The Israeli army is intensifying attacks on Rafah in the south of the Strip, while Egypt and Qatar are attempting to bring the parties in the conflict closer to a ceasefire agreement
Mohammed ‘Abu Bakr’ al-Saadi was the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. Officials suspect the militia led the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan in late January
The ceremony comes after new Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné made his first trip to the Middle East, including Israel and the Palestinian territories, where he pushed for the release of the hostages
The Israeli prime minister described as ‘delusional’ the demands of the Islamist movement in exchange for the release of the 136 hostages in the Strip. ‘A lot of work remains to be done,’ said U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
The U.S. Secretary of State began his fifth tour of the region on Monday after Washington struck targets in Iraq and Syria, where six U.S.-allied fighters were killed by pro-Iranian militias
Israel’s prime minister insists he will not accept a deal with Hamas ‘at any price’ as the Palestinian militia seeks prisoner releases and withdrawal of troops from the Strip
Tension has been rising since the latest Israel-Hamas war began in early October, with Iran-backed fighters intensifying attacks on U.S. military and international commercial interests in the region
The comments followed the defense minister’s warning that a cease-fire in Gaza against the militant group Hamas wouldn’t mean Israel wouldn’t attack its ally Hezbollah as needed
Fear spreads among the hundreds of thousands of displaced people crowded into southern Gaza, trapped along the border with Egypt, an area turned into a ‘pressure cooker of despair,’ according to the U.N.
One of Iraq’s strongest Iran-backed militias, Harakat al-Nujaba, announced its plans to continue military operations against U.S. troops, despite other allied factions having called off their attacks
Demonstrators managed to stop trucks bound for the Strip in the port of Ashdod to press for the release of the hostages still being held after the Hamas attacks of October 7
‘It’s time to take away even more capability than we’ve taken in the past,’ Austin said Thursday in his first press conference since he was hospitalized on Jan. 1
Palestinians trying to escape the desperate situation in the Strip are charged up to $11,000 by middlemen to secure permission to cross the border at Rafah
The Israeli prime minister’s intention is to continue the war, extend it, forget about the hostages and remain silent about the future of Gaza and the Palestinians
Only 14 of the 36 hospitals in the Strip are partially operational, according to the WHO. A Médecins Sans Frontières doctor and a medical student share their frustration at the magnitude of the emergency