Jim Crawford’s side had been hoping to qualify for the tournament for the first time

The second leg takes place in Tel Aviv takes place next Tuesday

Lieutenant David Kavanagh is on his first peacekeeping mission abroad with the Defence Forces, following in his father's footsteps 44 years on

Victory over Israel would see Ireland qualify for the Under-21 European Championship for the first time. 

Israel has reported a new record level of daily cases of coronavirus, shortly before government officials were to meet to discuss tightening a new nationwide lockdown.

Israel has listed an El Al flight taking off on Monday for Abu Dhabi, which would be Israel’s first commercial passenger flight to the United Arab Emirates after the two countries agreed to a US-brokered deal to normalise relations.

Telephone calls began ringing on Sunday between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, marking the first concrete step of a US-brokered diplomatic deal between the nations.

Israel and the United Arab Emirates have announced they are establishing full diplomatic relations in a US-brokered deal that requires Israel to halt its plan to annex occupied West Bank land sought by the Palestinians.

An Israeli jewellery company is working on what it says will be the world’s most expensive coronavirus mask – a gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of 1. 5 million US dollars (£1. 15 million).

Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated in Tel Aviv against what is widely seen as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to address economic woes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.