The United States has said a deal may be close for a ceasefire and hostage deal after nearly five months of war between Israel and Hamas, opens new tab that has devastated the Gaza Strip.
In purely military terms, Israel is winning its war against Hamas. Its forces have driven Hamas fighters out of much of north and central Gaza, killing at least 10,000 while losing fewer than 300 Israeli
Foreign ministers at the G20 group of nations meeting in Brazil have broadly backed a two-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East, Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said. There was "virtual unanimity for
Israeli officials headed on Monday to Qatar, where the ruling emir separately met the chief of Hamas, as the enemies in the Gaza war closed in on a ceasefire-and-hostage deal that Washington says is now
Releasing popular jailed Palestinian politician Marwan Barghouti might be an option in the current cease-fire talks. And his return could be a game-changer for Palestinian politics. Any deal between Israel and Hamas including the possible
Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned on Sunday of a wider regional war if Israel presses on with its military campaign in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in March. At a
Tel Aviv has done a manifestly inadequate job of showing to the world how its policies and practices reflect good-faith implementation of the World Court’s decision, experts say. A month after the International Court of
The Palestinian Authority on Monday rejected Israel’s proposed plan for evacuating civilians from the Gaza Strip saying it aimed to displace Palestinians from the enclave and confirmed Tel Aviv’s plan to launch an attack on
Israeli officials headed on Monday to Qatar, where Hamas has its political office, to work on terms of a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, a source told Reuters, a step towards nailing down a
At least two simultaneous Israeli strikes hit around Lebanon's city of Baalbek on Monday, two security sources told Reuters, the first bombardment of eastern Lebanon since regional hostilities erupted following the start of the war
