Turkey has barred an Israeli military flight from Turkish airspace, in apparent retaliation for Israel’s raid on an aid convoy bound for Gaza. Turkey’s prime minister confirmed that a “ban” had been implemented following the 31 May raid, in which nine Turkish citizens on the flotilla were killed. Read the full story

The U.N. Security Council called Tuesday for an impartial investigation into the Israeli attack against a flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the immediate release of all civilians. Read the full story

More than 10 people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says. Read the full story

Israel was sharply rebuked and accused of war crimes and serious breaches of international law in Amnesty International’s annual report, published on Wednesday. Read the full story

The United Nations Human Rights Council has passed three resolutions in condemnation of Israel’s “grave human rights violations” in the occupied Palestinian territories. Read the full story

Israeli settlement building anywhere on occupied land is illegal and must be stopped, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Saturday, after getting a closer look at some of the Israeli enclaves scattered across Palestinian-claimed territories. Read the full story

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned Israel that initiating a new military conflict in the Middle East would not save it from downfall. Read the full story

The official explained to Bibi Netanyahu that if there was a peace settlement, extra investment would push Israel’s long-term growth rate from 5% a year to 7%. The Israeli prime minister responded that if the country had 5% growth, it did not need peace. Read the full story

Britain and Israel are heading towards a highly sensitive diplomatic row after alleged assassins used forged British passports on a mission to kill a Hamas military commander Read the full story

Israel is waging a covert assassination campaign across the Middle East in an effort to stop its key enemies co-ordinating their activities. Read the full story

Palestinian Authority officials will present more arguments in March urging the International Criminal Court to investigate possible war crimes allegedly committed during Operation Cast Lead, the court’s chief prosecutor said in an interview with the Reuters news agency published on Monday. Read the full story

Members of a hit squad who killed senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh used Irish passports to enter and leave Dubai, according to local police authorities quoted by the Evening Herald on Friday. Read the full story

Two named Israeli officers “jeopardised” human life by firing white phosphorus shells at a compound run by the UN, according to a report by the Israeli Defence Force. Read the full story

Information and Diaspora Affairs Minister Yuli Edelstein said on Tuesday that Israel won’t set up an independent panel to investigate Operation Cast Lead as the UN urged. Read the full story