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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.
Israel cleared to stay in Eurovision; Spain, Ireland and others quit in protest
Olivia Le Poidevin, Klaus Lauer, Johnny Cotton and Cecile Mantovani, Reuters | Posted Dec. 4 - 10:35 p.m.
Israel was cleared on Thursday to enter the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest, prompting Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland and Slovenia to withdraw over the Gaza war, plunging the competition into one of the biggest rows in its history.
Hamas says it has handed over the body of a Gaza hostage
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | Posted Dec. 3 - 10:28 a.m.
Hamas said it had handed over the body of one of the last two deceased hostages in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as Israel said it would allow Gaza's gateway to Egypt to open once all hostages were returned.
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.
