While a number of exceptions will light up their skies for holiday, most mayors cancel annual festive tradition, citing desire to save funds and avoid crowding

With events limited or canceled amid pandemic, Home Front Command invites parents and kids to recreate part of traditional festivities for video to air nationally

Fines for violating social distancing rules are doubled and those caught without a mask will now pay up without an initial warning; malls to stay shut

Chani Lifshitz says she can't enter 'fires of controversy' as Hasidic religious leaders tell her not to go ahead with torch-lighting ritual

Reopened IKEA draws crowds, lottery booths given permission to resume activities, raising ire of still-shuttered stores, as well as ministers

Officials from National Security Council and Defense Ministry said considering strict restrictions amid fears of crowding, infections at cemeteries and memorial ceremonies

The men, both residents of East Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber, attempted to join jihadist group's Sinai branch earlier this year

Ahead of Nakba Day, when Palestinians lament creation of Jewish state, Tehran calls for referendum by 'inhabitants of the land' to decide its future

Marie Nahmias spent her life raising unwanted, disabled children after 'God heard her prayer' for her wounded soldier son. Lighting Independence Day torch, she enthralled a nation

Independence Day celebrations across the country see hundreds of thousands turn out to enjoy nature, watch Air Force flybys, and cook up a BBQ