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...

Four more Israeli soldiers were killed and 14 others injured in southern Lebanon, the military said on Sunday. A military statement said the fatalities occurred in battles with Hezbollah fighters in southern Lebanon. Five of the injured soldiers were in serious condition, the statement added....

The Israeli military said its forces killed a Palestinian fighter who belonged to Hamas’s armed wing during a raid on Saturday in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem. In a joint statement, the Israeli military, police and domestic security agency Shin Bet said that they conducted a...

At least 10 police officers were killed in a “terrorist attack” in an area of southeastern Iran long plagued by unrest, local media reported on Saturday. They were killed during an attack on “police vehicles” in Sistan-Baluchistan province’s Taftan county, the Mehr and Tasnim news...