• Israel's Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren't released Saturday

    Israel's Netanyahu threatens to resume fighting in Gaza if hostages aren't released Saturday

    Feb 11, 2025 05:45 PM EDT

    ... to return. During the first six-week phase of the ceasefire, Hamas committed to freeing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel, while Israel said it would release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. The sides have carried out five swaps since Jan. 19.The war could ...

  • Hamas' threat to delay next release of Israeli hostages raises fears for fragile Gaza ceasefire

    Hamas' threat to delay next release of Israeli hostages raises fears for fragile Gaza ceasefire

    Feb 11, 2025 04:20 PM EDT

    ... objections to the future of the ceasefire. Who and what is at stake? In immediate limbo is the planned release on Saturday of three more Israeli hostages, along with dozens more Palestinian prisoners from Israeli custody. Such exchanges — five so far in a gradual release of 33 hostages — have been ...

  • News Wrap: Ceasefire at risk as Hamas accuses Israel of breaking parts of agreement

    News Wrap: Ceasefire at risk as Hamas accuses Israel of breaking parts of agreement

    Feb 10, 2025 11:33 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, a fragile ceasefire may be at risk as Hamas accuses Israel of breaking parts of the agreement and says it will delay the further release of hostages, President Trump is set to pardon former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, Romania's president says he will resign after months of pressure and a $4...

  • In the West Bank, more Israeli checkpoints are slicing up the roads

    In the West Bank, more Israeli checkpoints are slicing up the roads

    Feb 10, 2025 04:02 PM EDT

    ... rots. Textiles and electronics get damaged. The delays raise prices, further choking a Palestinian economy that shrank 28% last year as a result of punitive Israeli policies imposed after Hamas' attack, said Palestinian Economy Minister Mohammad Alamour. Israel's ban on most Palestinian workers has left 30% of the West ...

  • Lebanese villagers blocked from returning home as Israeli forces remain in area

    Lebanese villagers blocked from returning home as Israeli forces remain in area

    Feb 09, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Foltyn: Abbas had only just begun to rebuild his house. The mayor accuses the IDF of booby trapping it. Qassem Hussain Hayder: The way the Israeli enemy is infiltrating other areas to kill and bomb, they can easily infiltrate from the southern areas. Simona Foltyn: The IDF is due to ...

  • Pressure to extend ceasefire in Gaza mounts as Israeli troops withdraw from key corridor

    Pressure to extend ceasefire in Gaza mounts as Israeli troops withdraw from key corridor

    Feb 09, 2025 09:14 PM EDT

    ... months pregnant. It said Rahaf al-Ashqar, 21, was also killed. The shooting occurred in the Nur Shams urban refugee camp, a focal point of Israeli operations.Israel's military said its police had opened an investigation. Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz on Sunday announced the expansion of the ...

  • Three Israeli hostages exchanged for 183 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire continues

    Three Israeli hostages exchanged for 183 Palestinian prisoners as Gaza ceasefire continues

    Feb 08, 2025 08:58 PM EDT

    ... full Israeli withdrawal. In the Oct. 7 attack, about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed. More than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s retaliatory war, over half women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were militants.The Israeli ...

  • State Department announces plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel

    State Department announces plans for $7 billion-plus arms sale to Israel

    Feb 08, 2025 04:54 PM EDT

    ... S. and Israel to relocate Gaza’s population after the war. The three men, captured by Hamas during its Oct. 7, 2023, attack on southern Israel, are set to be freed Saturday, in the fifth exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinians jailed in Israel.Israeli forces have withdrawn from most ...

  • Trump orders sanctions on International Criminal Court for investigating Israel

    Trump orders sanctions on International Criminal Court for investigating Israel

    Feb 07, 2025 04:02 PM EDT

    ... makes perfect sense. Russia is a failed state. People fall out of windows. But I never in my wildest dreams imagined they would go after Israel, which has one of the most independent legal systems on the planet.” “The legal theory they’re using against Israel has no limits and ...

  • Egypt lobbies against Trump Gaza Strip exodus plan while Israel begins preparations

    Egypt lobbies against Trump Gaza Strip exodus plan while Israel begins preparations

    Feb 06, 2025 02:34 PM EDT

    ... rejected similar proposals from the Biden administration and European countries early in the war, which was sparked by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack into southern Israel. The earlier proposals were broached privately, while Trump announced his plan at a White House press conference alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Hamas ...