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.
An anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon hit a home in northern Israel on Sunday, killing two civilians and renewing concerns about the risk of a second front erupting in the Israel-Hamas war.
A new U.S. strike against Iran-backed rebels in Yemen overnight Saturday heightened fears that the Israel-Hamas war could escalate into a regional conflict.
Sunday will mark 100 days since about 250 people were taken hostage by terrorists, triggering the latest war between Israel and Hamas.
Israel insisted at the United Nations’ highest court that its war in Gaza was a legitimate defense of its people and that it was Hamas terrorists who were guilty of genocide.
The first day of strikes Friday hit 28 locations and struck more than 60 targets. However, the U.S. determined the additional location, a radar site, still presented a threat to maritime traffic, one official said.
Winning approval for the consideration of post-conflict scenarios along with tamping down renewed fears that the Gaza war could spread were the Secretary of State’s main goals.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blasts the case. “This is an upside-down world — the state of Israel is accused of genocide while it is fighting genocide,” he says.
More than a dozen sites used by the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen were being bombed Thursday, in a massive retaliatory strike, U.S. officials told The Associated Press.
The Israeli military said it has found evidence that hostages were present in an underground tunnel in the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis.
The U.S. secretary of state has been touring the Middle East seeking support for plans for the Gaza Strip after the conclusion of Israel’s war with Hamas.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday called on Israel to work with moderate Palestinians and neighboring countries on plans for postwar Gaza.
Hezbollah said it launched a drone strike at the Israeli army’s northern headquarters Tuesday in retaliation for recent strikes in Lebanon.
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.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke of the need for Israel to adjust its military operations to reduce civilian casualties and significantly boost the amount of humanitarian aid reaching Gaza