• Israel strikes high-rise building as it sets sights on taking over Gaza City

    Israel strikes high-rise building as it sets sights on taking over Gaza City

    Sep 05, 2025 02:42 PM EDT

    ... hostages being released during a ceasefire. Hamas-led militants killed around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducted 251 people in their attack on southern Israel that triggered the war on Oct. 7, 2023. Most have since been released in ceasefires or other agreements. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed ...

  • UN criticizes Israel for dropping grenades near peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

    UN criticizes Israel for dropping grenades near peacekeepers in southern Lebanon

    Sep 03, 2025 09:49 PM EDT

    ... U.N. peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and Israel. The multinational peacekeeping force has played a significant role in monitoring the security situation in southern Lebanon for decades, including during the Israel-Hezbollah ...

  • Israel launches satellite to expand its surveillance throughout the Middle East

    Israel launches satellite to expand its surveillance throughout the Middle East

    Sep 03, 2025 08:30 PM EDT

    ... with high resolution monitoring and intelligence gathering capabilities. The aerospace and defense industry is a pillar of Israel’s economy and the satellite's manufacturer, Israel Aerospace Industries, builds and sells satellites, missile systems, drones and aircraft to Israel as well as countries in Europe, Asia and North America. Israel ...

  • UAE warns Israel that annexation of West Bank would be 'red line'

    UAE warns Israel that annexation of West Bank would be 'red line'

    Sep 03, 2025 06:12 PM EDT

    ... cafe is a mainstay for diplomats, journalists and writers in Jerusalem. Israel says Hamas plotted to assassinate far-right Cabinet minister In a separate development, Israel’s internal security agency said it recently arrested a Hamas cell in the West Bank suspected of plotting to assassinate Israel’s far-right ...

  • With Israeli advance looming, Palestinians in Gaza City ask when to leave and where to go

    With Israeli advance looming, Palestinians in Gaza City ask when to leave and where to go

    Sep 03, 2025 03:19 PM EDT

    They are unsure where to go, when to leave and if they will ever return. Israel has declared Gaza City to be a combat zone while the military moves forward with plans to overtake it in a campaign to crush Hamas.

  • Israel begins calling up reservists as it pushes into initial stages of Gaza City offensive

    Israel begins calling up reservists as it pushes into initial stages of Gaza City offensive

    Sep 02, 2025 01:41 PM EDT

    ... up, Israel's military said last month. It will also extend the service of an additional 20,000 reservists already serving. WATCH: Frustrations rise in Israel as war endures and hostages remain in Gaza In Israel, with a population of less than 10 million, most Jewish men complete compulsory military ...

  • Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

    Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

    Sep 01, 2025 04:04 PM EDT

    ... Gaza, around 20 of them believed by Israel to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals. Scholars accuse Israel of genocide The largest professional organization of scholars studying genocide said Monday that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. Israel, which was established in ...

  • Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

    Leading genocide scholars organization says Israel is committing genocide in Gaza

    Sep 01, 2025 03:36 PM EDT

    ... for Israel to be "wiped off the map," had "genocidal intent." In July, two prominent Israeli rights groups — B'Tselem and Physicians for Human Rights-Israel — said their country is committing genocide in Gaza. The organizations do not reflect mainstream thinking in Israel, but it marked the first time that ...

  • News Wrap: Israel says Hamas spokesperson killed as it expands Gaza offensive

    News Wrap: Israel says Hamas spokesperson killed as it expands Gaza offensive

    Aug 31, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... sending more people fleeing. The area's largest hospital said 29 bodies were brought to its morgue, including 10 people who were seeking aid. The Israeli military has stopped pausing fighting to allow food deliveries as they ramp up their offensive against Hamas. Israel also said that a targeted operation ...

  • Israeli military says it killed Hamas spokesperson amid expanding offensive in Gaza

    Israeli military says it killed Hamas spokesperson amid expanding offensive in Gaza

    Aug 31, 2025 04:41 PM EDT

    ... staffed by medical professionals. The U.N. and independent experts consider it the most reliable source on war casualties. Israel disputes the figures but has not provided its own. Metz reported from Jerusalem and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press Writer Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel, contributed to this report.