• Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank

    Israel approves settlement project that could divide the West Bank

    Aug 20, 2025 01:47 PM EDT

    ... housing unit is another nail in the coffin of this dangerous idea." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects the idea of a Palestinian state alongside Israel and has vowed to maintain open-ended control over the occupied West Bank, annexed east Jerusalem, and the war-ravaged Gaza Strip — territories Israel ...

  • U.S. envoy discusses long-term Israel-Lebanon ceasefire after Beirut commits to disarming Hezbollah

    U.S. envoy discusses long-term Israel-Lebanon ceasefire after Beirut commits to disarming Hezbollah

    Aug 18, 2025 06:55 PM EDT

    BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. special envoy to Lebanon said Monday that his team would discuss the long-term cessation of hostilities with Israel, after Beirut endorsed a U.S.-backed plan for the Hezbollah militant group to disarm. Tom Barrack, following a meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun, also ...

  • 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

    ... sparking a fire and knocking it out of service. Israel’s military said the strikes were launched in response to missiles and drones aimed at Israel. While some projectiles have breached its missile defenses — notably during its 12-day war with Iran in June — Israel has intercepted the vast majority ...

  • Israeli airstrike kills baby in Gaza as families of hostages urge mass protest over war

    Israeli airstrike kills baby in Gaza as families of hostages urge mass protest over war

    Aug 16, 2025 05:32 PM EDT

    JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a baby girl and her parents on Saturday, Nasser hospital officials and witnesses said, while families of hostages called for a “nationwide day of stoppage” in Israel to express growing frustration over 22 months of war. The baby's body, wrapped in ...

  • 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

    TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A video widely circulated on Friday shows Israel's far-right national security minister berating a Palestinian leader face-to-face inside a prison, saying Israel will confront anyone who acts against the country and “wipe them out.” Marwan Barghouti is serving five life sentences after ...

  • News Wrap: Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement

    News Wrap: Israel approves controversial West Bank settlement

    Aug 14, 2025 10:50 PM EDT

    ... K., have said they will formally recognize a Palestinian state in September. But Smotrich said today the planned settlement -- quote -- "buries that idea." Bezalel Smotrich, Israeli Finance Minister (through translator): The time has come to fully apply Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria, the West Bank, to forever remove from ...

  • Israeli airstrike on Iranian prison was an 'apparent war crime,' Human Rights Watch says

    Israeli airstrike on Iranian prison was an 'apparent war crime,' Human Rights Watch says

    Aug 14, 2025 10:41 PM EDT

    ... said Page. The war in June, which killed about 1,100 people in Iran and 28 in Israel, started after Israeli jets struck key nuclear and military facilities. Iran then launched a barrage of missiles over Israel. Associated Press reporter Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv, Israel contributed to this report.

  • Israel announces new settlement that critics warn will cut the West Bank in two

    Israel announces new settlement that critics warn will cut the West Bank in two

    Aug 14, 2025 05:46 PM EDT

    ... well as several Palestinian attacks on Israelis. More than 700,000 Israelis now live in the occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem, territories captured by Israel in 1967 and sought by the Palestinians for a future state. The international community overwhelmingly considers Israeli settlement construction in these areas to be ...

  • Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

    Aid groups call on Israel to end 'weaponization' of aid in Gaza

    Aug 14, 2025 02:22 PM EDT

    Israel's military did not immediately respond to questions about the strikes. The casualties add to the tens of thousands of Palestinians who have been killed since the war started when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and abducting 251 people ...

  • Israeli gunfire kills least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu says he will allow Palestinians to leave

    Israeli gunfire kills least 25 in Gaza as Netanyahu says he will allow Palestinians to leave

    Aug 13, 2025 01:57 PM EDT

    There are aid convoys from other groups that travel within 100 meters (328 feet) of GHF sites and draw large crowds attempting to loot them. An overwhelming majority of violent incidents over the past few weeks have been related to those other aid convoys, the GHF said. Israeli fire killed ...