• U.S. officials in Israel to press truce forward as first phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire winds down

    U.S. officials in Israel to press truce forward as first phase of Israel-Hamas ceasefire winds down

    Nov 10, 2025 05:14 PM EST

    ... there just after being uprooted from the Negev desert during the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s creation. Two decades later, Umm al-Khair fell under Israeli security control when Israel captured the West Bank. Settler attacks, residents say, began in the 1980s, after Israel built the settlement of Carmel close ...

  • Israel says forensic testing confirms it received remains of soldier killed in Gaza in 2014

    Israel says forensic testing confirms it received remains of soldier killed in Gaza in 2014

    Nov 09, 2025 04:55 PM EST

    For each Israeli hostage returned, Israel has been releasing the remains of 15 Palestinians. Ahmed Dheir, director of forensic medicine at Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, said that the remains of 300 have now been returned, with 89 identified. The war began with a Hamas ...

  • Gaza death toll tops 69,000 as Israel and Hamas exchange more remains

    Gaza death toll tops 69,000 as Israel and Hamas exchange more remains

    Nov 08, 2025 05:19 PM EST

    ... settlers injured four international activists and one 57-year-old man. Israel's military said soldiers responded to a report of rock-throwing at an Israeli vehicle and that Israeli civilians then hurled rocks at harvesters. It said Israeli and Palestinian civilians were injured. Frankel reported from Jerusalem and Abou ...

  • Another set of hostage remains has been handed over in Gaza, Israel says

    Another set of hostage remains has been handed over in Gaza, Israel says

    Nov 07, 2025 10:21 PM EST

    ... the Israel-Hamas war. The U.N.'s humanitarian office said Thursday that 42 Palestinian children under the age of 18 had been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the start of 2025. Some were killed during Israeli military raids in dense neighborhoods, others by sniper fire ...

  • Israeli jets strike southern Lebanon, escalating near-daily attacks

    Israeli jets strike southern Lebanon, escalating near-daily attacks

    Nov 06, 2025 07:18 PM EST

    ... violating the ceasefire, which nominally ended the latest Israel-Hezbollah war last November. The conflict started after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack on Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. Hezbollah began firing rockets into northern Israel in support of Hamas and the Palestinians, prompting Israeli airstrikes and ...

  • Hostage remains returned by Hamas are those of Tanzanian student, Israel says

    Hostage remains returned by Hamas are those of Tanzanian student, Israel says

    Nov 06, 2025 05:25 PM EST

    ... food or medical care. At least 75 Palestinians have died in Israeli prisons and detention facilities during the war, according to the U.N. The Israeli military has said it abides by international standards in its prisons. The 2023 attack killed about 1,200 people in Israel and saw 251 ...

  • Israel says Hamas handed over additional remains believed to be of a hostage

    Israel says Hamas handed over additional remains believed to be of a hostage

    Nov 05, 2025 11:50 PM EST

    ... while Israel has said that soldiers have also been killed in militant attacks. Health officials in Gaza have said identifying the remains handed over by Israel is complicated by a lack of DNA testing kits. Israel has not disclosed how many bodies it is holding or where they were recovered ...

  • Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as exchanges outlined in fragile ceasefire proceed

    Israel returns bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza as exchanges outlined in fragile ceasefire proceed

    Nov 05, 2025 05:38 PM EST

    ... the ceasefire took effect. But health officials in Gaza — who do not distinguish between civilians and militants — have continued to report deaths from strikes, while Israel has said that soldiers have also been killed. The deal will not move to subsequent phases until all the remains of Israeli hostages are ...

  • Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage

    Israel says Hamas has returned the remains of another hostage

    Nov 04, 2025 07:49 PM EST

    ... war ever fought between Israel and the Palestinian militant group. The military wing of Hamas said earlier Tuesday it had recovered the body of an Israeli soldier in Gaza and intended to hand over the remains. Israel's statement did not indicate whether the remains were of a soldier. Militants ...

  • Israel arrests military lawyer accused of leaking video showing alleged abuse of detainee

    Israel arrests military lawyer accused of leaking video showing alleged abuse of detainee

    Nov 03, 2025 11:35 PM EST

    ... critiques around the world. They said Guantanamo, Israeli Guantanamo or black hole. I don't think this was an area of black hole, but definitely Israel wasn't excelling in the way it treated the detainees there at the first phases of the conflict. Nick Schifrin: Critics of Israeli military ...