Israeli forces killed at least 18 Palestinians on the second day of a stepped-up military offensive in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday that militant group Hamas said was  jeopardizing ceasefire talks . Qatari and Egyptian mediators, backed by the United States, have accelerated...

Several fires broke out in towns and areas in southern Lebanon as a result of Israeli overnight heavy shelling, local media reported on Tuesday. The Lebanese official news agency NNA said the Israeli army continued its shelling across southern Lebanon, causing fires in some towns, where the...

The Israeli army on Tuesday detained 16 more Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The arrests took place in the cities of Qalqilya, Nablus, Ramallah, Bethlehem Hebron, and Jericho, the Commission of Detainees’ Affairs and the...

The health ministry in Gaza said Monday at least 38,193 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants, now in its tenth month. The toll includes at least 40 deaths over the past 24 hours, a ministry statement said. It added that 87,903 people have been...