World Oct 30 New push to end Middle East wars faces familiar challenges The United States and other mediators are ramping up efforts to halt the wars in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip. They are circulating new proposals to wind down the regional conflict during the Biden administration’s final months.
World Oct 29 What to know about 2 new Israeli bills that could halt UNRWA’s aid delivery to Gaza The laws ban the agency, UNRWA, from operating in Israel, designate it a terror organization, and cut all ties between the agency and the Israeli government.
World Oct 18 Israel and Hamas signal resistance to ending Gaza war after Sinwar’s death Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin said a day earlier that his country's military will keep fighting until the hostages are released and will remain in Gaza to prevent a severely weakened Hamas from rearming.
World Oct 18 As Hezbollah vows a new phase of war with Israel, Hamas official confirms Sinwar’s death Sinwar’s killing offers a potential window to shift the dynamic in the Gaza war even as Israel presses its offensive to root out Hezbollah along its northern border with Lebanon.
World Oct 13 Netanyahu mulls plan to empty northern Gaza of civilians and cut off aid to those who remain Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling…
World Oct 01 Iran fires dozens of missiles into Israel in sharp escalation of regional conflict Iran fired dozens of missiles into Israel, a sharp escalation of the monthslong conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militias Hezbollah and Hamas that threatened to become a wider regional war.
World Oct 01 Hezbollah denies ground incursion as Israel calls for evacuations in Lebanon The Israeli military has warned people to evacuate nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities hours after announcing what it said were limited ground operations against Hezbollah…
World Sep 24 Gazans fear their plight is being forgotten as Israel’s battle with Hezbollah heats up As fighting between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, Palestinians in Gaza are fearful their plight is being overlooked by the international community.
World Sep 20 Hezbollah confirms one of its commanders was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut Israel launched a rare airstrike that killed a senior Hezbollah military official in a densely populated southern Beirut neighborhood on Friday. It was the deadliest such strike on Lebanon’s capital in decades, with Lebanese authorities reporting at least 14 people killed and…
World Sep 20 During a West Bank raid, Israeli soldiers pushed 3 apparently lifeless bodies from roofs It was the latest in a series of suspected violations by Israeli forces since the start of the Israel-Hamas war that rights groups say show a pattern of excessive force toward Palestinians.