The first group of hostages held by Palestinian group Hamas since Oct. 7 should be released on Thursday, according to Israel’s foreign minister. Under a humanitarian pause deal reached early Wednesday, “Israel expects to recover on Thursday the first hostages being freed from the Gaza...

The US has struck two Iranian linked facilities in Iraq in response to what it said were attacks against US forces by Iran and Iran-backed groups, widening the arena for Washington’s retaliation against Iran. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Palestine war, the US has responded to previous...

Israel will continue its attacks in the Gaza Strip after a proposed temporary cease-fire, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. “We are at war, and the war will continue until all our goals are achieved," Netanyahu said in a speech ahead of a Cabinet meeting to discuss a...

Two Lebanese journalists and two civilians were killed by Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, according to local media. Rabih Maamari and Farah Omar, who worked for local channel Al-Mayadeen, died in a bombing near the town of Tir Harfa, about a mile from the southern border,...