At sunrise in Gaza, the strip's coastal path begins to fill up with pedestrians, as growing numbers of Palestinians have taken up walking to relieve stress trapped inside the Israel-blockaded enclave. Life in Gaza, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas since 2007, was mentally taxing even...

Israel moved ahead on Sunday with a settler housing plan in a sensitive area near East Jerusalem, a step critics said was aimed at shoring up the project before U.S. President-elect Joe Biden takes office. On its website, the Israel Land Authority (ILA) invited contractor bids for building...

The Israeli military said it struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday after militants fired two rockets from the Palestinian territory. In a statement, the military said fighter jets, attack helicopters and tanks hit Hamas underground infrastructure and military posts. It said...

Evacuation of refugees from Rukban camp in Syria has been resumed, with over 200 people leaving it in the past 24 hours, Alexander Grinkevich, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Parties in Syria, said on Friday. "As many as 203 people left for the...