Israeli ex-president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres died on Wednesday, some two weeks after suffering a major stroke, triggering an outpouring of grief for the beloved elder statesman.
A building collapse in Israel's commercial capital Tel Aviv left 18 people wounded and at least three others trapped under rubble Monday, with emergency units working at the scene, officials said.
Israel sent fighter planes to intercept an unidentified passenger aircraft entering its airspace and escorted it to land at Tel Aviv, the Israeli military said.
Israeli police said two 13-year-old girls from Israel's Arab minority stabbed and lightly wounded a security guard in a town near Tel Aviv on Thursday and were arrested.
Two people were killed and at least seven wounded when a gunman opened fire on a pub and nearby cafe in central Tel Aviv.
