The FBI is also expected to participate in the investigation into the attack, two other US officials said.

The data from the study also projects an additional gross contribution from Birthright to the Israeli economy until 2020 estimated at $770 million.

As massive offensive reaches its fifth day, Kurds liberate more land from ISIS but face stiff resistance.

These resolutions are “incomprehensible, unacceptable and wrong,” Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi told an Italian Radio station during a visit to Brussels.

Israel is fearful that Obama might take some kind of significant decision in regard to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, thereby making it a difficult time to approve such legislation.

The deal is expected to be wrapped up next month in Berlin between senior officials who have secretly negotiated the details of the arrangement over the last months.

With Gaza’s economy in ruins, the time may be ripe to revisit industrial zones along the border.