The heads of the intelligence services of Israel, the U.S. and Egypt are seeking in Doha a new extension of the agreement, which the Arab mediators want to turn into a definitive ceasefire. For its part, the Israeli army warns that it is ‘ready to continue fighting’
The U.S. Department of Justice, along with Vermont authorities, are still investigating whether Saturday’s gunfire on a Burlington street was a hate crime
In the first four days of the truce with Israel, the Islamist militia has freed 69 people, including 51 Israelis, 17 Thais and a Filipino citizen
Jews in the German capital reported antisemitic hostility in grocery stores, on public transportation or from neighbors. There was also a rise in antisemitic and anti-Israeli propaganda at universities
The tycoon has handed over control of Starlink in Gaza to the Netanyahu government as part of an operation to clean up his image that highlights his role as a strategic actor
The little girl, who watched her parents die in the October 7 attacks, is the only American captive freed so far during the ceasefire in Gaza
Inhabitants of the Strip want the temporary truce to become definitive while the families of Israeli hostages have called for ‘the return of all of them, immediately, whatever it takes’
The pontiff trends on social media for his views on the far-right after Milei’s victory in Argentina, the Israeli-Hamas war, and a trans group’s visit to the Vatican
20 Israeli hostages and 60 Palestinian prisoners are expected to be released between Tuesday and Wednesday
The two-day session will include the first foreign minister-level meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, a body created to help prepare Kyiv for eventual membership
The billionaire and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu toured the Kfar Azza kibbutz, a rural village that Hamas militants stormed on Oct. 7 in a deadly assault that launched the war
Police operations against people with diseases as serious as cancer have taken place on the streets, hotels, and even in hospitals in East Jerusalem
The attack that injured the three men around 6:25 p.m. Saturday may have been a hate crime, authorities previously said
The children dying in Gaza didn’t choose to be born in a long-coveted land of great religious significance, yet seemingly destined for perpetual turmoil
The United States, Qatar and Egypt are hopeful the truce between Israel and Hamas can be extended. Cairo said it had received ‘positive signals’ that the cessation of hostilities could be increased by a ‘day or two’
Mediators are attempting to extend the truce between Israel and Hamas despite mutual accusations and isolated episodes of non-compliance
Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan will present the positions of Islamic countries in the absence of Israel, which has declined to attend the summit
Jordan, a key Western ally, signed a peace agreement with Israel in 1994 but relations have cooled over Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians
International mediators led by the U.S., Egypt and Qatar are trying to extend the cease-fire
One protester was arrested Saturday on suspicion of inciting racial hatred for carrying a placard with Nazi symbols, the police said
Residents of the Strip take advantage of the beginning of the truce to look for food and try to find out if their loved ones are still alive
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his Belgian counterpart Alexander de Croo criticized Israel for the suffering of Palestinian civilians. Sánchez also called for EU recognition of a Palestinian state
The idea of two states coexisting side by side remains a reference point but its implementation is hampered by the realities on the ground. ‘Everything is reversible,’ says one expert
The first group returned as part of the deal between Israel and the militia consisted of women and children as well as Thai workers
It also dissolved Samidoun, a group that was behind a celebration in Berlin of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel
On October 7, a brutal attack by Hamas killed an estimated 1,200 Israelis. Retaliation came swiftly, and thousands of Palestinians have now been killed in the Gaza Strip. But this tragedy did not occur in a vacuum; it can only be understood through the lens of history, in the context of a conflict that dates back to the 19th century
The streets of cities around the world have been packed with people calling for a ceasefire in Gaza because a consciousness has emerged from the horrors of the 20th century that makes us heirs of human rights
