State news agency quotes Mehdi Shamsabadi as saying the alleged agents 'were planning to assassinate our nuclear scientists'; the 3 were arrested in April in Iran's southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan

Over 1,000 activist of the 'Settlement Operation' set out to pin down locations for outposts in the West Bank in advance of plan to illegally set up 10 outposts in July in plan to challenge interim government

103FM survey predicts 55 seats for the Bennett-Lapid bloc, while right-wing parties led by Benjamin Netanyahu predicted to gain 59 seats; survey also showed increased support for the Religious Zionist Party with 10 predicted seats

Witnesses say victim and others confront settlers trespassing on their land who return when police and military arrive; one of settler group stabbs Ali Harb; Israel police says matter under investigation and assailant not identified

Hamas officials say 'high-profile meetings' with Syria held to mend relations severed in early days of Syrian crackdown against civilian uprising against Assad regime and ensuing civil war

Officials want to dissolve parliament as soon as Wednesday, but cannot reach rebel MK Nir Orbach, in charge of tabling legislations before Knesset; Orbach is feared to be helping opposition to form an alternative government

Finance minister says coalition's decision to dissolve Knesset, triggering snap elections, was a result of intrigues, lies and subversion' of Benjamin Netanyahu; 'I say that in all respects this man must not return,' he says