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Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee
Wafaa Shurafa and Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted July 6 - 11:25 a.m.
Hamas says it has dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a U.N.-backed technical committee.
Israel and Lebanon sign framework agreement with US in 'first step' toward peace, Rubio says
Ben Finley, Abby Sewell and Melanie Lidman, Associated Press | Posted June 26 - 2:10 p.m.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio joined Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. to announce a framework agreement described as a first step toward peace following months of conflict.
US, Iran reach deal to end war, signing set for Friday
Parisa Hafezi and Phil Stewart, Reuters | Posted June 14 - 5:31 p.m.
U.S. and Iranian officials said on Sunday they have agreed on a peace framework for a deal to end their war, halt the U.S. blockade of Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
9 killed in strikes in Gaza overnight, hospital says
Wafaa Shurafa, Associated Press | Posted June 4 - 8:03 a.m.
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least nine Palestinians overnight, a hospital said Thursday, even as much of the world's attention was focused on the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Israel's military says Gaza strike kills Hamas armed wing leader Haddad
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | Posted May 16 - 11:35 a.m.
Israel's military on Saturday said it had killed the chief of Hamas' military wing in an air strike on Gaza the previous day, the most senior Hamas official killed by Israel since October.
Man who firebombed a demonstration in Colorado, killing 1, is sentenced to life in prison
Mead Gruver, Associated Press | Posted May 7 - 4:34 p.m.
A man was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after pleading guilty Thursday to killing one person and injuring a dozen others in a 2025 firebombing attack.
Israel intercepts Gaza aid ships in international waters, organizers decry move
Reuters | Posted April 30 - 8:40 a.m.
Israel has intercepted aid ships bound for Gaza in international waters near Greece, flotilla organizers said on Thursday, decrying the move as an "escalation of Israel's impunity."
2 Jewish men stabbed in London; police treat attack as terrorism
Sam Tobin and Sarah Young, Reuters | Posted April 29 - 6:07 p.m.
Two Jewish men were stabbed in north London on Wednesday by an attacker who ran down a street targeting Jews in what police said was being treated as a terrorist incident.
Netanyahu says he was successfully treated for prostate cancer
Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | Posted April 24 - 4:31 p.m.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that he had received successful treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, without specifying when the treatment took place.
Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks
Maayan Lubell and Pesha Magid, Reuters | Posted March 30 - 9:30 p.m.
Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making the death penalty a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks.
US ambassador causes uproar by claiming Israel has a right to much of the Middle East
Sam Mednick and Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted Feb. 21 - 9:45 p.m.
Arab and Muslim nations on Saturday sharply condemned comments by the U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, who said Israel has a right to much of the Middle East.
Trump mixes diplomacy and flattery at peace board meeting
Bo Erickson, Trevor Hunnicutt and Gram Slattery, Reuters | Posted Feb. 19 - 3:52 p.m.
World leaders who accepted the invitation of President Donald Trump to join his new peace board were greeted in Washington on Thursday with a mix of fanfare and personal flattery.
Israel has joined Trump's 'Board of Peace,' Netanyahu says
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted Feb. 11 - 9:35 p.m.
Israel has joined President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" initiative, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday during his visit to Washington.
Gaza's border crossing to Egypt reopens in a key step for truce
Samy Magdy and Josef Federman, Associated Press | Posted Feb. 2 - 7:40 a.m.
Egyptian and Israeli security officials say Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has reopened for limited traffic, a key step as the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.
Israeli strikes kill 30 Palestinians, including children, as Gaza ceasefire inches forward
Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Sam Metz, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 31 - 10:17 p.m.
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 30 Palestinians on Saturday, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire, a day after Israel accused Hamas of new ceasefire violations.
Israel says remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered
Julia Frankel and Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 26 - 8:35 a.m.
Israel says the remains of the final hostage in Gaza have been recovered, clearing the way for the next phase of the ceasefire that stopped the Israel-Hamas war.
Israeli fire strikes journalists and children on one of Gaza's deadliest days since ceasefire
Samy Magdy, Associated Press | Posted Jan. 21 - 2:44 p.m.
Israeli forces killed at least 11 Palestinians, including two boys, three journalists and a woman, hospitals said, on one of the war-battered Gaza's deadliest days since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect.
US launches Gaza plan's second phase, forms Palestinian committee
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Simon Lewis, Reuters | Posted Jan. 14 - 4:02 p.m.
The United States said on Wednesday it is launching the second phase of its plan to end the Gaza war, even as key elements of the first phase remain unfulfilled.
Former Israeli hostage recounts sexual abuse in Hamas captivity and fear of becoming 'sex slave'
Tal Shalev, Dana Karni, CNN | Posted Jan. 4 - 7:29 p.m.
Former Israeli hostage Romi Gonen said she endured repeated sexual assault, harassment and intimidation during her 471 days of Hamas captivity, speaking publicly for the first time about her experience and her fear of becoming a "sex slave" in Gaza.
Thousands flock to Bethlehem to revive Christmas spirit after 2 years of war in Gaza
Melanie Lidman, Associated Press | Posted Dec. 24 - 1:03 p.m.
After two years of subdued Christmas celebrations due to war in Gaza, thousands of people have flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve.
Gaza no longer in famine after aid access improves, hunger monitor says
Michelle Nichols, Reuters | Posted Dec. 19 - 8:21 a.m.
There is no longer famine in Gaza, a global hunger monitor said on Friday, after access for humanitarian and commercial food deliveries improved following a fragile Oct. 10 ceasefire in the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants.
Trump signs $1 trillion annual defense bill without fanfare
Patricia Zengerle, Reuters | Posted Dec. 18 - 7:44 p.m.
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a nearly $1 trillion annual defense policy bill, despite provisions providing new aid to Ukraine and reining in his ability to dial down involvement in the defense of Europe.
Israel says it killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed in Gaza
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose, Reuters | Posted Dec. 13 - 6:30 p.m.
The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed, one of the architects of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, in a strike on a car in Gaza City on Saturday.
As Christmas lights return to Bethlehem, Palestinians look for hope
Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | Posted Dec. 7 - 9:05 a.m.
A giant Christmas tree adorned with red and gold baubles stands in the West Bank city of Bethlehem for the first time since 2022.
