Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas today urged Hamas to reach a cease-fire and prisoner swap deal with Israel to "avoid the dire consequences." According to WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, Abbas said that Hamas
The Israeli Health Ministry on Tuesday warned of a limited measles outbreak after four additional cases were confirmed in recent days. In total, 18 people have been diagnosed with contagious disease in the past three
Israel will press ahead with an offensive against Hamas in Rafah, the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza, after allowing civilians to vacate the area, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday. The
Nine civilians including four children were killed in a barrage of Israeli strikes on villages across southern Lebanon on Wednesday, a hospital director and three Lebanese security sources said, as Israel said it responded to
The leaders of Canada, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, according to a joint statement released in response to reports about Israel's planned military operation in Rafah.
President Biden said on Monday the U.S. will do everything possible to get a new hostage deal and pause in fighting in Gaza. Why it matters: His comments come a day ahead of a critical
Israeli ultranationalist Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is blocking a U.S.-funded flour shipment to Gaza because its recipient is the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), two Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios. Why it matters:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says in a statement that no advancements can be made in talks in Cairo until Hamas changes its “delusional” position. “In Cairo, Israel was not given any new proposal by
British Jews suffer an 'explosion in hatred' amid hundreds of violent assaults in worst ever year with EVERY police force in the UK recording anti-Semitism. British Jews suffered an 'explosion in hatred' in the wake
Israel will allow a United Arab Emirates field hospital in the Gaza Strip to use Elon Musk's Starlink satellite internet service, Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi said on Wednesday. The big picture: Israel must approve
