• Violence flares on Israeli-Lebanese border as Israel steps up attacks in Gaza

    Violence flares on Israeli-Lebanese border as Israel steps up attacks in Gaza

    Mar 22, 2025 09:50 PM EST

    ... Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resumed the fighting in Gaza. Where is the sense of the Israeli public on this? Josef Federman: There are deep divisions in Israeli society, the government, this is a very hard line government. But the Israeli public, large parts of the Israeli public, at least half, possibly ...

  • Retaliatory Israeli strike kills 2 people in southern Lebanon, health ministry says

    Retaliatory Israeli strike kills 2 people in southern Lebanon, health ministry says

    Mar 22, 2025 04:44 PM EST

    Hezbollah began launching rockets, drones and missiles into Israel the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack out of Gaza ignited the war there. The Israel-Hezbollah conflict boiled over into all-out war in September as Israel carried out massive waves of airstrikes and killed most of the militant ...

  • Israel orders soldiers deeper into Gaza, vowing to hold more land unless Hamas releases hostages

    Israel orders soldiers deeper into Gaza, vowing to hold more land unless Hamas releases hostages

    Mar 21, 2025 02:13 PM EST

    ... Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 hostage. Most of the hostages have been freed in ceasefire agreements or other deals. Israeli forces have rescued eight living hostages and recovered the bodies of dozens more. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 49,000 Palestinians ...

  • News Wrap: Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since fighting resumed in Gaza

    News Wrap: Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since fighting resumed in Gaza

    Mar 20, 2025 10:35 PM EST

    In our news wrap Thursday, Hamas fired rockets at Israel for the first time since the resumption of fighting this week, Israel restarted its blockade on northern Gaza, an American detained by the Taliban for more than two years has been freed and officials from across Europe are moving to form an international peacekeeping force...

  • Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians

    Israeli strikes across Gaza hit multiple homes, killing at least 85 Palestinians

    Mar 20, 2025 03:02 PM EST

    ... Israelis again take to the streets to protest Netanyahu's handling of the war The breakdown of the ceasefire has been met with anger in Israel, where many support the plight of the hostage families to free their loved ones. Hundreds of Israelis gathered Thursday outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

  • News Wrap: Israel launches ground operation in Gaza after ending ceasefire with Hamas

    News Wrap: Israel launches ground operation in Gaza after ending ceasefire with Hamas

    Mar 19, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    ... its benchmark interest rate steady for the second meeting in a row. ... Geoff Bennett: We start today's other headlines in the Middle East, where Israel says it launched a limited ground operation in Gaza after abruptly ending a two-month cease-fire with Hamas. The Israeli military claims to ...

  • Israel advances ground operation to retake part of a key corridor in northern Gaza

    Israel advances ground operation to retake part of a key corridor in northern Gaza

    Mar 19, 2025 03:44 PM EST

    ... and taking 251 hostages. Most have been released in ceasefires or other deals; 59 hostages remain, and more than half are believed to be dead. Israelis protest against their government Before this week's attacks, Israel and Hamas were set to negotiate an extension of the first phase of the ...

  • After delays in ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, Israel renews attacks on Gaza

    After delays in ceasefire negotiations with Hamas, Israel renews attacks on Gaza

    Mar 18, 2025 10:50 PM EST

    In exchange, Israel released 2000 Palestinian prisoners and allowed a flood of aid into Gaza during its initial phase. Hamas says Israel failed to return to the negotiating table, which it says would have led to the return of all remaining hostages. But Israel says its barrage last night targeted ...

  • What's next for Gaza after Israel resumes strikes? Mideast experts weigh in

    What's next for Gaza after Israel resumes strikes? Mideast experts weigh in

    Mar 18, 2025 10:48 PM EST

    ... And Hussein knows well this is not one hand clapping. These are two combatants who are pledged to one another's mutual destruction. And the Israelis -- the Israelis suffered an enormous trauma on October 7, from which the public, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, are still reeling, the shame ...

  • Netanyahu sparks uproar in push to fire Israel's domestic security chief

    Netanyahu sparks uproar in push to fire Israel's domestic security chief

    Mar 17, 2025 05:33 PM EST

    ... to elected officials. The overhaul sparked mass protests, strikes and threats by military reservists not to serve a country whose democratic fundamentals were being eroded. Israeli media have reported that many top security officials, including Bar, warned that the internal strife sent a message of weakness to Israel’s enemies ...