Iran Revolutionary Guard general died in Israeli strike that killed Hezbollah leader, reports say

A prominent general in Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard died in an Israeli airstrike that  The killing of Gen. Abbas Nilforushan marks the latest casualty suffered by Iran

Top UN court will hold hearings in a case accusing Germany of facilitating Gaza conflict

Preliminary hearings open today at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end of German military and other aid to Israel, based on

Israeli strikes kill 13 in a southern Gaza town that could be the next target

Israeli airstrikes killed over a dozen people overnight and into yesterday in Rafah in the Gaza Strip, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ cease-fire

Israel notes ‘significant gaps’ after cease-fire talks but says constructive

Israel said “significant gaps” remain after cease-fire talks yesterday with the United States, Qatar and Egypt but called them constructive and said they would continue in

UN chief calls on countries to resume funding Gaza aid agency after allegations of militant ties

The secretary-general of the United Nations yesterday called on countries to continue funding the main agency providing aid in Gaza after several of its employees were accused

Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 25,000 with no end in sight to war

The Palestinian death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has soared past 25,000, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said yesterday, while the Israeli

UN humanitarian chief calls Gaza ‘uninhabitable’ 3 months into war

The U.N. humanitarian chief described Gaza on Friday as “uninhabitable” three months into Israel’s war with Hamas, warning that famine was looming and a public health disaster

UN appoints a former Dutch deputy premier and Mideast expert as its Gaza humanitarian coordinator

Sigrid Kaag, the Netherlands’ former deputy prime minister and a Mideast expert, was appointed the U.N. coordinator for humanitarian aid to war-torn Gaza, the United Nations chief

US envoys work for new hostage release deal and a scale-down hostilities

The head of the CIA jetted to Europe for talks with Israeli and Qatari officials yesterday , sounding out the potential for a deal on a

US defense secretary expected to press for a more targeted approach in Gaza

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was expected to press Israel to wind down major combat operations in Gaza on a visit today , in the latest

Israel vows to fight on despite deadly ambush, rising international pressure

Israel has vowed to keep fighting in Gaza until it crushes Hamas after one of the deadliest single battles of the war for its soldiers, even as

Heavy fighting across Gaza as Israel presses ahead with renewed US military and diplomatic support

Heavy fighting raged overnight and into Sunday across Gaza, including in the devastated north, as Israel pressed ahead with its offensive after the U.S. blocked

Israel widens evacuation orders as it shifts its offensive to southern Gaza

Israel’s military yesterday ordered more areas in and around Gaza’s second-largest city of Khan Younis to evacuate, as it shifted its offensive to the southern half of the territory

Fake babies, real horror: Deepfakes from the Gaza war increase fears about AI’s power to mislead

Among images of the bombed out homes and ravaged streets of Gaza, some stood out for the utter horror: Bloodied, abandoned infants.

Israel, Hamas extend their truce, but it seems a matter of time before war resumes

A truce between Israel and Hamas entered its fifth day yesterday, with the militant group promising to release more civilian hostages to delay the expected  The sides agreed

Gaza truce is back on track after hourslong delay in hostage-for-prisoner swap

The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appeared to be back on track yesterday after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinians from Israeli prisons, but

Truce deal for hostage release hits last-minute snag, expected to start today

An agreement for a four-day cease-fire in Gaza and the release of dozens of Hamas-held hostages and Palestinians imprisoned by Israel appeared to have hit a

Truce deal set to free hostages in swap, raising hopes of halting worst Mideast violence in decades

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement for a four-day halt to the devastating war in Gaza, accompanied by the release of dozens of hostages held

Timing for the Israel-Hamas pause in fighting to be announced in the next 24 hours

A cease-fire agreement between the Hamas militant group and Israel has been confirmed by both parties, along with Washington and Qatar, which helped broker the deal that would bring a temporary halt to the devastating war that is now in its seventh week.

Cease-fire: Hamas officials say hostage agreement could be reached soon

Senior Hamas officials said today (Tuesday) that an agreement could be reached soon in which the militant group would release hostages and Israel would free Palestinian prisoners.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels hijack Israeli-linked ship in the Red Sea, take 25 hostages

Yemen’s Houthi rebels seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route yesterday and took its 25 crew members hostage, officials said, raising

Heavy fighting breaks out around another Gaza hospital as babies evacuated to Egypt

Heavy fighting erupted around a hospital in northern Gaza where thousands of patients and displaced people have been sheltering for weeks, as Israel pressed an offensive it says is aimed

UN team says 32 babies are among scores of critically ill patients stranded in Gaza’s main hospital

A United Nations team said yesterday that 291 patients were left at Gaza’s largest hospital after Israeli troops had others evacuate. Those left included 32 babies

Wider offensive possible in Gaza’s south, where hundreds of thousands have fled

Israeli forces dropped leaflets warning Palestinians to flee parts of southern Gaza, residents said yesterday, signaling a possible expansion of their offensive to areas where hundreds

China, Iran, Arab nations condemn Israeli minister’s statement about dropping a nuclear bomb on Gaza

China, Iran and a multitude of Arab nations condemned an Israeli minister’s statement that a nuclear bomb on the Gaza Strip was an option in

Israel-Hamas war crowds crisis-heavy agenda as foreign ministers meet in Japan

Fresh from a whirlwind tour of the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken shifted his intense diplomacy on the Israel-Hamas war to Asia yesterday, as he and

Jewish man dies after confrontation during pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies

A Jewish man in California has died after getting into a confrontation during dueling protests over the Israel-Hamas war, authorities said. Paul Kessler, 69, died at a

Blinken wraps up frantic Mideast tour with tepid, if any, support for pauses in Gaza fighting

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was wrapping up a grueling Middle East diplomatic tour yesterday in Turkey after only limited success in his furious efforts

Blinken meets Palestinian leader in West Bank, stepping up Mideast diplomacy as Gaza war escalates

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken brought his frenetic Mideast diplomatic push on the Israel-Hamas war to the occupied West Ban yesterday, meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

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