Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani held talks with Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh on Monday to discuss efforts to reach a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. The discussions dwelt on Palestinian developments and Qatari efforts to reach an immediate and durable cease-fire in Gaza,...

A member of the US Air Force who set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington in protest of the conflict on Gaza has died in a local hospital, police confirmed on Monday. Aaron Bushnell, 25, who was an active-duty member of the US Air Force, set himself on fire Sunday to...

Sexual abuse, beatings, yelling, deprivation of food, lack of medical care and psychological torment.  This was life in Israeli detention for Amena Hussain*. The Palestinian mother of three was abducted by Israeli forces from her place of refuge in the war-torn Gaza Strip in late...

Another Israeli soldier was killed in clashes with Palestinian resistance fighters in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said on Sunday.  Sgt. Nerya Belete, 21, a fighter in the Givat patrol, fell in battle in southern Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said in a statement without providing...