By WAFAA SHURAFA, SAMY MAGDY and MELANIE LIDMAN DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — All 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held by Israel walked free Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that decimated the…
By SAMY MAGDY, MELANIE LIDMAN and WAAFA SHURAFA CAIRO (AP) — Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with joy and relief Thursday but…
By SAMY MAGDY and DAVID RISING CAIRO (AP) — Peace talks between Israel and Hamas resumed at an Egyptian resort city on Tuesday, the two-year anniversary of the militant group’s surprise attack on Israel that triggered the bloody conflict that has seen tens of thousands…
By JOSEF FEDERMAN and JON GAMBRELL Updated 10:46 AM CDT, September 9, 2025 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as they considered a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The…
U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” to be phased in over 24 hours. The U.S. president said on Truth Social that the ceasefire would bring an “Official…
By Dareh Gregorian President Donald Trump, speaking at a White House news conference Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced that the U.S. would seek ownership of the war-torn Gaza Strip after saying Palestinians have no choice but to leave their…
By NBC News An NBC News crew has witnessed Israeli hostages being transferred into Red Cross custody as part of a long-awaited ceasefiredeal that came after 15 months of near-constant war and the deaths of some 46,800 Palestinians and more…
Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire deal to pause the devastating war in the Gaza Strip, the United States and Qatar said Wednesday, raising the possibility of winding down the deadliest and most destructive fighting between the bitter enemies. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…
By ZEKE MILLER and MICHELLE L. PRICE Updated 1:03 PM CST, November 12, 2024 Share WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump will nominate former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee as ambassador to Israel, Trump announced Tuesday. Huckabee is a staunch defender of Israel…
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister has confirmed that Israeli troops in Gaza have killed Hamas’ top leader Yahya Sinwar, a chief architect of last year’s attack on Israel that sparked the war. Sinwar has topped Israel’s…
By AAMER MADHANI, JULIA FRANKEL and BASSEM MROUE Updated 12:13 PM CDT, October 1, 2024 JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran says it fired dozens of missiles into Israel on Tuesday as the monthslong fighting between Israel and Iran’s proxies in the region — Hezbollah and…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Tuesday passed a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, pushing ahead after months of difficult negotiations and amid growing political divisions in the Republican Party over the role of the United…