It was not immediately clear who would have direct authority over the national guard. Israel's police chief, Inspector-General Yaakov Shabtai, has expressed misgivings about the new force in a ...

“We are close to announcing an agreement and a [hostage deal],” said a source claiming to be familiar with the negotiations, “but this hinges on Israel’s awaited response. If no new ...

The security guard who killed his Jordanian assailant and a bystander after being stabbed in the chest said “a weight has been lifted from my heart” after returning to Israel. The guard ...