• Iceland joins a growing list of countries boycotting Eurovision over Israel's participation

    Iceland joins a growing list of countries boycotting Eurovision over Israel's participation

    Dec 10, 2025 05:37 PM EST

    ... the attack by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023. The militants killed around 1,200 people — mostly civilians — in the attack and took 251 hostage. A number of experts, including those commissioned by a U.N. body, have said that Israel’s offensive in Gaza amounts to genocide, a ...

  • Aid deliveries into Gaza fail to meet ceasefire terms, analysis shows

    Aid deliveries into Gaza fail to meet ceasefire terms, analysis shows

    Dec 10, 2025 03:23 PM EST

    ... terms because of the slow flow of aid, continued closure of the Rafah crossing and ongoing deadly strikes on Gaza. Dispute over remains of final hostage Meanwhile, Israel says it is demanding the return of the final hostage, Ran Gvili.The Office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the AP ...

  • Trump's ceasefire plan for the Israel-Hamas war faces pitfalls as it moves into new phase

    Trump's ceasefire plan for the Israel-Hamas war faces pitfalls as it moves into new phase

    Dec 09, 2025 08:11 PM EST

    DOHA, Qatar (AP) — With the remains of one hostage still in Gaza, the first phase of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas is nearly complete, after a two-month process plagued by delays and finger-pointing. Now, the key players — including Israel, the Palestinian ...

  • Hamas wants more pressure on Israel before ceasefire's next phase

    Hamas wants more pressure on Israel before ceasefire's next phase

    Dec 09, 2025 03:30 PM EST

    ... by the end of the year. The Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on southern Israel killed around 1,200 people while 251 were taken hostage. Almost all of the hostages or their remains have been returned in ceasefires or other deals. Gaza's Health Ministry says the Palestinian toll ...

  • Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will soon enter second phase of ceasefire

    Netanyahu says Israel and Hamas will soon enter second phase of ceasefire

    Dec 07, 2025 08:54 PM EST

    ... the past 24 hours. In the original Hamas-led attack in 2023, the militants killed around 1,200 people and took more than 250 others hostage. Almost all the hostages or their remains have been returned in ceasefires or other deals.Israel’s offensive in Gaza has killed at least ...

  • Qatari prime minister says Gaza ceasefire is at a critical moment as first phase winds down

    Qatari prime minister says Gaza ceasefire is at a critical moment as first phase winds down

    Dec 06, 2025 09:03 PM EST

    ... in Gaza The war erupted on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas-led militants entered Israel, killing some 1,200 people and taking over 250 people hostage. Israel responded with an offensive that has killed over 70,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The ministry does not differentiate between ...

  • News Wrap: Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn congressional map favoring GOP

    News Wrap: Supreme Court allows Texas to use redrawn congressional map favoring GOP

    Dec 04, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, the Supreme Court allowed Texas to use a redrawn congressional map that could add Republican seats in the midterm elections, only one hostage body remains inside Gaza after Israeli officials identified the latest remains handed over and The New York Times sued the Pentagon, saying ...

  • News Wrap: ICE plans operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minnesota

    News Wrap: ICE plans operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minnesota

    Dec 02, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    ... later this week. Turning overseas now to Israel. Forensics experts are examining what are believed to be the remains of one of the last two hostages inside Gaza. Palestinian militants via the Red Cross handed over the remains, which Palestinian media said were uncovered in Northern Gaza. Meantime, Palestinians in ...

  • Israeli forensics experts examine remains handed over by militants in Gaza

    Israeli forensics experts examine remains handed over by militants in Gaza

    Dec 02, 2025 04:41 PM EST

    ... of breaking the terms of the truce. The initial 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel killed around 1,200 people while 251 were taken hostage. Almost all of the hostages or their remains have been returned in ceasefires or other deals. Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian toll ...

  • What to know about Netanyahu's request for a presidential pardon in corruption trial

    What to know about Netanyahu's request for a presidential pardon in corruption trial

    Dec 01, 2025 04:27 PM EST

    Earlier delays in the trial were caused in part by years of political crisis that gridlocked Israel, with Netanyahu returning to office in late 2022. The delays have angered many Israelis, including some parents of hostages long held in Gaza who accused Netanyahu of drawing out the war with Hamas ...