Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 20 people on Wednesday as Israeli forces intensified a siege of northern parts of the Palestinian enclave, surrounding hospitals and refugee shelters, and ordering residents to head south, medics and residents said. The Gaza health ministry and the World...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday “now is the time” to end the conflict in Gaza, and urged Israel to avoid further escalation with Iran. Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and has pledged to hit back against Iran’s October 1...

The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that at least 42,718 people have been killed in the war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The toll includes 115 deaths in the previous 48 hours, according to the ministry, which said 100,282 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since...

At least 13 people were killed and 57 wounded in an Israeli airstrike late Monday near a hospital in Lebanon’s capital. The Lebanese Health Ministry said the airstrike targeted the vicinity of Rafik Hariri University Hospital located on the outskirts of southern Beirut, with a child among...