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Israeli jets strike targets in Lebanon after missile barrage hits northern areas
JERUSALEM -Israeli jets and artillery hit targets in southern Lebanon on Friday after dozens of missiles were launched towards northern...
Jun 14, 20242 min read


Analysis-Lebanon's Hezbollah reveals more of its arms in risky escalation
BEIRUT - Hezbollah is drawing on more of its arsenal in its conflict with Israel even as it declares no interest in a full-scale war, an...
Jun 13, 20244 min read


US says Hamas seeks changes to ceasefire plan; Hamas denies proposing new ideas
DOHA/GENEVA/CAIRO -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that Hamas had proposed numerous changes, some unworkable, to...
Jun 13, 20243 min read


Mother of rescued Gaza hostage recounts 'hard and joyful' reunion
TEL AVIV - The mother of one of the four hostages rescued from Gaza by Israeli commandos last week described the surge of emotions that...
Jun 13, 20242 min read


Blinken says some Hamas proposals unworkable but work on ceasefire to continue
DOHA - Hamas proposed "numerous changes" in its response to a ceasefire proposal to end the Gaza war including some unworkable changes,...
Jun 12, 20242 min read


Benny Gantz, man in the middle squeezed out by Israel's Netanyahu
JERUSALEM -In the traumatic aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, as hundreds of thousands of Israeli reservists rushed to join...
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Israel says Hamas rejects key elements of US ceasefire plan for Gaza
JERUSALEM/CAIRO -Hamas formally responded on Tuesday to a U.S. ceasefire proposal for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza Strip, and...
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Hamas says it creates broad prospects for a ceasefire deal in Gaza
JERUSALEM/CAIRO - Hamas on Wednesday said its "positive" response to a U.S. ceasefire plan for the eight-month-old war in the Gaza...
Jun 12, 20243 min read


Russian rights commissioner calls for swift release of Russians held by Hamas
Russia's Human Rights Commissioner said on Tuesday she had issued a fresh appeal to senior U.N. and other officials to take action to...
Jun 12, 20241 min read


Jordan, Egypt say Israel must abide by UN Security Council resolution on Gaza
CAIRO - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Jordanian counterpart Ayman Safadi urged Israel to abide by the United Nations...
Jun 12, 20241 min read


Gaza pier resumes operations after pause due to weather, US officials say
WASHINGTON - A floating U.S. military pier off Gaza has resumed bringing humanitarian aid into the enclave after being suspended for...
Jun 12, 20241 min read


UN Security Council backs Israel-Hamas ceasefire plan
UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations Security Council on Monday backed a proposal outlined by President Joe Biden for a ceasefire...
Jun 11, 20242 min read
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