Haredi visitors outside Stella Maris say they want to pray near the presumed burial site of Prophet Elisha; churchgoers say it's just another attempt to intimidate Christians

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

Putin, Erdogan, Jordan's Abdullah, Egypt's Sissi, Spanish king, presidents of Singapore, Georgia and Greece also among the many reaching out to mourning Israeli president

In eulogy, Isaac Herzog says his mother’s great loves were her family, Israel and ‘good taste, aesthetics… and understanding the big wide world’

Politicians laud 'pioneering' woman who devoted herself to public service; she took part in Israel's War of Independence and was a social and environmental activist

A brief overview of key events in the Jewish state's relations with its neighbors, after Israel and the United Arab Emirates agree to normalize relations

Some pictures offer a glimpse from the side of the Arab forces, including a faked propaganda picture of an Israeli soldier surrendering

2017 book 'Angels in the Sky' recounts how World War II veterans helped turn the tide of the 1948 War of Independence