Leading Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury dies at 76
Lebanese novelist Elias Khoury, who dedicated much of his writings to the Palestinian cause and taught at universities around the world, making him one of Lebanonโs most prominent intellectuals has died.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Oct. 7 mastermind thanks Hezbollah leader for his help attacking Israel
Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has thanked Lebanonโs Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah for his support in the ongoing war with Israel.
The Palestinian economy is in free fall and will require billions to rebuild, the UN says
The Palestinian economy is โin free fall,โ with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its level before Israeli forces began a blistering military response to the Oct. 7 attacks in the territory, the United Nations says.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken says US will keep pressing Israel to spare Gaza humanitarian sites
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States will continue to press Israel to do more to spare humanitarian sites in the Gaza Strip, a day after an Israeli airstrike on a U.N. school complex sheltering displaced Palestinians killed 14 people there, including six U.N. staffers.
Israel says it likely killed an American activist by mistake. The US condemns its ally
The Israeli military says an American activist killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot โindirectly and unintentionallyโ by its soldiers, drawing a strong rebuke from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the activistโs family.
The UN chief calls the death and destruction in Gaza the worst he's seen
The U.N. chief says the United Nations has offered to monitor any cease-fire in Gaza and is demanding an end to the worst death and destruction he has seen in his more than seven-year tenure.
Palestinians' UN proposal demands Israel leave Gaza and the West Bank in 6 months
The Palestinians have circulated a draft U.N. resolution demanding that Israel end its โunlawful presenceโ in Gaza and the West Bank within six months.
Funeral held for an American activist a witness says was shot dead by Israeli troops
The Palestinian Authority holds a funeral procession for an American activist who a witness says was shot and killed by Israeli forces.
Chased away by Israeli settlers, these Palestinians returned to a village in ruins
An entire Palestinian community fled their tiny West Bank village last fall after repeated threats from Israeli settlers with a history of violence.
UN investigator accuses Israel of a 'starvation campaign' in Gaza that Netanyahu denies
The U.N. independent investigator on the right to food accused Israel of carrying out a โstarvation campaignโ against Palestinians in Gaza.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill 6 in occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes in the occupied West Bank killed six people, including the son of a prominent jailed militant.
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: The Israeli military strikes Jenin on Day 3 of its West Bank raid
The Israeli military says it struck the West Bank city of Jenin on the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory and killed a senior Hamas commander in the city.
What to know about Israel's large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank
Israel is carrying out large-scale military raids in parts of the occupied West Bank, where the decadeslong conflict with the Palestinians had worsened even before the outbreak of the war in Gaza.
EU urged to rethink ties with Israel over Gaza and impose sanctions against some ministers
Ireland and the European Union's top diplomat have urged the bloc to review its relations with Israel as the death toll mounts in Gaza and the West Bank.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli military says it killed 5 more militants in West Bank operation
The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank, including a well-known local commander.
Israel kills a top militant in its deadliest West Bank raids since the Gaza war began
The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants, including a local commander, in the occupied West Bank.
Israel launches a big military operation in the West Bank and kills at least 10 Hamas militants
Israel has launched a major military operation in the occupied West Bank and has sealed off the volatile city of Jenin.
Israel-Hamas war latest: 10 Hamas militants killed in Israeli operation in West Bank
Hamas said that 10 of its fighters have been killed during a large-scale Israeli military operation in the occupied West Bank.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel launches more strikes on Lebanon, state media and witnesses say
After a short-lived calm following a heavy exchange of strikes between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, fighting resumed Monday.
Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
Israelโs military says polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century.
Israeli evacuation orders cram Palestinians into shrinking 'humanitarian zone' where food is scarce
The Israeli military is issuing evacuation orders for southern Gaza at an unprecedented pace.
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.
UN says a record number of aid workers were killed in 2023 and this year may be even higher
The United Nations says that a record number of aid workers were killed in conflicts around the world last year, and this year may be on course to be even deadlier.
Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak with a surge of vaccinations
The threat of polio is rising fast in Gaza, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak.
First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
Palestinian health officials say the first case of polio has been recorded in an unvaccinated 10-month old-child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah.
Settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders
Israeli leaders have roundly condemned a settler attack that killed one Palestinian and torched homes and cars in the occupied West Bank.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Mediators strike hopeful note after two-day cease-fire talks
Mediators to the Gaza War cease-fire talks say the two-day talks wrapped up and they aim to reconvene in Cairo next week to seal a deal to stop the fighting.
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.
More than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, the territoryโs Health Ministry says
The Health Ministry in Gaza says more than 40,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war.
The veteran Palestinian leader Abbas says he will visit Gaza and calls on Muslim leaders to join him
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has pledged to travel to Gaza as the Israel-Hamas war rages.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli strikes kill at least 17 in Gaza overnight, Palestinians say
Palestinian health officials say Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight and into Wednesday killed at least 17 people, including five children and their parents.
A new round of Gaza cease-fire talks is starting. Why is a deal so elusive?
International mediators are hoping to kickstart stalled cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas with a new round of talks meant to finally clinch a deal between the sides.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders' call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks
Iran has rejected a call by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions.
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 Courtโs power to issue arrest warrants in its investigation into the war in Gaze and Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel.
US and other frustrated mediators call on Israel, Hamas to resume Gaza talks, saying, 'no excuses'
Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar are jointly demanding that Israel and Hamas return to stalled talks on the war in Gaza.
Israel's Western allies slam Israeli minister's remark that Gaza starvation may be justified
Israelโs Western allies have condemned remarks by the country's far-right finance minister who suggested that causing the starvation of Gazaโs population of more than 2 million Palestinians โmight be just and moralโ until Hamas-held hostages are released.
Israel-Hamas war latest: The Israeli military orders another mass evacuation in southern Gaza
The Israeli military has ordered another mass evacuation in large areas around Khan Younis in southern Gaza, saying its forces will soon operate there in response to Palestinian rocket fire.
Israel court hears bid to close prison where soldiers are accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian
Israelโs Supreme Court has convened again to consider a petition to shut down a military prison where soldiers have been accused of abusing Palestinian detainees.
Israel-Hamas war latest: New Hamas leader can ensure a cease-fire deal is reached, Blinken says
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the newly chosen Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar has the power to ensure that a cease-fire deal is reached for the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Israel kills militants in the West Bank as a nervous region watches latest on cease-fire talks
Israel's army says two airstrikes in the West Bank have killed nine Palestinian militants as violence flares again in the Israeli-occupied territory.
Israel says it has confirmed that chief of Hamas' military wing was killed in a July strike in Gaza
The Israeli military says it has confirmed that the head of Hamasโ military wing was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July.
What to know about the escalating conflict and Israel-Hamas cease-fire talks after 2 assassinations
A pair of assassinations of anti-Israel militant leaders hours apart is threatening to set off a regional clash and upend already fragile talks toward ending the war in Gaza.
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 โsubstantial abuseโ of a detainee at a shadowy facility where Israel has held Palestinian prisoners throughout the war in Gaza.
An Israeli airstrike hits a school sheltering people in Gaza, killing at least 30 including children
Israeli airstrikes have hit a school being used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza and killed at least 30 people including seven children.
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.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Israeli military orders evacuation of part of humanitarian zone in Gaza
The Israeli military has ordered the evacuation of part of a crowded area in the southern Gaza Strip it had designated a humanitarian zone.
Israel-Hamas war latest: Drone strike hits Tel Aviv, killing 1 and injuring at least 10
Yemenโs Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for a drone strike that hit part of central Tel Aviv near the U.S. Embassy, killing one person and injuring 10.
The Latest | Israeli politician's visit to a Jerusalem holy site threatens Gaza cease-fire talks
Israelโs far-right national security minister has visited Jerusalemโs most sensitive holy site in a move that threatens negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza.
US military pier for carrying aid to Gaza will be dismantled after weather and security problems
The U.S. military-built pier to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza will be dismantled and brought home, ending a mission fraught with weather and security problems.
Global rights group finds Hamas-led militants committed war crimes on Oct. 7
A global human rights group says Hamas-led armed groups committed numerous war crimes during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel that precipitated the war in Gaza.
Israeli strikes in southern, central Gaza kill more than 60 Palestinians, including in 'safe zone'
Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza, including a blast that hit an Israeli-declared โsafe zoneโ crowded with thousands of displaced people.
The Latest | Israeli strikes kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, including in 'safe zone'
Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 60 Palestinians in southern and central Gaza overnight and into Tuesday.
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.
UN chief urges funds for Palestinians, saying Israel is forcing Gazans 'to move like human pinballs'
The United Nations chief is appealing for funding for the beleaguered U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Gaza and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Emergency workers uncover dozens of bodies in a Gaza City district after Israeli assault
Civil defense workers in Gaza have been digging bodies out of collapsed buildings and pulling them off rubble-covered streets.
'We have nothing': Palestinians return to utter destruction in Gaza City after Israeli withdrawal
Palestinians have returned to breathtaking scenes of destruction in Gaza City after Israeli troops withdrew, ending a two-week offensive there.
The Latest | Israel will send cease-fire negotiators to Cairo for more talks, Netanyahu says
Israel will send a delegation to Cairo for further talks with mediators on a proposed deal with Hamas for a cease-fire and hostage release.
Airstrike kills 25 in southern Gaza as Israeli assault on Gaza City shuts down medical facilities
An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza has killed at least 25 Palestinians.
Israeli forces push deeper into Gaza City as Hamas warns that escalation threatens cease-fire talks
Israeli forces are advancing deeper into the Gaza Stripโs largest city in pursuit of militants who have regrouped there.
Israel approves plans for nearly 5,300 new homes in West Bank settlements
An Israeli anti-settlement monitoring group says the government has approved plans to build nearly 5,300 new homes in settlements in the occupied West Bank.
The Latest | Israel kills a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon; group retaliates with rocket attacks
Israel killed a senior commander in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, the second top field leader killed in less than a month.
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.
The Latest | Palestinians flee Khan Younis as Israel says 1.9 million are crammed in central Gaza
A new Israeli evacuation order has sent Palestinians in Gaza streaming out of eastern Khan Younis, the second-largest city in the war-torn territory.
Lawsuit accuses Iran, Syria and North Korea of providing support for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Victims of Hamasโ 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 Israelโs ongoing war in Gaza.
Israel orders Palestinians to flee Khan Younis, signaling likely new assault on southern Gaza city
The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from much of Gaza's second-largest city, Khan Younis.
The Latest | Israel appears set to reinvade a city in Gaza filled with displaced civilians
The Israeli army has ordered a mass evacuation of Palestinians from the eastern half of Khan Younis, a city in southern Gaza thatโs currently filled with displaced civilians.
Israeli airstrike in the northern West Bank kills a Palestinian militant and wounds 5 other people
Palestinian health officials say Israeli troops have carried out an airstrike in the northern West Bank, killing a Palestinian militant and wounding five other people.
The UN starts to move tons of aid from US-built pier after security fears suspended work there
The United Nations says workers have begun moving tons of humanitarian aid that had been piled up at a United States-built pier off Gaza's coast and distributing it to warehouses in the besieged territory.
Israel lets 19 kids leave Gaza who are sick or wounded, first medical evacuation in nearly 2 months
Israeli authorities say 68 people โ 19 sick and injured children and their companions โ have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when the territoryโs sole travel crossing was shut down.
Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says
A U.S. aid official says thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a Gaza beach isnโt reaching those in need because of a dire security situation on the groun.
Israelis' lawsuit says UN agency helps Hamas by paying Gaza staff in dollars
Israelis who were taken hostage or lost loved ones during Hamasโ Oct. 7 attack are suing the United Nations agency that aids Palestinians.
US military shows reporters pier project in Gaza as it takes another stab at aid delivery
A $230 million pier project that the U.S. has built on the coast of Gaza to deliver badly needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza is running again.
A WHO official says the US-built pier in Gaza not sufficient in delivering aid to Palestinians
A senior official with the U.N. health agency says the reconnected U.S.-built pier off the coast of the Gaza Strip cannot supply Palestinians with anywhere near the level of aid they need.
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 โpartialโ cease-fire deal that would not end the war.
Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah kill at least 25 and wound 50, Gaza health officials say
Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes on a tent camp outside the southern city of Rafah have killed at least 25 people and wounded another 50.
Israel's pledge to guard an aid route into Gaza falls flat as lawlessness blocks distribution
Israel has established a corridor for the delivery of aid into southern Gaza but a declared โtactical pauseโ in its war with Hamas has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians.
Rifts seem to appear between Israel's political and military leadership over conduct of the Gaza war
The Israeli armyโs chief spokesman is apparently questioning the stated goal of destroying the Hamas militant group in Gaza in a rare public rift between the countryโs political and military leadership.
The Latest | Hezbollah says Israeli strikes kill 3 fighters as US envoy tries to calm tensions
Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon have killed three Hezbollah fighters as a U.S. envoy tasked with avoiding a devastating regional war returned to Israel after meeting officials in Lebanon.
Israel's Netanyahu blames Biden for withholding weapons. US officials say that's not the whole story
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is claiming that the United States is withholding weapons needed for the war in Gaza.
Israel's army says it will pause daytime fighting along a route in southern Gaza to help flow of aid
The Israeli military says it is pausing fighting during daytime hours along a route in southern Gaza to free up a backlog of humanitarian aid deliveries for desperate Palestinians.