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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed 15 months ago that Israel would achieve “total victory” in the war in Gaza — by ...

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public ...

Israel has failed to eliminate Hamas, a key goal of its war in Gaza, and the militant group has reasserted its rule in Gaza.

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have streamed into heavily destroyed northern Gaza in their first chance to return ...

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were ...

Hamas releases four female Israeli soldier hostages under the Gaza ceasefire deal:::: Karina Ariev, Daniela Gilboa, Naama ...

The hostages are the second set to be released since the multiphase agreement came into effect, raising hopes for a lasting ...

The second batch of Israeli hostages set to be released by Hamas this weekend are four female soldiers, an advocacy group ...

Iranian media has reported that a large-scale military exercise in the Persian Gulf could be taking place this weekend.

Thirteen-year-old Zakariya Barbakh had spent most of his life shuffling between hospitals across Gaza, the occupied West Bank ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels said Wednesday they released the crew of the Galaxy Leader, a vehicle carrier seized in November 2023 at the start of their attacks on shipping ...