Israeli strike kills 4 Palestinians in an aid convoy to a Gaza hospital. Israel says they were armed
An Israeli military strike has hit the first vehicle in a convoy carrying medical supplies and fuel to an Emirati hospital in the Gaza Strip, killing four Palestinians associated with a local transportation company.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel's evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says
The top United Nations humanitarian official for Gaza says that successive Israeli evacuation orders have displaced 90% of the Palestinian territory's 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October.
US official says Mideast mediators are preparing for implementation of cease-fire deal in advance
A U.S. official says mediators are preparing for a possible cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza, in a sign that mediators believe an agreement to end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war might be imminent.
International Criminal Court judges mulling arrest warrants consider legal arguments on jurisdiction
Dozens of countries, academics and rights groups have filed legal arguments either rejecting or supporting the International Criminal Court’s power to issue arrest warrants in its investigation into the war in Gaze and Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel.
Israel's Western allies slam Israeli minister's remark that Gaza starvation may be justified
Israel’s Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gaza’s population of more than 2 million Palestinians “might be just and moral” until Hamas-held hostages are released.
UN report says Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since Oct. 7 faced torture, mistreatment
The U.N. human rights office has issued a report saying Palestinians detained by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced waterboarding, sleep deprivation, electric shocks and other forms of torture and mistreatment.
Israeli military detains 9 soldiers over alleged abuse of a detainee at a shadowy military facility
The Israeli military says it is holding nine soldiers for questioning following allegations of “substantial abuse” of a detainee at a shadowy facility where Israel has held Palestinian prisoners throughout the war in Gaza.
Hamas and Fatah agree to form a government. What does it mean and who are these Palestinian groups?
Palestinian factions and bitter foes Hamas and Fatah have signed a declaration in China vowing to form a unity government that would rule over the occupied West Bank and Gaza when the Israel-Hamas war ends.
The Latest | An Israeli drone strike kills a prominent Syrian businessman with close ties to Assad
An Israeli drone strike on a car near the Lebanon-Syria border has killed a prominent Syrian businessman who was sanctioned by the United States and had close to Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
Strike kills family as Israeli evacuation order sparks panicked flight from southern Gaza city
An Israeli airstrike has killed a prominent Palestinian doctor and eight members of his extended family after they complied with military orders to evacuate their home and moved into an Israeli-designated safe zone.
Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Victims of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel are suing Iran, Syria and North Korea, saying their governments supplied the militants with money, weapons and know-how needed to carry out the assault that precipitated Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza.
Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months
Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick and injured children and their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territory’s sole travel crossing was shut down.
The Latest | Netanyahu says he will only accept a partial cease-fire deal that would not end the war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he will only accept a partial cease-fire deal that would not end the 8-month-long war in Gaza, casting doubt on the viability of a U.S. backed cease-fire proposal.
Netanyahu says he won't agree to a deal that ends the war in Gaza, testing the latest truce proposal
The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza has been cast into doubt after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would only agree to a “partial” cease-fire deal that would not end the war.
Rifts seem to appear between Israel's political and military leadership over conduct of the Gaza war
The Israeli army’s chief spokesman is apparently questioning the stated goal of destroying the Hamas militant group in Gaza in a rare public rift between the country’s political and military leadership.
Israelis and Palestinians are hopeful but cautious over the latest cease-fire proposal
A proposed cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is raising hopes across the Middle East and beyond that eight months of fighting could soon come to an end and that dozens of captives taken by the militant group could soon be freed.