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Pope Leo: Palestinian state 'only' solution to Israeli conflict
Joshua McElwee, Reuters | Posted Nov. 30 - 7:43 p.m.
Pope Leo said on Sunday that the only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state, reaffirming the Vatican's position.
Gaza death toll tops 70,000, health ministry says
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted Nov. 30 - 9:32 a.m.
The number of people confirmed killed in Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip has passed the 70,000 mark, the enclave's health ministry said on Saturday.
Israel's Netanyahu seeks pardon in years-long corruption trial
Alexander Cornwell and Omri Taasan, Reuters | Posted Nov. 30 - 8:28 a.m.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked the country's president on Sunday for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, arguing that criminal proceedings were hindering his ability to govern and a pardon would be good for Israel.
Israeli airstrikes kill 25 Palestinians in Gaza, rattling ceasefire, medics say
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted Nov. 19 - 5:03 p.m.
At least 25 Palestinians were killed in four Israeli airstrikes on Wednesday in a part of Gaza under Hamas control since a shaky ceasefire took effect in October, health authorities said.
UN Security Council adopts US resolution on Trump's Gaza plan
Simon Lewis, Reuters | Posted Nov. 17 - 7:55 p.m.
The UN Security Council on Monday voted to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave.
Israeli settlers attack Palestinians, journalists at West Bank olive harvest, witnesses say
Ali Sawafta, Reuters | Posted Nov. 8 - 6:25 p.m.
Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists on Saturday who had gathered during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, witnesses said.
Israel receives body of another hostage as Palestinian deaths reported in Gaza
Nidal Al Mughrabi, Pesha Magid, Menna Alaa El-Din and Muhammad Al Gebaly, Reuters | Posted Nov. 5 - 7:33 p.m.
Israel received the remains of another hostage from Gaza on Wednesday, the prime minister's office said, after Hamas' armed wing transferred a body found near Gaza City to the Red Cross.
Hamas hands over the bodies of 3 hostages
Pesha Magid and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted Nov. 2 - 4:54 p.m.
Hamas handed over bodies of three hostages on Sunday, even as the Palestinian militant group traded blame with Israel for violations of the tenuous truce that has mostly halted two years of war.
Israel says the latest remains returned from Gaza by Hamas are not of hostages
Renata Brito, Associated Press | Posted Nov. 1 - 4:38 p.m.
Israel says the remains of three people Hamas handed over to the Red Cross do not belong to any hostages, in the latest setback to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire in the Gaza war.
Hamas hands over bodies of two Israeli hostages
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell, Reuters | Posted Oct. 30 - 12:40 p.m.
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies it said were of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken.
Israel's Netanyahu orders immediate 'powerful attacks' in Gaza
Maayan Lubell and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted Oct. 28 - 4:31 p.m.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military on Tuesday to immediately "carry out powerful attacks" in Gaza after accusing the militant group Hamas of violating a ceasefire agreement.
Here's how the IOC punished Indonesia for barring Israeli athletes from a world cup competition
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 25 - 9:22 a.m.
The International Olympic Committee took swift actions against Indonesia for denying visas to Israeli athletes who will to compete in the 53rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships.
Vance says Israeli vote on West Bank annexation was an 'insult,' opposed by Trump
Alexander Cornwell, Simon Lewis and Pesha Magid, Reuters | Posted Oct. 25 - 8:53 a.m.
Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that President Donald Trump would oppose Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, suggesting the move looked like a "political stunt."
US steps up diplomacy after Gaza truce shaken
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Steven Scheer, Reuters | Posted Oct. 20 - 11:05 a.m.
U.S. envoys met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday aiming to corral Israel and Hamas to get the Gaza ceasefire plan back on track after an explosion of violence over the weekend that threatened to derail the week-old truce.
Israeli military launches attacks on Gaza; ceasefire under strain
Reuters | Posted Oct. 19 - 7:48 a.m.
The Israeli military said it launched air strikes and artillery fire at targets in southern Gaza on Sunday, dimming hopes that a U.S.-mediated ceasefire would lead to lasting peace as Israel traded blame with Palestinian militant group Hamas.
Gaza-Egypt border crossing will remain closed, Netanyahu says
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell, Reuters | Posted Oct. 18 - 7:46 p.m.
The Rafah border crossing remains closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday, dependent on Hamas handing over bodies of deceased hostages.
Aid trucks roll into Gaza as dispute over hostage bodies is paused
Steven Scheer and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted Oct. 15 - 4:01 p.m.
Aid trucks rolled into Gaza on Wednesday after a brief dispute over the return of the bodies of dead hostages that had threatened to derail the fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas.
The 'indispensable' players in securing a Middle East peace deal
Brigham Tomco, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 14 - 10:45 a.m.
Speaking before the Israel Knesset, President Donald Trump hailed a "new dawn in the Middle East" before traveling to Egypt where he led world leaders in affirming a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.
Where Israeli athletes are being barred from international competition
Lisa Riley Roche, Deseret News | Posted Oct. 13 - 8:16 p.m.
A move by the Indonesian government to stop Israeli athletes from participating in a gymnastics world championship in Jakarta is raising questions about what could happen at the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Trump declares end of Gaza war as last Israeli hostages swapped for Palestinian detainees
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell, Reuters | Posted Oct. 13 - 1:44 p.m.
Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as President Donald Trump told Israel's parliament that peace had arrived in the Holy Land.
Trump says Gaza war has ended; Israel awaits release of hostages
Nidal al-Mughrabi, Steven Scheer, Alexander Cornwell and Steve Holland, Reuters | Posted Oct. 12 - 4:21 p.m.
The war in Gaza has ended and the Middle East is going to "normalize," U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday as he flew to Israel.
Dozens killed in Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes, border closed
Saeed Shah, Reuters | Posted Oct. 12 - 8:38 a.m.
Dozens of fighters were killed in overnight border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan, both sides said on Sunday, in the most serious fighting between the neighbours since the Taliban came to power in Kabul.
Gazans stream back home as Israel-Hamas ceasefire holds
Maayan Lubell and Jaidaa Taha, Reuters | Posted Oct. 11 - 9:31 a.m.
Thousands of Palestinians streamed north along the coast of Gaza on Saturday, trekking by foot, car and cart back to their abandoned homes as a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas appeared to be holding.
Gazans trek to ruined homes as Israeli forces pull back under ceasefire
Alexander Cornwell and Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters | Posted Oct. 10 - 7:59 p.m.
Displaced Palestinians returned to ruins on Friday after a ceasefire began, and Israeli troops began pulling back under the first phase of an agreement to end the war in Gaza.
