The US will intensify efforts with its partners to end the Israeli war on Gaza, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said shortly after reports of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israel.  In a statement, Blinken said Sinwar, over the past months, rebuffed efforts by the US and...

Aircraft on Thursday conducted the first humanitarian aid airdrop since mid-July over the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, which has been enduring continuous Israeli attacks for over a year.   Witnesses reported that unidentified planes dropped relief supplies...

Two people were killed and 15 others injured Thursday in Israeli airstrikes targeting two towns in the Baalbek-Hermel province, eastern Lebanon, the Health Ministry said.  “An Israeli airstrike on the town of Yammoune in Baalbek-Hermel resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries...

Members of Israel’s security cabinet have been informed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the devastating Oct. 7, 2023 attack that triggered the Gaza war, is very likely dead, two officials with knowledge of the matter said on Thursday. Two of Israel’s broadcasters, KAN and...