Hamas demands the release of three top Palestinian leaders in any hostage swap deal with Israel, according to Israeli media on Thursday. Hamas insists Marwan Barghouti, Ahmed Saadat and Abdullah Barghouti be on the list of prisoners to be released in any new deal, Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper...

The Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has left 26,700 people dead and missing since Oct. 7, the government media office in the enclave said Wednesday. “Around 20,000 dead people have been admitted to hospitals, including 8,000 children and 6,200 women,” the media office said in a statement....

Since the start of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, pro-Palestine supporters across the globe have been facing a growing wave of repercussions, ranging from harassment and threats to being fired from their jobs. Prominent cases of sackings include journalist Zahraa Al-Akhrass, who was fired...

A pregnant woman was among eight civilians killed on Sunday during bombardments by the Syrian army in the last major rebel stronghold in the northwest, a war monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said six other people were injured in the attacks. ...