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Saudi Arabia won't normalize Israel relations without Palestinian state plan, top diplomat says

By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

The dispute over Gaza’s future pits Israel against its top ally, the United States, as well as much of the international community.

Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 25,000 as Israel reports another hostage has died

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has soared past 25,000, the Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip said Sunday, while Israel announced the death of another hostage held by the militant group.

Who is in charge of Gaza and the West Bank?

By Kali Robinson, Council on Foreign Relations

Power in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, the so-called Palestinian territories, has been divided among three entities: a governing body called the Palestinian Authority, the militant group Hamas, and the state of Israel.

Top Israeli officials disagree over how to handle the war against Hamas in Gaza

By Julia Frankel, Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

Israel’s offensive, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history, has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities, and uprooted more than 80 percent of the territory’s population.

Netanyahu says he has told U.S. that he opposes Palestinian state in any scenario after Israel-Hamas war

By Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press

The announcement on Thursday exposed the deep divisions that have emerged between the close allies three months into Israel's war against Gaza's Hamas rulers.

U.S. designates Houthi rebels as specially designated global terrorists

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Officials say they'll design the financial penalties to minimize harm to Yemen's 32 million people., but aid officials are concerned about the fallout from the U.S. action.

Five takeaways from 100 days of unprecedented war between Israel and Hamas

By Josef Federman, Associated Press

Sunday marks 100 days since Israel declared war in response to Hamas’ deadly cross-border attack on Oct. 7. Israel's military actions have wrought unprecedented destruction upon Gaza, and the fighting shows no signs of ending.

Netanyahu declares no one can halt Israel's war to crush Hamas, including international court

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

Israel will pursue its war against Hamas until victory and will not be stopped by anyone, including the world court, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a defiant speech Saturday, as the fighting in Gaza approached the 100-day mark.

Fears escalate that Israel, U.S. and Iran's allies moving towards all-out war

By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

In the last week alone, Israel has killed a senior Hamas militant in an airstrike in Beirut, Hezbollah has fired barrages of rockets into Israel, the U.S. has killed a militia commander in Baghdad and Iran-backed rebels in Yemen have…

Blinken meets with leaders in Saudi Arabia, UAE in push to contain Israel-Hamas war

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that four key Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction and governance of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends.