The French Foreign Ministry on Thursday said that two staff members of France's Consulate General in Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli security and later released after the minister intervened. "As part of a trip to Israel and the Palestinian Territories, the minister (Jean-Noel Barrot) was...

Lebanese authorities said Thursday that some 52 people were killed and 161 others injured in Israeli airstrikes across the country in the last 24 hours. In a statement, the Health Ministry said the toll brought the number of people killed since October of last year to 3,103 and 13,856 others...

Israeli attacks killed at least 78 more Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, pushing up the overall death toll since last year to 43,469, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday. A ministry statement added that some 102,561 others were injured in the ongoing assault. “The Israeli...

Five peacekeepers were injured in an Israeli strike near a military checkpoint in Sidon in southern Lebanon on Thursday, the UN mission said. In a statement, the mission said the injuries occurred as a UNIFIL convoy bringing newly-arrived peacekeepers to south Lebanon was passing Sidon when a...