Israel

Thousands of artists from around the world, as well as thousands of citizens via an online petition, called for the exclusion of the song 'October Rain', representing the country at Eurovision, which makes strong allusions to what happened on 7 October

The Defence Minister and the War Cabinet Minister have openly opposed PM Netanyahu's decision to go along with National Security Minister's request to restrict Arab-Israeli worshippers on the Temple Mount during Ramadan

The government rejected the proposal contained in Hamas document calling for 4,5 months of ceasefire instead of one and a half months, offering the release of hostages in three stages and demanding the release of 1.500 Palestinian prisoners

Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv demanding Netanyahu's resignation, the dissolution of the Knesset and new elections; one of the mottos is 'those who divide will not unite, those who destroy will not build, those who destroy will not create'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had informed the US that he was against the creation of a Palestinian state as part of any post-war scenario

Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old Israeli who refuses to serve in the IDF, is serving an initial 30-day sentence in military prison; he is the first known case of a conscientious objector since the beginning of the conflict

The Israeli army claimed to have caused 'unintentional harm' to 'uninvolved civilians' in two attacks this week against a densely populated neighbourhood in the Gaza Strip, where, according to local health authorities, dozens of people were killed

Three hostages were killed in Gaza by the Israeli army; they were waving a stick with white cloth according to a preliminary investigation by the Israeli army

Israeli officials would have obtained the Hamas battle plan for the 7 October terrorist attack over a year before it took place, as documents, e-mails and interviews show, according to revelations by the New York Times

"We do not target civilians, every death of a civilian is a tragedy, we do our best to prevent it," said Netanyahu, emphasising what is for him the difference between Israel and Hamasf

Lgbt partners of fallen soldiers will be recognised as war widowers with a law passed by the Knesset after the case of reservist Captain Sagi Golan, who was killed while defending kibbutz Be'eri

Amnesty International reported a dramatical increase the use of administrative detention since the beginning of the war against Hamas, while turning a blind eye to cases of torture and degrading treatment in prisons

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said his country will deny entry visas to UN officials after Secretary General Antonio Guterres' speech, disputed by Israel itself