Pieter Lastman’s 1614 painting captures the biblical moment when Abraham leaves everything behind to follow God’s call.

Mahmoud Illean/AP The Israel Defense Forces claimed that Hamas killed the Bibas children "with their bare hands," denying Hamas' claim that they were killed in an airstrike. "Following a forensic ...

In response to the bus blasts, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz instructed the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) to intensify operations in the West Bank as the military blocked entry points to ...

In case of abuse, The nation of Israel has ... the inhabitants of Canaan, to make way for the incoming masses of Israelites. Amid descriptions of enemy destruction and land conquest, God states ...

Israel and Hamas had confirmed the names of the four bodies returned to Israel Thursday as Oded Lifshitz, a journalist and peace activist, and Shiri Bibas and her two children -- Ariel and Kfir Bibas.

Shiri Bibas' two children were confirmed, but not the mother, the IDF said. One of the four bodies handed over from Gaza to Israel on Thursday does not include a hostage, the Israel Defense Forces ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The remains of two child hostages have been identified but another body released by Hamas was not the boys’ mother, the Israeli military said early Friday. Hamas militants ...

Yarden Bibas, the father, was abducted and held separately and released on Feb. 1, as part of the first phase of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that paused the 15-month-long war in Gaza.

Hamas said it handed over four hostages to Israel in a display a senior U.N. official called “abhorrent and cruel.” Israel later said only three bodies belonged to captives. By Aaron Boxerman ...

The faces of the two boys, Ariel, who was 4 years old, and Kfir who was 9 months old when they were captured, have been emblazoned in graffiti on buildings across Israel. A photo of the young ...