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.
Students, lawmakers and religious leaders joined forces Sunday at a temple in Philadelphia to strongly denounce antisemitism on college campuses and in their communities.
Israel’s defense minister says the current phase of the country’s military offensive against Hamas terrorists will “take time.”
The chairman of the University of Pennsylvania’s board of trustees, Scott Bok, resigned immediately during a trustees meeting Saturday evening.
Battles raged across Gaza on Sunday as Israel indicated it was willing to fight for months or longer to defeat the territory’s Hamas rulers.
After seven weeks held hostage in the tunnels of Gaza, some of the children who have come back are still reluctant to raise their voices above a whisper.
The University of Pennsylvania’s president has resigned amid pressure from donors and criticism over testimony at a congressional hearing on antisemitism on campus.
President Biden approved the emergency sale to Israel of nearly 14,000 rounds of tank ammunition as Israel intensifies its military operations in the southern Gaza Strip.
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.
Presidents at three universities were grilled at a five-hour congressional hearing Tuesday on how their institutions had responded to instances of antisemitism on campuses.
The gunfire outside Temple Israel happened at around 2 p.m. and a 28-year-old man was in custody, according to officials.
The Israeli military hit Rafah in southern Gaza twice overnight, residents said, as United Nations officials warned there are no safe places left in the territory.
The Justice Department is investigating the deaths and kidnappings of Americans during the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7.
A new guide aims to help churches, synagogues, mosques and other houses of worship protect themselves at a time of tensions in faith-based communities across the country.