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Israel plans to take over Gaza City, escalating war with Hamas and fueling worries for hostages

By Wafaa Shurafa, Sam Metz, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier outlined more sweeping plans in an interview with Fox News, saying Israel planned to take control of all of Gaza. Israel already controls around three-quarters of the territory.

Mideast experts analyze consequences as Israel considers full Gaza occupation

By Geoff Bennett, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi

The Israeli cabinet is in a marathon session debating whether or not to completely reoccupy the Gaza Strip militarily. For two perspectives, Geoff Bennett spoke with David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Project on Arab-Israeli Relations…

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Netanyahu to seek approval for expanded Gaza offensive as 37 Palestinians are killed

By Melanie Lidman, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

An Israeli official said the Security Cabinet is expected to hold a lengthy debate Thursday evening and approve an expanded military plan to conquer all or parts of Gaza not yet under Israeli control.

Survivors of Israel’s pager attack on Hezbollah last year struggle to recover

By Bassem Mroue, Sarah El Deeb, Associated Press

The Associated Press explores the human toll of Sept. 17, 2024, when thousands of pagers distributed to the Hezbollah group blew up across Lebanon, remotely detonated by Israel. Over 10 months later, more than 3,000 wounded Lebanese are on a…

Israeli hostage shown in Hamas video is starved, tortured and ‘a broken man,’ cousin says

By Geoff Bennett, Zeba Warsi

This weekend, Hamas released a haunting video of 24-year-old Evyatar David, an Israeli hostage abducted from the Nova Music Festival during the Oct. 7 attacks. In the video, David appears so emaciated and pale that his father said he didn’t…

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Palestinian women on hunger strike demand Israel return body of activist killed in West Bank settler clash

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

Dozens of Bedouin women are on a hunger strike to call for Israeli authorities to release the body of a beloved community leader killed during a clash with a Jewish settler in the Israeli-occupied West Bank last week.

Hezbollah threatens to resume firing missiles at Israel if it intensifies operations in Lebanon

By Associated Press

The U.S. wants full disarmament of Hezbollah, while the group says the ceasefire only mentions disarmament south of a key river in Lebanon.

Netanyahu hints at expanded war in Gaza but former Israeli military and spy chiefs object

By Julia Frankel, Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press

The new pressure on Netanyahu came as Gaza's Health Ministry on Tuesday said the war's Palestinian death toll has surpassed 61,000.

Dozens killed as Palestinians in Gaza scramble for aid from air and land

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

Israel's blockade and military offensive have made it nearly impossible to safely deliver aid. That's contributing to the territory's slide toward famine nearly 22 months into the war with Hamas.