Beirut, Lebanon – Tensions in the Middle East escalated sharply on Sunday night as Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group based in Lebanon, launched a barrage of rockets toward northern Israel. The attack comes as Israeli forces remain on high alert, anticipating...
The Palestinian armed group Hamas is in "a state of shock" following the assassination of its political leader, Ismail Haniyeh, according to top officials. Haniyeh, 62, was killed in an Israeli strike early Wednesday morning in Iran. As a prominent figure since the...
Hamas has given initial approval to a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire in Gaza, dropping its key demand for an upfront commitment from Israel to completely end the war, according to a Hamas official and an Egyptian official on Saturday. This compromise...
Nicosia, Cyprus — In a fiery speech delivered Wednesday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a stark warning to Cyprus, threatening the small Mediterranean island with potential attacks if it aids Israel in any conflict. This comes in the wake of escalating...
In the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, the fate of the remaining 120 Israeli hostages in Gaza remains a critical and contentious issue. A senior Hamas official recently admitted that the militant group is unsure how many hostages are still alive,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected the demands made by Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar for ending the war in exchange for the release of hostages. Sinwar has called for the cessation of hostilities, the withdrawal of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) from the...
The Israeli military announced on Friday that it has recovered the bodies of three hostages from the Gaza Strip. The hostages, identified as Shani Louk, Amit Bouskila, and Itshak Gelernter, were taken captive on October 7 while escaping the Nova music festival and...
Amit Soussana is one of the many Israelis who was kidnapped from her own home on October 7. She was held hostage for 55 days while enduring sexual assault and many other forms of violence at the hands of Hamas. She is now telling her story about what happened during...
New Zealand extended its terrorist designation to encompass the entire Hamas organization on Thursday, a significant expansion of its policy regarding the Islamist group. Previously, only Hamas's military wing had been designated as a "terrorist entity" back in 2010....
In an extraordinary session convened in Istanbul, the information ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) member states have issued a strong condemnation of Israel's actions in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, calling for an "unconditional...
