Foreign Affairs Ministry says the hiker fell down while trying to climb up Cotopaxi, which is the second highest mountain in the South American country; efforts underway to bring 20-year-old man's body for burial in Israel

Military says Staff Sergeant Natan Fitoussi, 20, left his post in Tulkarm for a brief period and was mistaken for an intruder upon return; army slams publication of unconfirmed reports of soldier's death before family had been notified

'I do not espouse the use of the word apartheid and do not think it correctly describes the situation,' says German Chancellor Scholz in an official meeting with PA President Abbas in Berlin

Failure to reach an agreement would carry the risk of a fresh regional war with Israel threatening military action, and Iran saying it would retaliate to any aggression with a 'crushing' response

Prisoner's lawyer says client's health deteriorating and that they asked that he be released; 'Justice was not done with that man," she says after military court rejects appeal

Staff Sergeant Nathan Fitoussi laid to rest at the military section of the Netanya Cemetery; 'You were a good friend and very loved, the first to volunteer for every task,' his commander eulogizes

Standing next to German chancellor Scholz during Berlin visit, Palestinian leader lashes out and cites '50 slaughters that Israel committed' when asked to apologize for massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian militant half a century ago

Regardless of scant evidence provided from Gaza, several reports pin blame for strike on IDF rather than Palestinian misfire despite not bear tell-tale signs of Israeli attack