Hamas's political bureau chief said Thursday that resistance forces in the Gaza Strip are prepared for a prolonged war with the Israeli army. In a recorded speech, Ismail Haniyeh praised the resilience of the Palestinian people and the coordination of resistance factions “to disperse the...

At least nine people were killed when Israeli warplanes struck a fuel station in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, the official Palestine Television station reported. The broadcaster said displaced Palestinians had taken shelter at the station in al-Maghazi neighborhood. Israel has...

France has issued an international arrest warrant for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, accused of complicity in crimes against humanity over chemical attacks in 2013, a judicial source and plaintiffs in the case said Wednesday. The judicial source told AFP Assad was also suspected...

The government media office in Gaza on Wednesday announced that the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7 has risen to 11,500, including 4,710 children and 3,160 women. “The number of deaths among medical personnel has reached 200,” the office said in a...