• What to know about Israel's new Gaza offensive with 60,000 reservists set to be mobilized

    What to know about Israel's new Gaza offensive with 60,000 reservists set to be mobilized

    Aug 20, 2025 09:53 PM EDT

    ... to the offer. Netanyahu has said he will end the war if Hamas gives up power, lays down its arms and releases the remaining 50 hostages — around 20 of whom are believed by Israel to be alive. Israel would still maintain open-ended security control over Gaza while delegating civilian ...

  • Israel to mobilize tens of thousands of reservists for expanded Gaza operation

    Israel to mobilize tens of thousands of reservists for expanded Gaza operation

    Aug 20, 2025 01:52 PM EDT

    ... say it could destroy hopes for a future Palestinian state. Israel says it killed Hamas militant involved in abduction of father whose family was taken hostage Israel's military said Wednesday it had killed a Hamas militant who stormed a kibbutz and abducted Yarden Bibas, the father of three whose ...

  • News Wrap: Trump administration revokes security clearances of current, former officials

    News Wrap: Trump administration revokes security clearances of current, former officials

    Aug 19, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... yet to offer an official response. Hamas and Arab officials say the current deal would involve a 60-day truce, the release of some Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, a surge of aid to Gaza, plus talks to permanently end the war. A Qatari official said today the ...

  • Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after 'positive response' from Hamas

    Qatar urges a Gaza ceasefire after 'positive response' from Hamas

    Aug 19, 2025 04:17 PM EDT

    ... Israeli official said Tuesday that the country's position on a ceasefire "is consistent and has not changed." "Israel demands the release of all 50 hostages in accordance with the guidelines set by the Cabinet to end the war," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they ...

  • 6 fact checks from the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

    6 fact checks from the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting

    Aug 18, 2025 11:10 PM EDT

    ... The demonstrators called for the release of the remaining hostages amid Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanayhu’s plan to launch a ground invasion into Gaza City. Trump weighed in on Truth Social, saying that "we will only see the return of the remaining hostages when Hamas is confronted and destroyed!!!"

  • Hamas agrees to Arab ceasefire proposal as Gaza death toll passes 62,000

    Hamas agrees to Arab ceasefire proposal as Gaza death toll passes 62,000

    Aug 18, 2025 01:33 PM EDT

    ... hostages are returned and Hamas has been disarmed, and to maintain lasting security control over Gaza. Hamas has said it will only release the remaining hostages in exchange for a lasting ceasefire and an Israeli withdrawal. Palestinian death toll surpasses 62,000 Hamas-led militants abducted 251 people and killed ...

  • News Wrap: West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio deploying National Guard troops to DC

    News Wrap: West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio deploying National Guard troops to DC

    Aug 17, 2025 09:45 PM EDT

    ... 30-year low. Thousands of Israelis joined a nationwide strike today to demand the end of the war in Gaza and the return of the hostages. Demonstrators block the major highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem while carrying photos of some of the 50 hostages Israel says are still being ...

  • Protests explode across Israel amid growing frustration over the war in Gaza

    Protests explode across Israel amid growing frustration over the war in Gaza

    Aug 17, 2025 05:42 PM EDT

    ... Those who today call for an end to the war without defeating Hamas are not only hardening Hamas’ position and delaying the release of our hostages, they are also ensuring that the horrors of Oct. 7 will be repeated," Netanyahu said, referencing the Hamas-led attack in 2023 that killed ...

  • Far-right Israeli minister confronts long-imprisoned Palestinian leader face to face

    Far-right Israeli minister confronts long-imprisoned Palestinian leader face to face

    Aug 15, 2025 05:13 PM EDT

    ... occupied West Bank. Israel considers him a terrorist and has shown no sign it would release him. Hamas has demanded his release in exchange for hostages taken in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. In a Facebook post, Barghouti’s wife said she ...

  • Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger

    Malnourished kids arrive daily at a Gaza hospital as Netanyahu denies hunger

    Aug 14, 2025 04:08 PM EDT

    ... in front of a screen reading "Fake Starving Children" over photos of skeletal children with preexisting conditions. He accused Hamas of starving the remaining Israeli hostages and repeated claims the militant group is diverting large amounts of aid, a claim the U.N. denies. Doctors in Gaza acknowledge that some ...