Israel

Ibrahim Hamed (C), who was head of Hamas' armed wing in the West Bank, waves to relatives from the dock before the reading of his verdict at Israel's Ofer military court near the West Bank city of Ramallah June 27, 2012. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Israel, Hamas poised for third hostage-prisoner exchange

A fourth exchange is scheduled for the weekend, but Hamas accused Israel on Wednesday of jeopardising the deal by holding up aid deliveries, an allegation Israel dismissed as "fake news"

Lebanon's Hezbollah deputy leader Sheikh Naim Qassem attends a memorial service in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, July 10, 2024. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Middle East

Hezbollah does not accept reasons for time extension for Israeli troop withdrawal, chief says

Displaced Palestinians make their way to return to their homes before a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, in Gaza City, January 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas
Hamas-Israel war

Gaza residents stream home to the north after hostage breakthrough

An ambulance and people gather on a road in southern Lebanon, January 26, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Gil Eliyahu
Middle East

Israeli forces kill 22 people in south Lebanon as residents try to return: Lebanese authorities

Locals gather with flags in Burj al-Muluk, near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, where Israeli forces remained on the ground after a deadline for their withdrawal passed as residents sought to return to homes in the border area, Lebanon January 26, 2025. REUTERS/Karamallah Daher
Middle East

Israeli forces kill 15 people in south Lebanon as residents try to return, authorities say

Palestinians have been waiting on the Al Rashid road, west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, to return to the northern Gaza Strip. Photo: BBS/EPA
Middle East

Palestinians' return on hold as Israel accuses Hamas of breaching truce deal

The four female Israeli soldiers released by Hamas
Middle East

The four female Israeli soldiers released by Hamas

Cars drive past a damaged building near the Corniche, after the Israeli prime minister's office said on Friday that Israeli forces will remain in southern Lebanon beyond a 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah because its terms have not been fully implemented, in Tyre, Lebanon January 24, 2025. REUTERS/Ali Hankir
Middle East

Lebanese army says Israel procrastinating in withdrawal

Residents of a building damaged in an Israeli airstrike return to collect their family's belongings at the site of Thursday's Israeli airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. AP Photo/Hassan Ammar
Middle East

Hamas has added up to 15,000 fighters since start of war: US

Israeli military vehicles deploy during a large-scale Israeli army raid in Jenin, in the occupied West Bank on Jan. 24, 2025. Photo: AFP
Middle East

UN concerned by Israel's 'war fighting' methods in West Bank

A Palestinian man inspects a damaged bike following an Israeli raid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Jenin camp, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Raneen Sawafta
Hamas-Israel war

'Living in a cage': West Bank checkpoints proliferate after Gaza truce

Palestinians sit next to a fire, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, 22 January 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud Issa/File Photo
Hamas-Israel war

Gazans ready tent camps for families returning to north after ceasefire

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on as he meets with Indian External Affairs Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, and Japanese Foreign Minister Iwaya Takeshi at the State Department in Washington, US, January 21, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
USA

US top diplomat Rubio discusses Iran, Gaza hostages with Israeli PM Netanyahu