After Hamas led deadly attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, Israel began intense bombing and ground campaigns in Gaza. The war and the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave have shaken the region and the world.
A senior White House official called progress in talks with Hamas “a breakthrough,” while Israel was more restrained, and both said major obstacles to a truce remained.
By Aaron Boxerman, Michael D. Shear and
A Hezbollah-Israel war could metastasize into a larger regional conflict that could dwarf the current fighting and draw in Iran and the United States.
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The escalation in violence across the border of Israel and Lebanon came as Western diplomats tried to head off a full-fledged war there.
By Euan Ward and
The Israeli military says its campaign will soon become less intense, but Palestinians were once again racing to escape the fighting in southern Gaza, including Khan Younis.
By Aaron Boxerman, Iyad Abuheweila, Bilal Shbair and
Israeli Generals, Low on Munitions, Want a Truce in Gaza
Israel’s military leadership wants a cease-fire with Hamas in case a bigger war breaks out in Lebanon, security officials say. It has also concluded that a truce would be the swiftest way to free hostages.
By Ronen Bergman, Patrick Kingsley and
Israel Frees Gaza Hospital Chief Held Without Charges for 7 Months
Rights groups denounced the detention of Al-Shifa Hospital’s director and thousands of other Gazans without trial, while Israeli leaders faulted his release as a government failure.
By Hiba Yazbek, Johnatan Reiss and
Palestinian Fighters in West Bank Seek to Emulate Hamas in Gaza
In the towns of Tulkarm and Jenin, armed militants are flocking to more hard-line factions, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, while the Israeli military tries to rein them in.
By Steven Erlanger and
U.S. Presses to Avert Wider War Between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon
A recent flurry of diplomacy aims to head off a conflict that could pit the United States directly against Iran.
By Michael Crowley, Julian E. Barnes and
Israeli Minister Will Release Palestinian Funds if Settlements Are Legalized, Officials Say
Under a tentative deal, Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, would help the Palestinian Authority stave off financial collapse if five illegal West Bank outposts are authorized.
By Aaron Boxerman and
The negotiations had been stalled for weeks until Hamas announced on Wednesday that it had exchanged some ideas with mediators on a new way forward.
By Aaron Boxerman
Many British Muslims and other voters have demanded that party leaders more vocally condemn the rising death toll and deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
By Megan Specia
The latest order, which the United Nations estimated affects about 250,000 people, was the largest since October, the U.N. said.
By Raja Abdulrahim
Gazans who had already been forced to flee again and again were once more hauling their belongings out of eastern Khan Younis after the Israeli military’s new evacuation orders in southern Gaza.
By Axel Boada
In her four years at the state university, Maurie McInnis drew criticism from faculty members who said some of her decisions violated academic freedom.
By Stephanie Saul
The one-minute commercial, which was created by a group formed by former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, seeks to bring attention to atrocities linked to Hamas.
By Grace Ashford
Amos Hochstein’s trip to France comes after comments by Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken that Israel had “effectively lost sovereignty” near the border with Lebanon because of attacks by Hezbollah.
By Michael Crowley
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Gaza’s largest hospital, was taken into custody in late November during an Israeli military raid on the facility.
By Reuters
The Israelis had sought to link the hospital director to Hamas operations at Al-Shifa, and his release after seven months without charges prompted extensive finger-pointing.
By Hiba Yazbek and Ephrat Livni
Mohammad Abu Salmiya, the director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, was released on Monday after more than seven months in Israeli detention without charges.
By Hiba Yazbek
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