Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich pushed back against pressure by the US to release Palestinian tax funds withheld by Israel, saying on social media "not a single shekel" will be transferred while he remains in charge.  His statement came after a "difficult and frustrating"...

The US military said Tuesday that it shot down 12 drones, three anti-ship ballistic missiles and two land-attack cruise missiles fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels at ships in the southern Red Sea.  ''U.S. assets, to include the USS LABOON (DDG 58) and F/A-18 Super Hornets...

Hamas fighters are inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli military and will not submit to their conditions, the group's leader in Gaza, Yahya al-Sinwar, said in a message to the group's members outside of the territory.  In a letter shared by Al Jazeera Arabic on Monday, Sinwar...

JERUSALEM (AA) – A former Israeli opposition leader has demanded an investigation into the Israeli army's attack on a house near the Gaza Strip, which killed all 12 hostages, saying they were killed under the "Hannibal Protocol" that says a dead Israeli is preferable to enemy-held captives....