Israelis came to a two-minute halt to honor the memories of fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism.

Rockets and missiles from Gaza killed three civilians in Israel while Israeli air strikes and artillery fire killed seven Palestinians militants surging cross-border fighting on Sunday, according to Gazan officials and the Israeli military.

Israelis paused to the sound of a lamenting single-tone siren across the country, marking Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day in commemoration of the six million Jews killed by the Nazis during the Second World War.

#TheCube | As Israel commemorates the Holocaust on May 1 and 2, the diary of a Jewish teenage Holocaust victim is being recounted using Instagram for a social media generation.

An exhibition in Jerusalem is showing how women from three different religions wear similarly modest dresses.

The exhibition delves into the similarities and differences between the various veils worn by some Muslims, Jews and Christians who all walk the streets of Jerusalem.

Twice a year the Rabbi of the Western Wall oversees the collection of the prayers to make room for more

The tradition of putting a small paper with a prayer between the cracks of the wall is several centuries old.

Benjamin Netanyahu's is on course for a fifth term as Israel's prime minister. Benny Gantz, his main rival in Tuesday's election, conceded defeat at a press conference in Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged to formally annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank ahead of Tuesday's elections in Israel.

Turkey and the Palestinian Authority have condemned the Israeli prime minister's pledge to extend sovereignty over the West Bank