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An undetermined number of U.S. citizens remain missing and unaccounted for, according to the State Department

Republicans have accused the Biden administration of indirectly financing the Hamas offensive through the unfreezing of funds to Iran in prisoner swap deal

Analysts believe the success of the surprise operation by the Gaza militias lies in Israel’s overconfidence and the lack of intelligence information and preparation in the middle of the Jewish holiday

The high death toll, multiple captives and slow response to the onslaught pointed to a major intelligence failure and undermined the long-held perception that Israel has eyes and ears everywhere

The potential for prolonged and expanding violence could test Biden’s leadership on both the world stage and at home as he tries to navigate between demonstrating unflinching support for Israel and fostering a broader peace in the combustible Mideast

The Israeli Army has still not regained control of the entire territory and continues to fight against Palestinian militia members who infiltrated the country

Gaza militia members are demanding the release of all Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of the captives. In the past, the Jewish state has paid a high price in swaps for soldiers, living or dead

Previous conflicts brought widespread death and destruction in Gaza and days of rocket fire on Israeli towns. The situation is potentially more volatile now, with Israel’s far-right government stung by the security breach and with Palestinians in despair over a never-ending occupation in the West Bank and suffocating blockade

The Islamic militia launches a surprise attack on Israel during a Jewish holiday 50 years after the Yom Kippur War. The violent offensive ends a decade of relative calm in Gaza, during which the Islamist movement appeared to pivot to realpolitik

The deadly Palestinian coordinated action comes amid rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia, anathema to the Islamist movement that rules Gaza

Palestinian forces launch over 2,200 rockets and deploy armed militias into Israel. The Israeli army responds by bombing Gaza

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip carried out an unprecedented infiltration Saturday into southern Israel, sending fighters across the border and firing thousands of rockets into the country

The decision announced Wednesday comes despite Washington’s concerns about the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinian Americans and marks a major accomplishment for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The trip by nonresident Saudi ambassador Nayef al-Sudairi — marking the first time that the Saudi delegation has visited the West Bank since 1967 — came as Israel’s tourism minister became the first senior Israeli official to make a public visit to Saudi Arabia

Israel’s admission has been a priority for successive Israeli leaders and will be a major accomplishment for Netanyahu

Palestinian workers in the Gaza Strip have found dozens of ancient graves, including two sarcophagi made of lead

The rising tensions along Israel’s front with Gaza came as fighting in the occupied West Bank surged to levels unseen in two decades

The U.S. has been seeking to broker an agreement in which Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a U.S. defense pact, aid in developing a civilian nuclear program and progress toward creating a Palestinian state

Saudi Arabia is discussing a major agreement with the United States in which it would normalize relations with Israel in exchange for a U.S. defense pact and aid in developing its own civilian nuclear program

The president pushed the prime minister to find a compromise on a planned deep judicial reform that has set off protests in Israel and concerns in Washington

It is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities on earth, and is in a part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank that is administered by the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority

The establishment of relations between Riyadh and the Jewish state would be a triumph for Washington. Biden is scheduled to meet Netanyahu next week in New York to discuss ‘integration in the region’

Israel’s lead negotiator of the 30-year-old agreement is an optimist, but warns that the country’s leaders can either lead it ‘to peace or war’

Israelis and Palestinians have ignored an anniversary that is now associated with the failure and assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. The hopes raised by the pact have evaporated

Netanyahu’s coalition, a collection of ultranationalist and ultrareligious lawmakers, unveiled the overhaul earlier this year, saying it was necessary to rein in an unelected judiciary they believe wields too much power

Defense Minister Yoav Gallant displayed satellite photographs that he said showed the site, where the Iranian national flag and the flag of Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group could be seen