The Israeli military said it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza days after it was closed following a deadly Hamas rocket attack
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A congressional hearing with the city’s mayor was canceled after the arrests.
The move was made over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
Hossein Amirabdollahian reiterated Tehran’s vows that it will respond to the attack, widely blamed on Israel.
A suspected attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists on Friday set off explosions ahead of a vessel in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said.
A German Navy frigate set sail on Thursday toward the Red Sea, where Berlin plans to have it take part in a European Union mission to help defend cargo ships.
Israeli forces detained two young adult American brothers in Gaza and their Canadian father in an overnight raid on their home in the Palestinian territory, relatives of the men said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken left the Middle East on Thursday, ending his fifth trip to the region since the Israel-Hamas war began in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that four Arab nations and Turkey have agreed to begin planning for the reconstruction of Gaza once Israel’s war against Hamas ends.
It is the latest in an escalating exchange of strikes across the border that have raised fears of another Mideast war.
Hanukkah marks the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem in the 2nd century B.C., after a small group of Jewish fighters liberated it from occupying foreign forces.
Harvard University’s president apologized as pressure mounted for the University of Pennsylvania’s president to resign over their testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism.
Israel said Friday that the military was rounding up Palestinian men in northern Gaza for interrogation to determine whether they were members of Hamas.
Israel’s goal in the coming days is to take control of the Al-Shifa hospital, which sits atop Hamas’ main military headquarters.
The strike by two U.S. F-15 fighter jets was on a weapons storage facility linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.