US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Wednesday to meet top Israeli officials over developments of Israel's ongoing offensive against Gaza, and a possible cease-fire deal. Blinken's agenda in Israel includes the discussion over the "ongoing hostage negotiations, Israel's...

A Palestinian journalist was killed Tuesday in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, pushing the death toll for members of the press targeted by Israel since Oct. 7 to 123, the Gaza Media Office said in a statement. Rizk Al-Gharabli, director of the Palestinian Media Center in the Gaza...

At least four people, including a child, were wounded when an explosive device planted in a motorcycle detonated in Afrin city, north of Aleppo province, the Civil Defense agency said on Tuesday.  The rescue group teams inspected the place and provided first aid to one of the injured...

The Israeli military has concluded that over one fifth of Israeli captives still held in Gaza are dead, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday.  At least 32 of 136 captives in the beseiged enclave have died since the war began on 7 October, the report stated, citing a...