An Iranian official warned Wednesday that any U.S. intervention in the conflict with Israel would risk “all-out war,” as the unprecedented conflict being waged by warplanes and ballistic missiles entered a sixth day. Overnight, a fresh barrage of Israeli missiles streaked across the skies of Tehran. Most were taken out …
An aid boat carrying environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg and other activists was intercepted by Israeli forces and was “safely making its way to the shores of Israel” late on Sunday, Israel’s Foreign Ministry said. Israel’s defense minister had vowed to prevent the ship from reaching the Gaza Strip. “The passengers …
Hamas said Saturday it has responded to a U.S.-led proposal for a temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which Israeli officials have approved, but will seek amendments. Additional details of the response were not immediately known. In a statement, the militant group said its response aims to achieve a permanent ceasefire, …
In late 2023, Israel was aiming to assassinate Ibrahim Biari, a top Hamas commander in the northern Gaza Strip who had helped plan the Oct. 7 massacres. But Israeli intelligence could not find Mr. Biari, who they believed was hidden in the network of tunnels underneath Gaza. So Israeli officers …
The Americans were in a hurry. Adam Boehler, a senior U.S. official, wanted Hamas to agree to the release of the last living American Israeli hostage in Gaza so that President Trump could announce his freedom during a speech to Congress. The two sides were still haggling as Mr. Trump …
Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 100 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, including 31 or more who were sheltering at a school, according to medics in the Hamas-ruled enclave, in a stepped-up offensive that Israel’s military says is intended to pressure Hamas to free …
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that Israel has captured a new strip of territory in the Gaza Strip, part of a new strategy to seize land in the enclave after the cease-fire with Hamas collapsed last month. Israel has conducted a new round of airstrikes to force Hamas …
There were times, before Israeli airstrikes on Gaza shattered the two-month-old cease-fire on March 18, when Huda Abu Teir and her family could almost believe things might go back to normal. After fleeing from their home to a shelter for displaced people, and then to a tent, another shelter and …
The bombshell publication of a group chat involving Trump administration officials discussing U.S. battle plans revealed in unusually stark fashion what the Trump administration hopes to achieve with airstrikes this month against the Houthi militia in Yemen. The attacks, some of the chat’s participants said, were meant to deter the …
More than 15 months have passed since Ilana Gritzewsky was released from Hamas captivity in Gaza. She still does not feel free. Her partner remains a hostage. He was captured along with Ms. Gritzewsky from their home in an Israeli border village on Oct. 7, 2023, during the Hamas-led attack …