A building that was under construction has collapsed in Tel Aviv, injuring at least six people and sending a large plume of dust over the area.

A four-year-old boy has been killed in a mortar attack near the border with the Gaza Strip, Israeli rescue officials say.

AROUND 40 people died yesterday when a bus burst into flames as it raced to an Israeli prison during a massive forest fire. The victims were mainly prison guards participating in the rescue mission, officials said. It was one of the deadliest accidents in the nation’s history.

Two Katyusha rockets fired from Lebanon fell on northern Israel today, police and the military said.