Thousands of offspring of Nazi Holocaust survivors in Israel are seeking reparations from Germany to pay for psychiatric treatment they say they require as a result of trauma suffered by their parents. The lawsuit was seen as the first ever filed by representatives of the so-called "second generation".

An aide to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed US anger at Israel's approval for new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem.

At least three rockets fired from Lebanon exploded in northern Israel on Thursday, wounding two people, police and medics said.

Bridging gaps between Israel and the US over settlement growth in the occupied West Bank will require hard work, an Israeli official said on Wednesday

US President Barack Obama has said that settlement building in the occupied West Bank did not "advance the cause of peace".

Israeli troops fired at Palestinian demonstrators in Syria who rushed to the border on Sunday in what Israel called a challenge to its sovereignty.

Israel has lambasted SA for requiring Israeli goods made by West Bank settlers to be labelled as originating from occupied Palestinian territory.

Thousands of offspring of Nazi Holocaust survivors in Israel are seeking reparations from Germany to pay for psychiatric treatment they say they require as a result of trauma suffered by their parents. The lawsuit was seen as the first ever filed by representatives of the so-called "second generation".