... one of the most important and critical meetings between an American president and an Israeli prime minister,” said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S.-Israel relations at Bar-Ilan University near the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. “What’s at stake here is not just bilateral relations between Israel ...
... Trump is preparing for the first foreign leaders to visit the White House since he began his second term. This week, Mr. Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a week later King Abdullah of Jordan. Before leaving Israel, Netanyahu said he expects to discuss victory over Hamas ...
... other news, the delicate ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas move forward today with another hostage release and prisoner exchange. Hamas freed three hostages and Israel released 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. In Khan Yunis, two of the Israeli hostages were paraded in front of a crowd before being handed ...
UNRWA, the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency, said it remains operational in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem despite an Israeli ban. The law passed in October forbids UNRWA from operating on Israeli land and from contact with Israeli authorities. Nick Schifrin discussed more with William Deere of UNRWA and Assaf Orion, a...
Around 250 were abducted when Hamas stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians. Israel’s ensuing air and ground war has been among the deadliest and most destructive in decades. More than 47,000 Palestinians have been killed, over half of them ...
In our news wrap Thursday, Hamas freed eight hostages and Israel handed over more than 100 Palestinian prisoners in a third round of exchanges, officials in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack killed at least six people in the northeastern city of Sumy and an appeals court ruled a federal ban on handgun sales to...
... the war and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Tens of thousands killed Hamas started the war when it sent thousands of fighters storming into Israel. The militants killed some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted around 250. Israel’s ensuing air and ground war was among the deadliest ...
... allowed to return. Those fears have been compounded by far-right members of Israel's government who support rebuilding Jewish settlements in Gaza, from which Israel withdrew troops and settlers from in 2005. Netanyahu says that idea is unrealistic. Egypt and Jordan have each made peace with Israel but support ...
Hamas said the two killed were fighters in its armed wing. Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in the urban Qalandiya refugee camp near Jerusalem overnight, according to the Health Ministry. The ministry does not say whether those killed by Israeli fire are militants or civilians. The Israeli military ...
... days as Israel said Hamas had changed the order of the hostages it released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Local medical officials said Israeli forces opened fire at the waiting crowd and killed several Palestinians over the weekend. Israel's military said it fired warning shots at approaching ...
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