Gaza talks reconvene in Cairo; truce could expire Monday night
Israeli and Palestinian delegations reconvened in Cairo on Sunday to continue Egyptian-mediated talks for a long-term cease-fire to end the Gaza crisis.
View ArticleMideast Romeo & Juliet? Arab-Jewish couple married amid turmoil in Israel
Sunday brought a different kind of pre-wedding jitters for one Israeli couple.
View ArticleIsraelis and Palestinians agree to a 24-hour extension of their truce
Spurred by yet another expiring Gaza Strip cease-fire, Israelis and Palestinians agreed late Monday on a 24-hour extension of their latest truce to work out an accord addressing major points of...
View ArticleIsrael, Gaza militants clash anew before end of truce
Sirens wailed across Israel on Tuesday and explosions resounded in the Gaza Strip as attempts to prolong a fragile cease-fire dissolved in chaos, touching off a new round of fighting between Israel and...
View ArticleHamas denies Israel airstrike in Gaza killed elusive leader
Years ago, it was a signature Israeli tactic: the swoosh of a missile, the roar of crumbling masonry, the violent death of another Hamas leader.
View Article5 Gaza militants slain as Israel shifts focus of its airstrikes
In a strong signal that eliminating Palestinian militant commanders has become Israel’s top priority in this new phase of fighting in the Gaza Strip, three senior Hamas commanders and two with the...
View ArticleHamas executes suspected informers in Gaza; attack kills Israeli child
Even amid a torrent of shocking images from the six-week war in the Gaza Strip, these stood out for their stark brutality: masked Palestinian gunmen on Friday lining up and gunning down 18 fellow...
View ArticleIsrael strikes targets across Gaza, killing 8
With Egypt calling on Israel and Palestinian militants to agree to an open-ended cease-fire, Israeli forces pounded targets across the Gaza Strip on Saturday, one day after an Israeli child was killed...
View ArticleIsrael buries 4-year-old killed by mortar fire near Gaza
Israel on Sunday buried the first of its children killed in the latest war in the Gaza Strip, and at the funeral, the country’s president made indirect reference to the nearly 500 Palestinian children...
View ArticleGaza militants fire over 115 rockets at Israel as conflict drags on
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched more than 115 rockets at Israel on Monday, and Israeli forces hit back with airstrikes that killed at least three suspected militants and struck targets...
View ArticleWith cease-fire in place, difficult talks lie ahead for Israel, Hamas
An agreement bringing a long-term halt to hostilities between Israel and Hamas may be only the first step in stopping what has been the longest, deadliest and most destructive of three wars the two...
View ArticleSyrian rebels seize border crossing into Israel-held Golan Heights
Fighting in Syria’s civil war reached Israel’s doorstep on Wednesday, with rebels seizing the Syrian side of a crossing into the Israeli-held portion of the Golan Heights and the Israeli army reporting...
View ArticleU.N. says 43 peacekeepers detained near Israel-Syria border
The United Nations says 43 of its peacekeepers were detained Thursday in the Golan Heights near the border of Syria and Israel, a day after Syrian rebels overtook a crossing into Israeli-annexed...
View ArticleBody found outside Jerusalem probably missing American, say police
A man’s body was found Thursday near the area where a young American yeshiva student had disappeared while hiking six days earlier. An Israeli police spokesman said initial indications suggested it was...
View ArticleIsrael's military says Patriot missile shot down drone from Syria
Israel’s air force shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle that entered the nation's airspace over the Syrian border Sunday, Israeli military officials said.
View ArticleIsrael announces major West Bank land appropriation for settlement
Israel appropriated a swath of 990 acres in the West Bank on Sunday and declared the Palestinian area south of Bethlehem to be Israeli "state lands," local media reported.
View ArticleIsrael, Gaza militants clash anew before end of truce
Sirens wailed across Israel on Tuesday and explosions resounded in the Gaza Strip as attempts to prolong a fragile cease-fire dissolved in chaos, touching off a new round of fighting between Israel and...
View ArticleHamas denies Israel airstrike in Gaza killed elusive leader
Years ago, it was a signature Israeli tactic: the swoosh of a missile, the roar of crumbling masonry, the violent death of another Hamas leader.
View Article5 Gaza militants slain as Israel shifts focus of its airstrikes
In a strong signal that eliminating Palestinian militant commanders has become Israel’s top priority in this new phase of fighting in the Gaza Strip, three senior Hamas commanders and two with the...
View ArticleEmotions mixed as Israeli children return to school after Gaza war
Decked with balloons and cheerful signs, Israeli schools opened their gates Monday as 2 million children returned to school in a welcome sign of normality after the war with Gaza militants.
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