aIsraeli archaeologists have uncovered ancient coins near the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City which challenge the assumption that all of the walls of the Second Temple were built by King Herod.

Israel’s Cabinet on Monday backed the creation of an internal committee to probe its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, in a move swiftly dismissed by both Turkey and the Palestinians.

Israel moved swiftly on Sunday to expel the latest group of activists trying to break its naval blockade on Gaza, as pressure grew for an international inquiry into a raid that killed nine Turks. Israel’s powerful inner forum of seven mi-nisters was to meet behind closed doors to seek ways to calm the international outcry over its deadly storming of a first Gaza-bound aid flotilla on May 31.