At least three rockets were fired from Gaza at southern Israel, including one that was intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system over Ashkelon.
Clothing and accessories retailer American Apparel Inc ousted controversial founder Dov Charney as chairman effective immediately and moved to fire him as CEO and president following an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct.
Last month, the international community expressed its outrage at the kidnapping of hundreds of Nigerian school girls by the Radical Muslim Boko Haram.
President Barack Obama said on Thursday the United States was ready to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq and was prepared to make targeted strikes in the country to combat an extremist insurgency.
Israeli troops detained 30 Palestinian suspects overnight as it continued to search for the kidnapped Israeli teens.
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro visited the family of Naftali Frenkel, one of three Israeli teens kidnapped a week ago.
A controversial far-right Israeli rabbi said in a letter posted on his Facebook page that three Israeli teens were kidnapped because of legislation he described as against the Jewish character of the state.
Israeli forces traded gunfire with Palestinians on Thursday, the military said, in the fiercest street battles in the West Bank since a search began for three Israeli teenagers missing for a week.
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