The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
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The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza.
Had President Donald Trump not been re-elected, terrorist entities would try to “wipe out” the State of Israel, Sen. Rick Scott told a packed crowd in Las Vegas.
Militants had previously returned the remains of 15 hostages since the start of the ceasefire, with 13 more still to be recovered.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit to troops in northern Gaza on Tuesday, his office said.
A wave of Israeli strikes across Gaza on Sunday hit a hospital and other sites, killing at least 21 people as Israel vowed to expand its security presence in the small coastal strip.
Israel announced Saturday it has completed construction of a new security corridor that cuts off the southern city of Rafah from the rest of Gaza
Israel’s military said Friday it will fire air force reservists who signed an open letter that condemns the war in Gaza for only serving political interests instead of bringing the hostages home.
Israel calculates this new strategy would improve its chances of definitively uprooting Hamas. But taking control of the Palestinian enclave would be a high-stakes gamble.
The White House has said over 200 strikes have been conducted so far.
Iran’s foreign minister said he’ll meet with U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff for the first negotiations under the Trump administration about Tehran’s growing nuclear program.
Suspected U.S. airstrikes killed at least four people in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, the Houthi-run health ministry said, while a bombing video posted by President Donald Trump suggested more casualties.
Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip killed at least 32 people, local health officials said, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to the U.S. to meet with President Donald Trump.
Israeli troops deployed to a newly established security corridor across southern Gaza, the military announced Saturday.
Hungary will begin the process of withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, an official said Thursday, just as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest.
It also ordered more residents in parts of northern Gaza to move to shelters in the western side of Gaza City.
While so far giving no specifics about the campaign and its targets, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt put the overall number of strikes on Tuesday at more than 200.
Israel has vowed to escalate the nearly 18-month war with Hamas until the terrorist group returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves the territory.
Yemen’s Houthi terrorists claimed Tuesday that they shot down another American MQ-9 Reaper drone, as the U.S. kept up its intense airstrikes targeting the group.