Hamas fires rockets at Israeli cities
Israel’s military said about ten projectiles were fired, but most successfully intercepted. Israel’s Channel 12 reported a direct hit in the southern city of Ashkelon. Read more
War in the Middle East
At least 91 killed as Israel ends Gaza ceasefire, orders evacuations
After two months of relative calm, Gazans were again fleeing for their lives after Israel effectively abandoned a ceasefire, launching a new all-out air and ground campaign against Gaza’s dominant Palestinian militant group Hamas. Read more
Israeli strikes kill over 400 in Gaza, Palestinian authorities say
Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas each accused the other of breaching the truce, which had broadly held since January Read more
Trump administration launches strikes against Yemen’s Houthis
The president also warned Iran, the Houthis’ main backer, that it needed to immediately halt support to the group. Read more
Gabbard drops intelligence pick after Israel stance backlash
Daniel Davis, a senior fellow at a Washington think tank who is skeptical of American intervention overseas, was undergoing a background check to become the deputy director for mission integration, the officials said. Read more
Israel blocks aid into Gaza as ceasefire standoff escalates
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said earlier that it had adopted a proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza for the Ramadan and Passover periods, hours after the first phase of the previously agreed ceasefire expired. Read more
Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages
Red Cross vehicles drove away from the handover site in the Gaza Strip with four black coffins that had been placed on a stage. Each of the caskets had a small picture of the hostages. Read more
Interior Ministry: Israeli strike kills 3 Palestinian police officers
Palestinian officials said Israel was also violating the truce terms by blocking the entry of equipment to clear the rubble and shelters for displaced people in the enclave. Patients were also being stopped from leaving for hospital treatment in Egypt, they said. Read more
Netanyahu reiterates support for Trump’s Gaza plan
Speaking to Jewish American organizations gathered in Jerusalem, Netanyahu again praised President Donald Trump’s plan to resettle Palestinians from Gaza. Read more
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3 hostages freed by Hamas; Israel releases 369 Palestinians
The three Israelis were led onto a stage with Hamas militants armed with automatic rifles standing on each side of them in Khan Younis before they were taken back into Israel. Read more
Hamas halts hostage releases, cites Israel ceasefire breaches
The unexpected announcement comes amid growing doubts over an already fragile ceasefire even as families of the Israeli hostages urge the government to stick to the deal and Gazans try to start rebuilding their lives in the shattered enclave. Read more
Trump: Palestinians would not have right to return to Gaza
He added that he thinks he could make a deal with Jordan and Egypt to take the displaced Palestinians. Read more
Thai nationals held captive by Hamas in Gaza return home
According to Israeli authorities, Hamas-led Palestinian militants abducted more than 250 people, including Israelis and foreign nationals, in their October 2023 attack on Israel. Read more
2 Palestinian women killed in Israeli West Bank raid
The ministry said Israeli forces in Nur Shams in the northern West Bank shot 23-year-old Sundos Jamal Mohammed Shalabi, who was eight months pregnant and whose unborn child did not survive, and critically wounded her husband. Read more
Hamas makes gaunt Israeli hostages thank captors before release
Hamas claims it has treated its captives benevolently, but many Israelis saw the images as almost unbearable evidence to the contrary. Read more
Trump’s Gaza plan draws condemnation over ‘Riviera’ vision
The shock move from Trump, a longtime New York property developer, drew rebukes from international powers including Russia, China and Germany, which said it would bring “new suffering and new hatred.” Read more
Trump promises to turn Gaza into ‘Riviera of the Middle East’
Trump said all 2 million Palestinians from Gaza should be moved to countries like Egypt and Jordan because of the devastation wrought by Israel’s war with Hamas after the terrorist attack of Oct. 7, 2023. Read more
3 Israeli hostages released in latest Gaza exchange
Hours later, the first of 183 Palestinian prisoners and detainees due to be released as part of the exchange got off a bus in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, where they were greeted by large crowds waiting to receive them. Read more
Trump: Jordan, Egypt should take more Palestinians from Gaza
Humanitarian agencies have for months raised concerns over the situation in Gaza, with the war displacing nearly the entire population and leading to a hunger crisis. Read more
Hamas frees 4 Israeli hostages in second swap of Gaza deal
The four were led onto a podium in Gaza City amid a large crowd of Palestinians and surrounded by dozens of armed Hamas men. Read more
Ceasefire brings hope in Gaza; freed Israeli hostages reunited with mothers
In the north of the territory, bombed into oblivion in the war’s most intense fighting, people picked their way on narrow roads through a devastated landscape of rubble and twisted metal. Read more
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