Israel - Wikipedia
WEBIsrael, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. It is bordered by Lebanon to the north, Syria to the northeast, Jordan to the east, the Red Sea to the south, Egypt to the southwest, the Mediterranean Sea to the west, and the Palestinian territories – the West Bank along the east and the Gaza ...
Israel | Facts, History, Population, & Map | Britannica
WEB2 days ago · Israel is a country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem is the seat of government and the proclaimed capital, although the latter status has not received wide international recognition. Learn more about Israel, including its history.
Israel-Hamas War and Rafah News: Latest Updates - The New …
WEB21 hours ago · Israel said the strike on the school killed 15 militants, including 10 Hamas fighters, some of whom it accused of participating in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on southern Israel that ignited the ...
Explainer: What is the history of the Israel-Palestinian conflict ...
WEB23 hours ago · In 1967, Israel made a pre-emptive strike against Egypt and Syria, launching the Six-Day War. Israel captured the West Bank and Arab East Jerusalem from Jordan, the Golan Heights from Syria and ...
Latest Israel-Hamas war news and Gaza updates: Nearly 450,000 …
WEB1 day ago · Nearly 450,000 people have fled Rafah in southern Gaza, a U.N. agency said. Cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas are “almost at a stalemate,” Qatar’s prime minister said Tuesday.
Israel country profile - BBC News
WEB13 October 2023. A country on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, Israel is the only state in the world with a majority Jewish population. It has been locked in conflict with the...
Israel - World Factbook Glyph
WEBMay 7, 2024 · Background. Israel has become a regional economic and military powerhouse, leveraging its prosperous high-tech sector, large defense industry, and concerns about Iran to foster partnerships around the world. The State of Israel was established in 1948. The UN General Assembly proposed in 1947 partitioning the British Mandate for Palestine into an Arab and Jewish state.
Israel - Wikiwand
WEBIsrael is located in a region known historically as Canaan, Palestine, and the Holy Land. In antiquity, it was home to several Canaanite, and later, Israelite and Judahite states, and is referred to as the Land of Israel in Jewish tradition.
A brief history of Israel | Britannica
WEBIsrael, officially State of Israel, Country, Middle East, at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Area (excludes the West Bank and Gaza Strip): 8,522 sq mi (22,072 sq km). Population (2024 est.) 9,177,000 (excludes Israelis in the West Bank and Gaza Strip ). Capital (proclaimed): Jerusalem (the city’s status as capital has not received ...
Israel - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
WEBIsrael ( Hebrew: יִשְׂרָאֵל) officially the State of Israel ( Hebrew: מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל) is a country in southwestern Asia on the eastern side of the Mediterranean Sea. Israel's population is 9.8 million people, of whom 7 million are Jewish. Almost all the other citizens of Israel are Arab (1.2 million) and include Muslims, Christians, and Druze.
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