Closure will be in effect from midnight Tuesday to midnight Wednesday, except for humanitarian-related cases, as is customary for holidays

Newspaper says planned retaliation for Ashdod attack was opposed by some security chiefs; Netanyahu shelved idea after attorney general told him cabinet approval was needed

PFLP says it downed Israeli UAV, but army denies knowledge and local sources say aircraft actually belonged to another Gaza terror organization

After a week of tensions, that included Netanyahu being rushed off a stage during a rocket attack, PM warns that war in Gaza could break out 'before the elections'

State prosecutors tell High Court the government actively working to stem flow of 'illegal aliens' from blockaded coastal enclave to PA-controlled territory

PM, who was ridiculed for being rushed off-stage due to rocket attack from enclave, takes tough stance on Hamas ahead of national vote

Days after being rushed off stage due to rockets from enclave, PM says operation to be launched 'at the right time'; admits he can't prevent Trump-Rouhani meet

Palestinian media reports Israeli strikes on Hamas positions in the Strip moments before alarms sound in communities of Zikim and Mavki'im, north of the enclave

Alarms come hours after 3 rockets fired from Gaza, lightly damaging an Israeli home, following Israeli airstrikes

Alarms heard in Israeli communities north of the Gaza Strip; apparent attack comes less than a day after two projectiles were fired at Ashdod and Ashkelon