Israeli forces on Tuesday launched the largest and most deadly attacks on Gaza since a cease-fire with Hamas that began roughly two months ago. The barrage killed hundreds of people, according to health authorities in the enclave. As of midday…
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Israel Carries Out Deadly Strikes in Gaza: Live Updates
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sudden attempt to remove the head of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency is the latest salvo in a two-year campaign by the Israeli government to exert more control over different branches of the state. The move prompted…
Israel Resumes Attacks in Gaza After Stalled Cease-Fire Talks with Hamas
Israel’s overnight attacks on Gaza stopped short of an immediate ground invasion, suggesting that its leaders may be waiting to gauge Hamas’s reaction before returning to a full-scale ground war, analysts said on Tuesday. The Israeli strikes, which health officials…
Less Than Half of the 59 Hostages in Gaza Believed to be Alive
The resumption of heavy Israeli strikes in Gaza immediately cast into question the status of the remaining hostages held there by Hamas and other groups — with fewer than half of the 59 left still thought to be alive, according…
Israel Carries Out ‘Extensive Strikes’ in Gaza, Imperiling Cease-Fire Deal
Israeli forces launched a large-scale strike across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, in what appeared to be the first major attack on the territory since Israel’s cease-fire with Hamas began roughly two months ago. The Israeli Defense Forces said on…
Netanyahu’s Move to Fire Shin Bet Chief Reflects Wider Push for Control
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s sudden attempt to remove the head of Israel’s domestic intelligence agency is the latest salvo in a two-year campaign by the Israeli government to exert more control over different branches of the state. The move prompted…
Israel Keeps Up Attacks in Gaza Despite Truce
Israeli forces killed at least nine Palestinians in Gaza in strikes on Saturday, according to the Gaza health ministry, the latest in a string of Israeli attacks on the enclave that have kept up despite a roughly two-month-old truce with…
Bread Lines and Salty Drinking Water: Israeli Aid Block Sets Gaza Back Again
Outside the Zadna Bakery in central Gaza one recent afternoon, the long lines of people waiting for bread were threatening to dissolve into chaos at any minute. A security guard shouted at the crowds that pushed toward the bakery door…
Hamas Says It’s Willing to Release U.S.-Israeli Hostage Edan Alexander
Hamas said on Friday that it had agreed to free Edan Alexander, an American Israeli soldier who has been held in Gaza for 17 months, along with the remains of four other hostages with dual citizenship. Israel immediately cast doubt…
Bardella, Leader of France’s Far-Right National Rally, Heads to Israel
Jordan Bardella, the young president of France’s far-right National Rally, plans to visit Israel this month in a powerful symbol of his party’s shift from the home of French antisemitism to a vociferous friend of the Jews. “Antisemitism is a…