Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that the time had come to ''take off the gloves'' against Hamas.

''While walls and missile defense systems can help protect against some threats, true safety will only come with a comprehensive negotiated settlement,' writes US President Obama in the op-ed published in Israeli daily Haaretz.

Air raid siren sounds in Gush Dan region for first time amid recent Gaza escalations; Tel Aviv ordered to open public bomb shelters; no injuries.

Hamas terrorists commandos attempt a landing on Zikim beach across from an IDF army base near Gaza and exchanged fire with IDF forces.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday night announced the start of Operation Protective Edge in Gaza ‘’to stop the terror Israel's citizens face on a daily basis.''

IDF takes steps to enhance preparedness on the border including the calling of up to 1,500 reserves, municipalities of Ashkelon, Ashdod, Beersheba, and border communities ordered to open public bomb shelters.

A 38-year-old man was attacked in Malmö, Sweden’s third largest city, for the sole crime of hanging an Israeli flag on his window.

At the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chastised ministers, including Economy Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who spoke out publicly against the government’s policy on Gaza.

Izz al-Din al-Qassam says launched dozens of rockets withing minutes at southern Israel on Monday night.

Hundreds of educators from across the world will attend this week the 9th International Conference on Holocaust Education at Yad Vashem’s International School for Holocaust Studies in Jerusalem.