Gaza

U.S. President Joe Biden says the goal of peace in Gaza appears increasingly elusive, despite the White House and key mediators Egypt and Qatar intensifying efforts to push Israel and…

Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza, as the new leader of its political bureau. The decision follows Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran on July…

The US military will deploy additional fighter jets and Navy warships to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Friday (Aug 2), as Washington seeks to bolster defences following threats…

Israel’s military has said that one of the reported masterminds of the October 7 attacks, Hamas’ military chief Mohammed Deif, was killed in a strike it carried out in southern…

At least 30 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on a school in Deir al Balah in central Gaza, Palestinian health officials said, and the Israeli military said it…

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas so that dozens of hostages held by…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded Thursday that Israel retain control of key Gaza territory along the border with Egypt as part of any accord to suspend the war with Hamas.…

President Joe Biden’s administration will resume shipping 500-pound bombs to Israel but will continue to hold back on supplying 2,000-pound bombs over concerns about their use in densely populated Gaza,…

US President Joe Biden has no plans to change his Israel policy following a deadly weekend strike on Gaza’s Rafah — but is not turning a “blind eye” to the…

The Palestinian militant group Hamas said on Friday (May 10) that efforts to find a Gaza Strip truce deal were back at square one after Israel effectively spurned a plan…