IAF to ask US for new cutting-edge jets
In the face of Iran's race to obtain nuclear weapons, the Israel Air Force has expressed newfound interest in receiving the F-22 - a US-developed fifth generation stealth fighter jet

10 held in Turkey over Christian publisher murders
Turkish police detained five more suspects in the gruesome murder of three people at a Christian publishing house in this conservative eastern city, officials said Thursday.

Gates says Washington to sell smart bombs to Saudi Arabia
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said during his visit to Israel that Washington has decided to sell Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) bombs to Saudi Arabia

Hamas aims to control W. Bank security
Having failed to establish a military force in the West Bank parallel to the one it has in the Gaza Strip, Hamas is instead working to infiltrate its operatives into the official Palestinian Authority security branches

Lone soldiers' benefits delaying parents immigration
Lone soldiers - IDF soldiers whose parents reside outside Israel - receive twice the salary other soldiers do

Iran, EU to meet Wednesday to discuss Iranian nuclear program
Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani and European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will meet Wednesday for talks on the dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, an EU official said Friday.

Malfunction prevents major terror attack
Islamic Jihad terrorist captured near Tel Aviv two months ago, after ditching explosive device in Rishon Lezion dumpster. Indictment filed against him this week reveals he attempted to activate device on Israeli bus, but failed to do so apparently due to faulty batteries

Teens find secret IDF material in TA
A group of teenage hikers found top secret IDF material in an abandoned warehouse south of the IDF central headquarters in Tel Aviv

Missing BBC correspondent 'alive'
Missing BBC reporter Alan Johnston is still alive, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says.

IDF Bans Homesh Event; Backers Vow To Celebrate
The IDF reversed itself Friday and ordered a ban on the planned return to the destroyed Jewish community of Homesh on Independence Day, but organizers plan to ignore the order.