The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
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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.
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.
The Israeli military said it was questioning nine soldiers after allegations of “substantial abuse” of a detainee at a shadowy facility where Israel has held Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli authorities said a rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children and teens.
Israeli airstrikes hit a school used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people.
A rocket strike Saturday at a soccer field killed at least 11 children and teens, Israeli authorities said, in the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country’s northern border.
Israel and Hamas are in agreement on the basic framework of the three-phase deal as it was presented by President Joe Biden in late May, according to senior Biden administration officials.
Asked by journalists if his U.S. trip was making progress toward a Gaza cease-fire at home, the Israeli prime minister said, “I hope so.”
In his address to Congress, Netanyahu defended Israel’s conduct during the war, as thousands of demonstrators massed near the Capitol.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas.
Israel has now pronounced dead more than a third of the roughly 110 hostages who remain in Hamas captivity.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing speech to Congress Wednesday.
Netanyahu arrived in Washington Monday for a several-day visit that includes meetings with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday speech before a joint session of Congress.
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed in Beijing to form a government together, the groups said Tuesday.
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist group said it fired rockets to northern Israel Saturday, targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike.
The Israeli army said Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the terrorist group in Tel Aviv the previous day.