World Jun 12 Some of Hamas’ proposed changes to Gaza cease-fire plan ‘workable’ and some not, Blinken says The militant group submitted its first official response late Tuesday, requesting “amendments” to the deal.
World Jun 08 Israel rescues 4 hostages from Hamas captivity, while 210 Palestinians are reported killed during fighting in Gaza Israel on Saturday carried out its largest hostage rescue operation since the latest war with Hamas began, taking four to safety out of central Gaza amid the military's heavy air and ground assault. At least 210 dead Palestinians, including children,…
World May 18 Member of Israel’s war cabinet threatens to quit over Gaza strategy Benny Gantz, a popular centrist member of Israel’s three-member War Cabinet, threatened Saturday to resign from the government if it doesn't adopt a new plan in three weeks' time for the war in Gaza.
World May 07 What Israel’s assault on Rafah means for the 1.3 million Palestinians sheltering there The operation that began Tuesday followed a dramatic 24 hours in which hopes for a long-awaited cease-fire between Israel and Hamas rose and then fell, though negotiators were still talking.
World May 04 Progress reported in cease-fire talks, but Israel downplays odds of ending war with Hamas A delegation of the Palestinian militant group Hamas was in Cairo on Saturday as Egyptian state media reported “noticeable progress” in cease-fire talks with Israel, though an Israeli official downplayed the prospects for a full end to the war in Gaza.
World Apr 15 Israel orders eviction of Palestinian family from east Jerusalem property, reigniting a legal battle The Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood has been the focus of a long-running battle between government-backed Israeli settlers and veteran Palestinian residents. It's part of a broader trend of settlers encroaching on Palestinian neighborhoods in east Jerusalem.
World Apr 13 Israeli teen found dead in West Bank, sparking largest settler rampage since start of war in Gaza Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank went on the largest rampage against Palestinians there since the war in Gaza began, as Israel's army said Saturday the body of a missing Israeli teen was found after he was killed in a “terrorist…
World Apr 12 Israeli settlers storm a West Bank village, killing 1 Palestinian and wounding 25 An Israeli rights group says the settlers stormed the village on Friday while searching for a missing 14-year-old boy from their settlement, burning homes and shooting.
World Apr 11 How an aid convoy in Gaza became Israel’s target On March 30, three ships and a barge left Cyprus carrying enough rice, pasta, flour, canned vegetables, and other supplies to prepare more than 1 million meals, the group said. Two days later, some of those supplies were ready to…
World Apr 10 Israel threatens to strike Iran directly if Iran retaliates over the attack in Syria Wednesday's remarks come after Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reiterated a promise to retaliate against Israel over the attack on its consulate in Damascus earlier this month.