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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.

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Analysis

Netanyahu, Sinwar play for time on Gaza cease-fire

The Israeli prime minister is in no rush for a showdown with the right over the Gaza Strip as attention shifts to Hezbollah.

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Hamas open to direct channel on cease-fire, says former hostage negotiator

After months of failed talks, Israel's former back-channel negotiator Gershon Baskin says it’s time to bypass the mediators and open a direct line of communication with Hamas.

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the border on June 8, 2024 amid ongoing cross-border tensions as fighting continues between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

As Hamas wavers on deal, Israel's main front moves to Lebanon's Hezbollah

As Netanyahu plays for time, the Israeli military has recommended to the government that troops wrap up their activities against Hamas in the southern Gaza city within a month and move on to deal with Hezbollah in the north.

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

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Zibqin in southern Lebanon on June 12, 2024.

Hezbollah-Israel clashes intensify as fears grow of all-out war in Lebanon

The situation on the Israel-Lebanon border is worsening, all while US efforts to reach a cease-fire in Gaza have yet to lead to a deal.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken listens on his earpiece during a joint press conference with his Qatari counterpart in Doha on June 12, 2024. (Photo by Karim JAAFAR / AFP) (Photo by KARIM JAAFAR/AFP via Getty Images)

Blinken says some Hamas changes to Gaza cease-fire 'not workable'

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States is working to “bridge the gaps” between the proposals offered by Israel and Hamas.

Palestinians wave their national flags, and banners bearing the image of jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghuti with a slogan demanding his release and referring to him as the "symbol of freedom", during a celebration marking the 57th anniversary of Fatah movement's foundation, in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on December 30, 2021.

Movement for PLO reform faces opposition from Ramallah leadership

Players from the Palestinian diaspora and elsewhere are pushing hard for reforms to the Palestine Liberation Organization, causing enough of a stir that President Mahmoud Abbas appears to be worried.

An aerial view of damage to homes following Israeli airstrikes on April 13, 2024, in Khan Yunis, Gaza.

Hamas submits Gaza cease-fire response to Qatar, Egypt

Hamas' formal reply comes a day after the UN Security Council passed a resolution backing the three-phase proposal.

Cars drive past a billboard bearing an inscription in Hebrew which reads 'think well of who benefits from our division - unity now', with a portrait of the head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar, in Tel Aviv on April 26, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Palestinian territory. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Analysis

As Hamas, Netanyahu 'accept' US plan, Sinwar 'riding high,' far from surrender

Israel’s updated assessments point to the fact that Hamas is far from surrendering and that the group’s Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar and his surviving leadership partners are convinced time is on their side.

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

Electoral posters of Rassemblement National (RN) party with the pictures of Marine Le Pen (L) and Jordan Bardella are seen pasted on in Henin-Beaumont on June 10, 2024, a day after the European elections.

Analysis

Did migration, Gaza propel far-right victory in European elections?

Far-right parties in Europe traditionally support Israel, but their achievements in the elections for the European Parliament do not necessarily mean a change in Middle East policies within the European Union.

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Adam Lucente

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An Egyptian army M60 main battle tank and an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) are deployed near the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip on March 23, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas.

With talks deadlocked, Egypt has only limited options on Rafah

Israel's offensive in Rafah is testing its decades-old peace treaty with Egypt, which was outraged by its seizure of the Rafah crossing and the demilitarized Philadelphi Corridor between Gaza and Egypt.

Palestinians watch as a ship transporting international humanitarian aid docks at the US-built Trident Pier near Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on May 18, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Pentagon says Gaza aid pier had no link to Israeli hostage raid

Unfounded claims that the United States or Israeli military used the Gaza aid pier for a raid that killed more than 200 Palestinians could put humanitarian aid workers in danger.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote on a resolution during a meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question at the United Nations headquarters on June 10, 2024 in New York City. The UN Security Council held a vote on a resolution drafted by the U.S. backing a proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden calling for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The first phase of the resolution consists of an "immediate, full and complete ceasefire"

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UN Security Council approves US-sponsored Gaza cease-fire resolution

The resolution said that Israel has “accepted” the deal outlined by President Joe Biden on May 31 and “calls upon” Hamas to do the same.