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Israel, a global player with a rich history and cultural heritage, has gained significant influence through its military strength, technological innovation, and strategic diplomacy. Despite facing ...

Mr. Miller, a former State Department Middle East analyst and negotiator, is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Mr. Simon held senior positions in the State ...

BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Lebanese military said Wednesday it has detained a group of people linked to firing rockets into Israel last month. The army said in a statement that those detained ...

Hamas has turned down an Israeli offer for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip under which the terror group would have been required to disarm, according to a Tuesday ...

Israeli troops have taken over about a third of the Gaza Strip in renewed military action, declaring security zones in swaths of the north and south while pushing out their populations as part of ...

Two Israeli missiles hit a building inside a main Gaza hospital on Sunday, destroying the emergency and reception department and damaging other structures, doctors said, in a strike which Israel ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight into Thursday killed at least 23 people, including a family of 10, local health officials said. The United Nations ...

Dozens of Israeli air strikes on Gaza have killed "only women and children" after a ceasefire collapsed last month, the United Nations said, as an Israeli attack in the territory's south killed a ...

DHAKA: After nearly four years, Bangladesh has reintroduced "except Israel" inscription on passports, debarring its citizens from travelling to the Jewish state as public anger mounts against ...

A senior Hamas official said on Monday that the Palestinian group was prepared to release all Israeli hostages in exchange for a “serious prisoner swap” and guarantees that Israel will end the ...

The mother of an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza longs for her son's return, fearing that Israel's renewed bombardment of the territory puts his life at even greater risk. "Our children are ...