Apparent Syrian work migrant suspected of climbing along cliff face near Rosh Hanikra; is handed over to Shin Bet for questioning

Minister aligned with terror group says passage, closed since Israel's creation in 1948, is Lebanon's sovereign territory; remark seen as trying to complicate maritime negotiations

Many details of the case still unknown or classified, including why the Arab Israeli man decided to cross the border

Israel Nature and Parks Authority hopes to finish the delicate job of hand-cleaning rocks by year's end

From large patches clinging to algae to tiny droplets in the sand, the dark, sticky chemical is defying painstaking efforts to decontaminate almost the entire coastline

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

Event in and around Mediterranean, Red Sea and Sea of Galilee aimed at pressing for more marine reserves and better enforcement against litterbugs, single-use plastic ban

But in year's end roundup report, Israel Nature and Parks Authority director says lack of functioning government leaves funding for 2020 unclear, harms ability to plan

The primate that infiltrated the border last week continues to show up in various towns in northern Israel, evading all efforts to capture it