Israel

Incendiary balloons from Gaza prompt new Israeli airstrikes, days into new government

The flash of violence, which came hours after a provocative march of Jewish nationalists through East Jerusalem, offers a quick test for Israel’s new government.

Israeli army ends home raids in Palestinian areas aimed at gathering intelligence

Israel’s new government, wanting to tamp down the tensions that led to last month’s renewed fighting with Hamas, ceases a half-century practice.

Biden names Tom Nides, a former top Obama State Department official, as ambassador to Israel

Nides, a banker, had good relations with Israeli diplomats while a deputy secretary of state from 2011 to 2013 but was not heavily involved in substantive diplomacy.