JERUSALEM (AP) — The sound of gunfire crackled over the phone as the teenage girl hid in the car and spoke. An Israeli tank was near the vehicle as she and her family were trying to heed Israel’s  call to evacuate  their home in Gaza. Israeli troops were firing on the car, the...

About 17,000 children in the Gaza Strip are now living without one or both of their parents due to killing or arrests by Israeli forces since they began “genocide” against Palestinians on Oct. 7. Director-General of Gaza Media Office Ismail al-Thawabteh said at a press conference at the...

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...

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...