Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has confirmed that his group has had Iranian Fateh-110 missiles that can hit the whole of Israel since 2006, noting that an Israeli spy recently busted in Hizbullah's ranks had “nothing to do with the entire military structure of the resistance.”

The Fateh-110 missiles have a minimum range of 200 kilometers that can hit entire Israel.

Envoys from the United States, the European Union, the United Nations and Russia will meet later this month to discuss the next steps to address the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, officials said Thursday.

The gathering of the Middle East diplomatic quartet will take place January 26 in Brussels to discuss ways of reviving the peace process after the Palestinians failed to win U.N. Security Council approval of a resolution on ending the Israeli occupation.

The United Nations on Thursday called on Israel to unlock millions of dollars in taxes owed to the Palestinian Authority that were withheld after it decided to join the International Criminal Court.

A senior U.N. official told the U.N. Security Council that the freeze of about $127 million imposed on January 3 was in violation of the Oslo peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians.

Israel said Thursday that Sweden's foreign minister was not welcome for an official visit in the country, with relations strained over Stockholm's recognition of Palestine.

The minister, Margot Wallstroem, last week postponed a trip to Israel indefinitely, with Israeli media reports suggesting that Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman did not want to meet her. 

Israel's former National Security Adviser Maj. Gen. Yaakov Amidror has warned that Hizbullah poses one of the biggest threats to the Jewish State in 2015, saying its arsenal has exceeded the firepower of most European states combined.

The Jerusalem Post quoted Amidror as saying that the Israeli army must prepare for three challenges this year - a large-scale ground war against Hizbullah, a war of attrition with Hamas in the Gaza Strip, and a potential military operation in Iran.

Israeli-Argentinian conductor Daniel Barenboim, a tireless campaigner for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, said Wednesday "new paths" for peace are needed after last week's attacks in France.

Barenboim, 72, who is renowned for his attempts to make peace through music, added that the situation in the Middle East is "much worse" now than when he set up a "peace orchestra" known as the East-West Divan orchestra with Palestinian scholar Edward W. Said in 1999.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday hit back at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who blasted him this week for "daring" to attend an anti-terror solidarity march in Paris.

"I believe his shameful remarks must be repudiated by the international community, because the war against terror will only succeed if it's guided by moral clarity," Netanyahu's office quoted him as telling visiting leaders of the U.S. pro-Israel lobby AIPAC.

Images of Israel's premier elbowing his way to the front row of world leaders in Paris sparked both embarrassment and amusement back home -- providing rich pickings for opponents in the upcoming election.

Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has warned arch foe Israel that his party is in possession of all types of weapons.

“We have all sorts of arms that come to your mind,” Nasrallah told al-Mayadeen TV station in a lengthy interview, which hasn't been aired yet.

Israel held an emotional funeral Tuesday for four Jews killed by an Islamist gunman in Paris, with thousands turning out to mourn the victims of an attack that shook the Jewish community.

Shock and sorrow was palpable in the crowd as family members and top Israeli officials stood to pay tribute to the four men who were shot dead on Friday when an Islamic extremist stormed a kosher supermarket.