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Palestinians react as an Israeli strike hits the home (L) of the Hmeid family in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 15, 2025.

Israeli strikes kill over 115 Palestinians as Trump suggests to 'take' Gaza

The stepped-up airstrikes hit residential areas and displacement camps, killing mostly women and children.

US President Donald J. Trump, flanked by chairman and CEO of GE Aerospace Larry Culp (R) and CEO of Boeing Kelly Ortberg (L), meets with business leaders at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Doha, Qatar, May 15, 2025.

Trump floats plan for Gaza 'freedom zone'

The US president once more suggested that the United States could take ownership of the Palestinian territory.

US President Donald Trump gestures as he walks to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, May 12, 2025.

Analysis

Netanyahu scrambles as Trump skips Israel visit, gap widens on Gaza, Iran

Despite pleas on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s part, President Donald Trump will not pass through Israel during his Gulf tour.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

President Donald Trump boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on May 12, 2025, in Washington.

Analysis

With US-Saudi defense pact stalled, Trump eyes civilian nuclear deal

Negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program have placed the Trump administration's strategic approach to the Middle East in a holding pattern.

Jared Szuba

In Washington, DC, reporting on defense, national security, military

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How Trump's Gulf tour and release of Edan Alexander expose rift with Netanyahu

US President Donald Trump (L) bids farewell to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he leaves the White House after a meeting on April 7, 2025, in Washington.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

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Edan Alexander, last American hostage, released from Gaza after Trump-Hamas deal

Edan Alexander

In Gulf trip, Trump to prioritize blockbuster deals amid regional turmoil

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Trump-Hamas deal secures release of Edan Alexander: What to know

A sign showing the face of Israeli-US hostage Edan Alexander (C), who has been held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, is pictured among portraits of other Israelis held captive in Gaza at Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, May 12, 2025.

Former President of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group Marine Le Pen.

Analysis

What a far-right French government could look like

Jews and Muslims fear that a far-right win at the French parliamentarian elections on Sunday could damage their freedom of religious practice.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

REDDITCH, UNITED KINGDOM - JULY 03: Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer delivers a speech to supporters during a visit to a community centre on July 03, 2024 in Redditch, United Kingdom. Keir Starmer visited three countries of the UK on the final day of election campaigning. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Analysis

As UK swings left with Labour landslide, what awaits Middle East policy?

The party's campaign highlighted the importance of resolving the Israel-Palestine conflict.

In Bristol, reporting on regional business, climate change, AI, tech

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - JUNE 29: Families of hostages and supporters set a fire during a demonstration calling for an hostages deal and against the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on June 29, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Saturday night anti-government protest have occurred weekly for months, amid calls by many Israelis for Prime Minister Netanyahu to prioritize the return of hostages held in Gaza over the defeat of Hamas. Netanyahu has recently distanced himself further from a US-backed ceasefire proposal

Analysis

Hamas' response 'the best' Israel received, will Netanyahu scuttle deal?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved Mossad chief David Barnea's trip to Qatar for further talks, but amid his far-right partners' objections, the move does not signal commitment to sealing a deal.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

(L-R) Israel's domestic security agency 'Shin Bet' chief Ronen Bar, Mossad Director David Barnea, and army Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi talk as they arrive for a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day for the six million Jews killed during World War II, at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) (Photo by MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP via Getty Images)

Mossad chief heads to Qatar amid reports of 'breakthrough' in Hamas cease-fire talks

Mossad's David Barnea traveled to Qatar Friday is set to meet in Doha with Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Al Thani, as momentum builds for a Gaza ceasefire, hostage-release deal.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a cabinet meeting at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem on June 5, 2024.

Netanyahu, Biden to discuss Hamas' latest cease-fire proposal

Israel is now studying the comments made by Hamas on the last hostage-release and cease-fire proposal.

Al-Shifa hospital director Mohammed Abu Salmiya who was detained by Israeli forces since November, is welcomed by relatives after his release alongside other detainees, at Nasser hopsital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip July 1, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group.

Analysis

What released Palestinian detainees say about torture in Israeli jails

A number of recently released Palestinians are saying they were tortured and abused in detention.

Daoud Kuttab

By Daoud Kuttab

In Amman, reporting on Palestinian politics

US Special Presidential Coordinator for Global Infrastructure and Energy Security Amos Hochstein (R) arrives at the government palace for his meeting with Lebanon's caretaker prime minister in Beirut on August 30 2023. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP) (Photo by ANWAR AMRO/AFP via Getty Images)

US scrambles to avert Israel-Hezbollah war, with or without Gaza cease-fire

The Biden administration is searching for a diplomatic deal to prevent a disastrous war between the longtime foes.

Smoke rise over the Gaza Strip after an Israeli bombardment as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on July 3, 2024 in Southern Israel.

Hamas sends new Gaza cease-fire response to negotiators

A Hamas official said the changes "guarantee" a deal to end the war.

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Over 100 victims of Oct. 7 sue Iran, Syria, North Korea in US court

The Anti-Defamation League has filed a lawsuit against Iran, Syria and North Korea, accusing the three nations of supporting Hamas and its Oct. 7 assault against Israel.

An Israeli army main battle tank moves along an area near the border with the Gaza Strip and southern Israel, July 2, 2024.

Analysis

What Israel's winding down of battles in Gaza means for Netanyahu, Lebanon

Israeli leaders are now discussing shifting from high-intensity fighting in Rafah and across the Gaza Strip to low-intensity battle, with targeted operations and much fewer troops on the ground.

In Tel Aviv, reporting on national security, Israeli politics, defense

Lufthansa cancels night flights to Lebanon as US, others issue travel warnings

Several states have issued warnings about travel to Lebanon recently due to the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

TOPSHOT - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (C) gestures as he walks with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant (R) at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Evelyn Hockstein / POOL / AFP) (Photo by EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Israeli occupation, Hamas rule, vacuum ‘unacceptable’ in Gaza: Blinken

The top US diplomat urged Israel to present a credible post-war governance plan as it shifts to a new, lower-intensity phase in its operations against Hamas.