The planned evictions of four Palestinian families was halted by Israel's top court due to the pending clarifications of claims on their homes.  

Omer Barlev, Israel's minister for police, said he was setting up a cabinet-level commission of inquiry to probe into allegations.

Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the UAE were among countries that would now be barred from importing Israeli cyber tech.

NSO says that it does not know the specific identities of people against whom clients use Pegasus but if it receives complaints, it can acquire the target lists.

The source Reuters spoke to, however, deemed it "doubtful" that new curbs would be placed on Pegasus exports.

Non-immune Israelis who return from abroad must self-isolate, due to concerns that virus variants could challenge the vaccine.

Bahrain followed the United Arab Emirates in agreeing last month to normalise ties with Israel, stunning Palestinians who had demanded statehood before any such regional rapprochement.

The turmoil arose from a feud over military conscription between Netanyahu's presumed allies: ex-defence minister Avigdor Lieberman, a far-right secularist and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties.

"This is the last nail in the coffin" of peacemaking, veteran Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Twitter.

Details about Benny Gantz's Israel Resilience Party, that were leaked to local media after it was registered, gave little indication of its ideological tilt.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the closure of Gaza's main commercial border terminal. Israel also cut Gaza's fishing area and blacklisted a TV channel.

A former chief of staff to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to provide testimony on behalf of the state in two graft cases in which the Israeli leader has been questioned as a suspect.

An Israeli court said that two police investigations in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been questioned could result in corruption charges.

The campaign for Syrian refugees has been launched in an attempt to foster friendships across a border hostile for decades.

Some in the region, including Israelis and Kurds, see opportunity in the chaos.