Israel Prisons Service

Hamas has reportedly informed mediators that it will not participate in any negotiation for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or a prisoner exchange deal after Israel's attack on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah on Sunday night.

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on Friday after 30 years in a US prison, receiving a muted response from Israel's prime minister in a case that has strained relations between the two allies.

Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners who have refused food for 62 days have suspended their hunger strike after reaching a deal with the Israel Prisons Service, their lawyer told AFP.

Israel's prisons service says a fire has broken out at the facility where former President Moshe Katsav is serving time.

A suspected Mossad agent known as Prisoner X was arrested by his own spymasters after leaking detailed information about his work to Australian intelligence services, according to sources cited by broadcaster ABC Monday.

The list of 450 Palestinian men and 27 women was published by the justice ministry on the website of the Israel Prisons Service, to give the public 48 hours to lodge any legal appeals against the deal which will see the return of Shalit, who has spent more than five years in captivity.

Israeli bloggers moved quickly on Monday to make copies of a pair of controversial images posted on Facebook by a former Israeli soldier -- showing her posing next to blindfolded Palestinian prisoners -- before she blocked access to her photographs, which were  shown and discussed on Israeli television before the day was out.As my colleague Et...

Hamas has reportedly informed mediators that it will not participate in any negotiation for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip or a prisoner exchange deal after Israel's attack on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah on Sunday night.

Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was released on Friday after 30 years in a US prison, receiving a muted response from Israel's prime minister in a case that has strained relations between the two allies.

Sixty-three Palestinian prisoners who have refused food for 62 days have suspended their hunger strike after reaching a deal with the Israel Prisons Service, their lawyer told AFP.

Israel's prisons service says a fire has broken out at the facility where former President Moshe Katsav is serving time.

A suspected Mossad agent known as Prisoner X was arrested by his own spymasters after leaking detailed information about his work to Australian intelligence services, according to sources cited by broadcaster ABC Monday.

The list of 450 Palestinian men and 27 women was published by the justice ministry on the website of the Israel Prisons Service, to give the public 48 hours to lodge any legal appeals against the deal which will see the return of Shalit, who has spent more than five years in captivity.

Israeli bloggers moved quickly on Monday to make copies of a pair of controversial images posted on Facebook by a former Israeli soldier -- showing her posing next to blindfolded Palestinian prisoners -- before she blocked access to her photographs, which were  shown and discussed on Israeli television before the day was out.As my colleague Et...