As tensions simmer in the capital, terrorists in the Strip fire a mortar shell toward southern Israel, airborne arson attacks spark fires

Launches triggers sirens in Sderot, nearby towns; military announces it is closing the Strip's pedestrian Erez Crossing until further notice

No reports of injuries or damage; launches come after a day of nonstop airborne arson attacks cause dozens of fires throughout south

In an in-depth interview with expert archaeologist Tali Erickson-Gini, we hear that he who controls the spice (or garum and wine) controls the ancient world

All are currently asymptomatic; Health Ministry will investigate if the residents were infected with a variant strain

Car blown up in Netanya, hours later another explodes in Holon killing one; later, man shot dead, another seriously injured in Ashkelon

Environmental Protection Ministry says secretive Europe Asia Pipeline Company allegedly violated several laws, after initial investigation into Ashkelon toxic event

IDF says detection system mistakenly indicated incoming rockets, prompting launch of interceptors; incident comes as Islamic Jihad, Hamas blame Israel for deaths of Gaza fishermen

Experts call the spill Israel's worst beach contamination in memory, and they fear much marine life has been wiped out. Nobody can say how long recovery will take

As tankers begin taking oil from Red Sea to Mediterranean, hundreds of experts write that a leak could ravage marine life and destroy world's only reef spared by climate change