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Apple last month sued the Israeli spyware maker, seeking to block NSO Group from targeting the more than one billion iPhones in circulation.

Paris and Singapore came joint second, followed by Zurich and Hong Kong. New York was in sixth, with Geneva in seventh.

NSO has consistently denied any wrongdoing and insisted its software is intended for use by authorities only in fighting terrorism and other crimes.

Germany and Israel forged strong diplomatic ties in the decades after World War II, with Berlin committed to the preservation of the Jewish state.

Israel's Isaac Herzog said that the world must make sure that such massacres never happen again.

Iron Dome has destroyed thousands of short-range rockets and shells launched by Hamas militants from Gaza

Since the Egypt-brokered ceasefire, Hamas has fired only one rocket, instead re-focusing on its disruption operations.

The victim expects her former partner to receive the "maximum punishment" for his crimes at his sentencing

The inoculation campaign was hailed as a success story that helped drastically reduce infections, but Israel is again registering thousands of daily cases.

The MT Mercer Street, managed by prominent Israeli billionaire Eyal Ofer, was attacked Thursday off Oman.

The controversial match was played in Tel Aviv on Tuesday

With more than 605,000 deaths, the United States has lost more people to the virus than any other country.

Some fans are not happy about the choice of venue for the exhibition match

A Palestinian woman was shot after attempting to drive into Israeli soldiers in a car and attack them with a knife near Hizma, south of Ramallah

Local firefighters said the incendiary balloons caused around 20 fires in southern Israel.

Netanyahu, a mastermind at navigating Israel's fractious politics, had tried in vain to peel off defectors.

Ronaldo will be leading Portugal in their European Championship title defence.

For the first time in Israeli's history, the embryonic coalition also includes an Arab Israeli party, the Islamic conservative party Raam.

Egypt played a pivotal role in negotiating the May 21 ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that brought an end to 11 days of deadly fighting.

The investigators, the text said, should probe "underlying root causes of recurrent tensions and instability, including systematic discrimination and repression based on group identity".

The clashes prompted Hamas to launch rockets from Gaza towards Israel on May 10, and Israel responded with air strikes.

Shortly after the truce was announced, Islamic Jihad boasted it had "managed to humiliate" Israel.

The Israel-Gaza conflict was sparked after clashes broke out at east Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound -- one of Islam's holiest sites.

Palestinian armed groups have fired at least 2,300 rockets at Israel.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said police were increasing their use of force, warning of the "option" of deploying soldiers in towns.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has also threatened to step up attacks, warning that "if Israel wants to escalate, we are ready for it".

The UN Security Council was set to discuss the violence at an emergency meeting on Wednesday.

The violence since Friday has been fuelled by a long-running bid by Jewish settlers to evict several Palestinian families from their nearby Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in annexed east Jerusalem.

Four rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel on Sunday, the army said, as well as incendiary balloons that started 39 fires on Israeli territory, according to the fire services.

The army said its medical teams and "a number of Israeli Air Force helicopters with medical teams... are assisting in the mass casualty incident in Mount Meron."