Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow Palestinians to “voluntarily” leave the enclave. According to the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth, Katz instructed the army "to prepare a plan to allow voluntary departure for Gaza residents,...

French President Emmanuel Macron congratulated his Syrian counterpart Ahmed al-Sharaa on Wednesday on assuming office, reaffirming Paris’s commitment to lifting sanctions on Damascus. The felicitations came during a phone call al-Sharaa received from Macron, according to a statement from the...

President Donald Trump said the US would take over war-ravaged Gaza and create a “Riviera of the Middle East” after resettling Palestinians elsewhere, shattering decades of US policy on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and drawing regional condemnation. The shock move drew swift...

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressed his support Tuesday for President Donald Trump's plan for the US to “take over” the Gaza Strip. "Gaza MUST BE FREE from Hamas," Rubio wrote on X, adding the US "stands ready to lead and Make Gaza Beautiful Again." "Our pursuit is one of lasting...