Gaza

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Egypt for talks Thursday including efforts to try to find progress in achieving a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the war…

The UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said six staffers were killed after two airstrikes hit a school in central Gaza on Wednesday, marking what it said was the highest death…

Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israeli attacks on the Strip have killed 33 Palestinians and wounded 145 others over the latest 24-hour reporting period. Meanwhile, in Gaza, an Israeli airstrike killed…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed back against pressure for him to do more to secure the release of Israelis held captive in the Gaza Strip after 11 months…

A general strike has disrupted industry, services, and education across parts of Israel as demands for the government to agree on a ceasefire deal and bring remaining captives home from…

Israel said Tuesday it has rescued another of the 250 hostages Hamas militants captured in their shock attack on Israel last October. The Israel Defense Forces said they found 52-year-old…

Joe Biden has said he is “optimistic” that a Gaza ceasefire deal can be reached. “We are closer than we’ve ever been,” the US president said following the latest round…

Hamas has rejected “new conditions” in a Gaza ceasefire proposal that US-led mediators presented during two days of talks in Qatar. Diplomatic efforts have so far failed to alleviate the…

Qatar is set to host Gaza ceasefire talks on Thursday, seeking a so-far elusive agreement that the United States hopes would stop Iran from striking Israel and avert a wider…

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday and discussed the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal, Axios reported, citing two…