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Middle East Conflict

Israel security agency acknowledges failure in preventing October 7 attack

The acknowledgement comes days after an Israeli military investigations noted similar failings to protect Israelis during the attack, which left hundreds dead and sparked a devastating war in the Gaza...

Far-right Israel minister Smotrich heading to the US

His trip comes with US President Donald Trump expected to announce whether to back the annexation of all or part of the West Bank JERUSALEM...

Israeli fire kills two Palestinians in Gaza amid impasse over ceasefire

Mediators make effort to salvage the ceasefire deal Israel imposes blockade on all supplies to Gaza Gaza stores emptied and price of sack of...

Uncertainty looms as first phase of Gaza truce due to expire

The first phase of the Israel-Hamas truce is drawing to a close on Saturday, but negotiations on the next stage, which should secure a permanent ceasefire, have so far been...

New demand by Israel risks shaky Gaza truce

CAIRO: The fragile truce in Gaza was hanging by a thread on Friday after Israel demanded a six-week extension to the first phase of the deal. The 42-day first...

Displaced Palestinians fear Israel’s West Bank raids ‘won’t stop’

The sweeping military operation was launched around the time a ceasefire took hold in the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip, JENIN : Watching her...

Hamas hands over bodies of 4 hostages to Israel as dozens of Palestinians leave...

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas handed over the bodies of four hostages to the Red Cross early Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, days before the...

Israel and Hamas agree on new exchange, leaving fragile ceasefire intact

JERUSALEM — Israeli and Hamas officials said Tuesday they have reached an agreement to exchange the bodies of dead hostages for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, keeping their fragile ceasefire intact...

Israel sends tanks into West Bank for first time in decades, says fleeing Palestinians...

The Palestinian foreign ministry called the Israeli moves “a dangerous escalation of the situation in the West Bank,” and urged the international community to intervene in what it termed Israel's...

Netanyahu accuses Hamas of breaching Gaza agreement over body release forgery

The Israeli Prime Minister stressed that "Hamas will pay the full price for this cruel and despicable violation of the agreement" TEL AVIV, February 21 - The radicals from...