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A member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's government and former defense chief flew to Istanbul on Wednesday, becoming the first Israeli cabinet minister to visit Turkey since ties ruptured in 2010 over a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla.

The proposal will mark the first time that Kerry, who was to arrive in Israel late Wednesday, has directly intervened in the talks since they began in late July.

Senior Hezbollah commander Hassan al-Laqis was assassinated early Wednesday in southern Beirut - a sharp blow to the Iranian-backed Shiite group.

While holding the record for the least-productive and most unpopular Congress in memory, the Republican-controlled House took a sudden turn Tuesday and passed by voice vote a 10-year extension of a federal gun control law.

Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said Tuesday: "I am not of the opinion that Israel is prepared to attack Iran's nuclear facilities without a green light from the Americans."

The attack left two-year-old Abigail Ben-Zion moderately wounded in what police say was an attack motivated by hatred of Jews.

Israel's new ambassador says his country appreciates Prime Minister Stephen Harper's unwavering friendship, his government's tough talk on Iran, and even its financial aid to the Palestinian people.

In this Feb. 19, 2013 photo, masked Palestinians use a rear car seat as a shield during a protest to support Palestinian prisoners, outside Ofer, an Israeli military prison near the West Bank city of Ramallah.

A woman walks past a graffiti of later Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain el-Helweh, in southern Lebanon, on December 3, 2013.

Israel acknowledged for the first time Tuesday that it is providing humanitarian aid to victims of the civil war inside neighboring Syria, saying it has funneled food and other emergency supplies to embattled villages just across the frontier.

"I promise that the next press conference will be the last, and will cast into the light of day everyone who perpetrated, took part in or conspired in the matter.

A poll by the Israel Democracy Institute think tank and Tel Aviv University found 77 percent of Israelis don't believe the deal will prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

When Isaac Herzog was a child, his Egyptian-born, French-speaking mother thought him to be as pretty as a doll.

The Israeli military has released its first comic book portraying how "Hamas has vilified the Jewish people, indoctrinated Gaza's children and attacked Israel with suicide bombings and rockets."

The Lebanon-based Hezbollah terror group has slammed Israel's " Prawer-Begin Plan " to organize Bedouin residence in the area, where many illegal Bedouin settlements have sprung up on state land.

Now that his three-year world tour for "The Wall" has finally come to an end, Roger Waters wants to set the record straight over criticism he's received from Jewish groups regarding his use of the Star of David symbol in the show and his support for a cultural boycott of Israel.

Palestinians sail their boats as part of a convoy that was launched at the initiative of the "Intifada Youth Coalition" to break the naval blockade of Gaza as a protest against the Israeli siege on December 2, 2013 at the port in Gaza city.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, presents Pope Francis with a Menorah during their meeting at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 2, 2013.

The military says a mortar round landed on the Israeli side of the frontier Monday and then gunfire targeted an Israeli patrol.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper basked in the glow of support from members of Canada's Jewish community on Sunday, announcing a first-ever trip to Israel next year and then breaking into song at a gala fundraising dinner.