TEL AVIV—Israel launched what it called a major counterterrorism operation in the West Bank, expanding its campaign against militancy in the Palestinian territory after more than 15 months of ...

21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammad Abu Samra) Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant-General Herzi Halevi places a wreath during a memorial ceremony marking the Hebrew calendar anniversary of the Hamas ...

in Hebrew, are seen in Tel Aviv, Israel, on the first day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as three hostages were set to be released from captivity on Jan. 19, 2025. (Maya Alleruzzo/AP ...

Netanyahu said he had instructed the military that the ceasefire “will not begin until Israel has in its possession the list of hostages to be freed, which Hamas committed to provide.” ...

Israel was still holding off on Thursday afternoon ... the PMO said in a statement issued in both English and Hebrew. “The Israeli cabinet will not convene until the mediators notify Israel ...

In remarks from the White House, Biden announced that U.S. hostages still in Gaza would be returned home during a 42-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Of the seven Americans held captive in ...

The moods must match. By this standard, the deal between Israel and Hamas is good but not great: Both groups are relishing what they are getting, and choking a bit on what they have given up.

known as a "massebah" in the Hebrew Bible. These artifacts date back to the First Temple period (1200 to 586 B.C.) of ancient Israel, suggesting ritual and cultic practices took place close to the ...

"All the hostages are in our hearts," said Nelly Ben Israel, a librarian at Jerusalem's Hebrew University. "But I think I'm not mistaken when I say we think first and foremost about the young Bibases.

After nearly a year-and-a-half of brutal war in Gaza that widened across the region, a cease-fire and hostage deal was struck today between Israel and Hamas. Geoff Bennett: ...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza, Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has announced. The complex agreement includes multiple stages, and ...

with candles on the ground and people singing Hebrew prayers of hope and "Imagine" by John Lennon. Earlier, a couple of streets away, protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Israel ...