Israel kills senior Hamas leader who served as one of the architects of Oct. 7, dealing significant blow to terror group's military capabilities.

But there’s a much sharper cutting edge to the cyber threat in the Middle East. That means Israel versus Iran, two of the world’s leading offensive cyber states battling each other continually and quietly, while headlines focus more on the real-world battlefront.

By Sudarshan Varadhan, Wendell Roelf and Steven Scheer SINGAPORE/CAPE TOWN/JERUSALEM, Dec 16 (Reuters) - South African miners are boosting thermal coal exports to Israel after top supplier Colombia in August ordered a total ban on shipments of the power-generation fuel to Israel,

Israel unveiled the Iron Beam laser defense system that intercepts missiles and drones at the speed of light for just $3 per shot, revolutionizing warfare technology.

The Israeli cabinet approved on Thursday the legalization and establishment of numerous settler outposts in the occupied West Bank, according to an Israeli source familiar with the matter.

TAIPEI/JERUSALEM, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan's high-profile Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu made a previously unpublicised visit to Israel recently, three sources familiar with the trip told Reuters,

Hamas says it is willing to lay down its weapons after two years of war in Gaza, but Israel may not agree to its main condition.

Sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF airstrikes -- continue despite the Gaza ceasefire.