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For a brief time Thursday, the gun George Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin was up for auction. After outrage, the listing was taken down. Then it was put up for sale again. Zimmerman is the former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who got into a scuffle with the 17-year-old. He was later acquitted of the killing.

Israel is using phone data to track people potentially exposed to the coronavirus. That touched off a backlash among Israelis worried about the direction of their democracy

Israel is hosting dozens of world leaders on Thursday to mark 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, but battles over history and anti-semitism are overshadowing an event about the past.

Three weeks before elections, Israel's high court banned a far-right candidate. There was also violence between Israelis and Palestinians, and unusual unrest in Gaza.

Voters in Israel will go the polls for a second time this year after Prime Minister Netanyahu missed a deadline to form a coalition government. Parliament voted to hold new elections Sept. 17.

On Monday, the U.S. and Israel celebrate the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem. The move is a blow to Palestinians, who seek part of the city as their capital.

Militants in Gaza have launched about 250 rockets into Israel. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is promising "massive strikes" in retaliation. Reporter Naomi Zeveloff has the latest from Tel Aviv.

The president met with the British and Israeli prime ministers. On Friday, he's scheduled to speak to the World Economic Forum, the annual gathering of global business leaders.

Israel widened its operation into Gaza Sunday and each side had the highest death toll of this two-week-old conflict. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Daniel Estrin in Jerusalem about this deadly day.

Tensions are high following the murder of three young Israelis and a Palestinian teen. Relatives of the murdered Palestinian say his American cousin was beaten by Israeli police during a protest.