All members of a family of six were killed in an attack by Israeli warplanes on the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to local sources on Sunday, as fierce fighting continued a day after surprise attack by Hamas inside Israel. Israeli warplanes targeted the house of the Shaban family in the...

Israel on Saturday said it has begun striking the Hamas targets in Gaza “in response to the barrages of rockets launched.” The Israeli Defense Forces “is currently striking Hamas targets in Gaza,” IDF said on X. Israel has declared a “state of readiness” for war after...

ABOARD THE GEO BARENTS (AP) — A nonprofit rescue ship operating off the coast of Libya saved 258 migrants in two separate operations in the early hours of Friday morning. The first of the two rescues involved a 7-meter-long (23-foot-long) wooden boat filled with 162 migrants, including 17...

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army rescued more than 100 migrants Friday after their boat developed technical problems in the Mediterranean off the coast of the northern city of Tripoli, state-run National News Agency reported. No one was hurt in the incident. The agency said the boat that...