an amphora (an ancient jug) and the Bible verse. The mosaic contains clusters of small stones. Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority The monastery’s mosaic floor contains clusters of very ...

Mosaic inscriptions reveal faith and practice of early Christians. A church floor was discovered in Israel in 2004 in the ancient city of Megiddo. It was found a few miles down the road from Tel ...

Only the U.S. sides with Israel. By Farnaz Fassihi With only two days before Israel outlaws operations on its soil of the main U.N. aid agency for Palestinian refugees, the United Nations Security ...

A rare silver ring unearthed in Israel might represent the missing link between the so-called Merovingian architectural rings manufactured in the 6th-8th centuries CE in Western Europe and Jewish ...

The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal had been in doubt after crowds in southern Gaza surrounded hostages who were being freed.

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ... buildings in Israel. The structures include a winepress, a large warehouse and what may be a monastery boasting a colorful mosaic floor.

The Israeli military confirmed that all three hostages were in its care and back in Israel after first being handed over to Red Cross personnel in Gaza. Siegel appeared to have lost weight during ...

Now, after spending two birthdays in Gaza, Ofer is expected to return to Israel on Saturday as part of the first phase of a new hostage-ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Ofer’s children ...

Eight of the remaining hostages set to be released by Hamas in the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel are dead, according to an Israeli government spokesperson. The rest of the 33 ...

The Qatari-based Al Jazeera network published a video of a child in northern Gaza reciting by heart a speech given by former ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi vowing to destroy Israel and the ...

Hamas released Gadi Moses, Arbel Yehoud, and Agam Berger. Five Thai citizens kidnapped from agricultural communities in southern Israel were also released. Photo: Bashar Taleb/Agence France-Presse ...