Israel has experienced a tumultuous and often violent existence over its 60 years as a nation. Click on the links below to watch and read key events in its history since its creation in 1948.

In 1948, Britain withdrew from Palestine, and David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first prime minister ... s gravity hole’: A 106-meter drop linked to ancient forces beneath Earth ‘Global Lunar ...

The first phase of a fragile ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in Gaza crumbled earlier this week after Israel pounded the enclave with heavy airstrikes — the deadliest since the truce was ...