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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.

These historical events demonstrate that external interventions aimed at a two-state solution have been rejected by both ...

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 ...

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. That's according to ...

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 ...