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Trump's envoys in Middle East to push for Gaza peace plan

Trump's envoys in Middle East to push for Gaza peace plan

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters  |  Posted Aug. 16 - 6:29 p.m.

Donald Trump's envoys meet with Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday, a diplomatic source said, ​in a bid to advance Trump's Gaza peace plan, even as Israel pressed on with airstrikes in the enclave.
Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers

Israel sends troops into West Bank homes besieged by Jewish settlers

Ali Sawafta, Reuters  |  Posted Aug. 13 - 7:03 a.m.

Israeli troops took up positions inside Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Qusra on Thursday, the mayor said.
2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with Hezbollah

2 soldiers killed in Lebanon in the first Israeli deaths since June truce with Hezbollah

Abby Sewell and Koral Saeed, Associated Press  |  Posted Aug. 6 - 10:34 a.m.

The Israeli military says two soldiers have died in an explosion in southern Lebanon, marking the first Israeli deaths since a truce with Hezbollah began in June.
Netanyahu praises first meeting with Trump since launching the Iran war

Netanyahu praises first meeting with Trump since launching the Iran war

Erin Cunningham and Michelle L. Price, Associated Press  |  Posted July 28 - 1:36 p.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump met at the White House for the first time since launching the Iran war, a meeting that was called "positive and productive."
Lindsey Graham's funeral drawing Trump remarks and world leaders in Washington

Lindsey Graham's funeral drawing Trump remarks and world leaders in Washington

VideoLisa Mascaro, Meg Kinnard and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press  |  Posted July 28 - 11:50 a.m.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of the more influential politicians in the United States, will be eulogized in Washington on Tuesday.
Israel kills senior Hamas-led police official in Gaza, medics say

Israel kills senior Hamas-led police official in Gaza, medics say

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters  |  Posted July 25 - 7:46 p.m.

An Israeli airstrike on Saturday killed the head of the Hamas-led police force in the northern Gaza Strip, Brigadier-General Abdel-Nasser Al-Maqadma, ​the Hamas-run interior ministry and medics said.
Escalating Israeli strikes kill 5 people in Gaza, medics say

Escalating Israeli strikes kill 5 people in Gaza, medics say

Nidal al-Mughrabi, Reuters  |  Posted July 16 - 7:36 a.m.

Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian health officials ​said, as Israeli attacks surged to levels not seen since the latest ceasefire took effect.
Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.