Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant warned Sunday that “painful concessions” would be needed to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza and that military action alone will not achieve the country’s war aims. “Not all objectives can be achieved through military operations...

The directors of the CIA and Israel’s Mossad will meet Qatar’s prime minister in Doha on Sunday to begin negotiations for a new short term Gaza ceasefire deal and the release of some hostages by Hamas in exchange for Israel’s release of Palestinian prisoners, an official briefed on the...

Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday said Israel’s attack on the Islamic Republic “should neither be exaggerated nor minimized.” “The evil perpetrated by the Zionist regime [Israel] two nights ago must not be exaggerated or minimized,” he said in a post on X. Without...

Lebanon’s health ministry said that five people have been killed and 13 others wounded on Sunday in an Israeli strike near the southern city of Sidon, revising an earlier toll. “The Israeli enemy’s raid on Haret Saida has killed five people,” the health ministry said, after revising...