Gaza, Israel

Israel’s far right says new office to oversee mass transfer of Gazans
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said the office would carry out the “massive logistical operation” needed to remove Palestinians from Gaza.
Israel strikes Gaza ahead of new talks on ceasefire with Hamas
Israel carried out an air strike in northern Gaza on Sunday, rattling an already fragile ceasefire as fresh talks in Doha are set to take place on Monday. Israel's military said the air strike targeted Hamas terrorists who "were identified operating in proximity to IDF troops and attempting to plant an explosive device in the ground in northern Gaza.
Israel Trims Gaza Electricity in New Pressure Move Over Hostages
Israel halted its already limited supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip, a move the government called a response to the Hamas hostage crisis and which a liaison officer said would suspend production by a desalination plant in the war-wracked enclave.
Israel halts Gaza electricity supply ahead of new truce talks
Israel ordered an immediate halt to Gaza's electricity supply Sunday in an effort to pressure Hamas into releasing hostages, even as it prepared for fresh talks on the future of
Israeli air strike in Gaza ahead of new talks on truce with Hamas
Israel carried out an air strike on militants in northern Gaza on Sunday, rattling an already fragile ceasefire as it prepared for fresh talks in Doha on the future of
After Israel’s finance minister meets Bessent, Jewish state aims to boost a resilient wartime economy
As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met last week to enhance economic relations ...
Christians Are Pressing Trump to Clear a Path for Israel to Annex the West Bank
Evangelical Christian leaders who delivered votes to President Donald Trump are now pressing him to declare that Israel can ...
Far-Right Israeli Minister Visits Washington After Years of Being Shunned
Bezalel Smotrich, the Israeli finance minister, had drawn rebukes from the Biden administration for his opposition to a cease ...
Ukraine is to the populist right as Israel is to the progressive left
Progressives decry Trump’s treatment of Zelensky, but they urged Biden do much the same to Netanyahu.
Zamir appts new IDF spokesperson, Israel cuts off electricity to Gaza
Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Eyal Zamir, conducted a situational assessment and tour within the security zone in Syria with the ...
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Hamas, Israel make moves to discuss phase 2 of Gaza cease-fire
Israel prepared on Sunday to send a delegation to Doha for further Gaza truce talks, as Hamas urged the immediate launch of ...
Trump administration says US is ‘not an agent of Israel’ amid Hamas negotiations
U.S. Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler defended the United States’s negotiating directly with the Hamas terrorist group, though he acknowledged why Israeli officials were upset over the move.
Israel makes 'limited' progress in Gaza hostage deal talks
Hamas reportedly said on Saturday night that it has agreed to extend the ceasefire for two months and will release additional ...
Israel Can’t Substitute for the U.S. in the Middle East
The Jewish state can protect its neighborhood, but the Persian Gulf needs a superpower’s attention.
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Oscars documentary winner portrays one side of the Israel-Palestinian conflict
Margolis said Palestinians began a hasty effort to build up homes in the region in 1999, “violat[ing] the Oslo Accords by failing to obtain building permits from Israel’s Civil Administration.” ...
Syria’s Druze seek a place in a changing nation, navigating pressures from the government and Israel
Members of the small religious sect find themselves caught between two forces that many of them distrust: the new, ...