter

After absence during storm, heads roll at electric company

Senior engineers fired for spending snowy weekend in Eilat warmth rather than joining efforts to restore power to homes

Protesting migrants make way to Jerusalem with police escort

Some 100 demonstrators being bused to capital after fleeing ‘open’ detention facility and spending night in kibbutz shelter

Russia ready to escort chemical arms out of Syria

Moscow lashes out at US, allies over ‘staged’ Aug. 21 chemical attack, comparing it to ‘manipulation’ that led up to Iraq war

Man injured in Kiryat Yam bomb blast

Car explodes in northern town in what may have been latest in series of underworld hits

Lebanese, Israeli officials meet in bid to calm border

After IDF soldier shot dead by Lebanese Army gunman, representatives from Lebanese military, IDF and UN discuss ways to prevent cross-border attacks

Soldier who shot dead IDF officer acted on his own, Lebanese PM says

Najib Mikati tells UN coordinator that cross-border attack in which Shlomi Cohen was killed was an ‘isolated incident’

Israeli aid workers caught up in South Sudan coup attempt

IsraAID mission reports it is taking shelter until fighting eases as country’s president claims he’s defeated revolt

IDF assists in rescue efforts around country

Military vehicles stand ready to provide medical and rescue services to those in need

Netanyahu: Saving lives is top priority

In conference call with senior ministers, police and military officials, prime minister urges aid to the elderly

‘No failure on our part,’ says Ya’alon

Defense minister praises government’s swift response to storm of unexpected proportions

State comptroller to probe response to storm

As police trade barbs with Jerusalem municipality, Shapira calls lack of readiness for snow ‘a problem on a national scale’

Palestinian teen killer of IDF soldier indicted

Hussein Rawarda, from West Bank city of Jenin, says he stabbed Eden Atias, 19, to avenge imprisoned relatives; his father condemns killing

UK trade agency discourages business with settlements

Agency warns of ‘clear risks’ related to economic, financial activities in West Bank; report is ‘strange’ and ‘hypocritical,’ government source says

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