• Israeli troops seize strategic castle in Lebanon during deepest incursion in decades

    Israeli troops seize strategic castle in Lebanon during deepest incursion in decades

    May 31, 2026 03:46 PM EDT

    ... optic drones has been deadly for the Israeli military, which is struggling to respond. There have been nearly 200 alerts for Israeli civilians across northern Israel warning of drones and missiles in the past 24 hours, according to Israel's military. The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah ...

  • Killing of Israeli embassy workers inspires father to confront rising antisemitism

    Killing of Israeli embassy workers inspires father to confront rising antisemitism

    May 29, 2026 10:35 PM EDT

    ... peacemaker. He was a person bringing people together. I would like to -- in that way, also to bring people together to try to teach about Israel and against antisemitism. Nick Schifrin: You have brought, if I may say, grace and compassion to this moment of your grief. How do you ...

  • Israeli and Russian forces added to UN blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones

    Israeli and Russian forces added to UN blacklist for sexual violence in conflict zones

    May 29, 2026 04:36 PM EDT

    ... report stated. It detailed at least nine victims, mostly from Gaza, who were raped or gang raped, in some cases repeatedly, by perpetrators from the Israel Defense Forces and Israel's prison service, its special forces and police units. Israel's foreign ministry said Thursday it has “comprehensively, thoroughly, and ...

  • Hamas confirms that Israeli strikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City

    Hamas confirms that Israeli strikes killed its new military leader in Gaza City

    May 28, 2026 12:06 AM EDT

    ... Ayda Al-Banna, a displaced women from Gaza City, who prayed Eid prayers with her granddaughter. Fragile ceasefire holds in Gaza A ceasefire reached between Israel and Hamas in October remains fragile. Israeli attacks have killed more than 900 Palestinians since the ceasefire took effect. Israel says its attacks are ...

  • Israeli military tells residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it fights Hezbollah

    Israeli military tells residents across southern Lebanon to leave as it fights Hezbollah

    May 27, 2026 10:56 PM EDT

    ... responsibility for several attacks on both Israeli troops in Lebanon and northern Israeli border villages. Also, amid a surge in Hezbollah attacks with exploding drones, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the Israeli military will expand the scope of its attacks against Hezbollah. The Israeli military said it has ...

  • Israel and Hezbollah clash along strategic river after overnight strikes across Lebanon

    Israel and Hezbollah clash along strategic river after overnight strikes across Lebanon

    May 26, 2026 05:53 PM EDT

    ... stops its daily airstrikes and withdraws its troops from Lebanon. In recent weeks, Hezbollah has boasted that it is using new fiber-optic drones that Israeli troops have struggled to intercept, hitting both Israeli forces and northern Israeli villages.Israel has told people there not to gather in large numbers ...

  • Israel's military says it's striking Hezbollah sites as Netanyahu vows to 'increase the blows'

    Israel's military says it's striking Hezbollah sites as Netanyahu vows to 'increase the blows'

    May 25, 2026 09:54 PM EDT

    ... municipality of Kfar Rumman — killed three people. The Israel military said that throughout the day, it struck more than 70 Hezbollah infrastructure sites. The latest Israel-Hezbollah war began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel, two days after the U.S. and Israel began their attacks ...

  • Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump’s emerging deal with Iran is 'bad for the region'

    Israeli opposition leader Lapid says Trump’s emerging deal with Iran is 'bad for the region'

    May 25, 2026 08:26 PM EDT

    ... in 2021 when they invited Mansour Abbas, leader of a small Arab faction, into Israel’s governing coalition for the first and only time in Israel’s history. Lapid said his previous cooperation with Abbas was “the right government for the moment,” but that Israel is in a very different ...

  • Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza

    Israeli forces intercept the remaining activist flotilla vessels headed for Gaza

    May 19, 2026 10:13 PM EDT

    ... said he and fellow activists remained determined to continue their protests “until Gaza is reached.” Israel has blockaded Gaza's coast for nearly two decades Israel has maintained a sea blockade of Gaza since Hamas took control of the territory in 2007. Israeli authorities intensified it after the Oct. 7 ...

  • Lebanon death toll tops 3,000 in latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

    Lebanon death toll tops 3,000 in latest fighting between Israel and Hezbollah

    May 18, 2026 05:55 PM EDT

    ... speak directly with Netanyahu at this stage — a move that would likely generate blowback in Lebanon, where talks with Israel were met with protests. Twenty Israeli soldiers, two Israeli civilians inside Israel and a defense contractor working in southern Lebanon have been killed on the Israeli side since the latest ...