Baghdad native moved from Iraq to Mandatory Palestine shortly after birth, served in Haganah, Palmach, and took part in secret IDF operations, including first-ever targeted killing

Researchers also unearth bullet casings at site of famous Lamed Heh battle in War of Independence, shedding rare light on an incident from which there were no Palmach survivors

Military determines that Yitzhak Rubinstein and Binyamin Aryeh Eisenberg, who along with a third soldier were captured by Egyptian forces, are among those buried in mass grave

The Jewish nightclub owner, born Rolf Sigmund Sostheim, fled Germany for Israel in 1933 but later returned to Berlin to become the city's 'king of nightlife'

Chief prosecutor Bensouda says court could look at 'evolution of these events' as part of probe focusing on intense 2014 fighting and subsequent events

Defense minister says he believes 'truth will come to light,' a day after the Jewish state officially rejects war crimes probe in a letter to Hague-based court

Hundreds of Jews died in the fight for Jerusalem, including teenage immigrants and seasoned veterans; today, monuments and battle sites remain outside the capital

A glimpse of Israel's fight for independence through the eyes of two 20-something fighters, as their missives are found decades after their deaths by their children... including me