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Israel has formally banned the main United Nations aid agency for Palestinian refugees from operating on its territory despite heavy diplomatic backlash.

Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday, in exchange for three Israeli hostages held in captivity in Gaza.

The ceasefire is aimed at eventually ending the deadliest and most destructive war ever fought between Israel and Hamas.

Palestinian militants on Thursday freed three Israeli hostages and five foreigners captured in the October 7, 2023 attack on ...

The Israeli Air Force (IAF) is reported to operate around 300 U.S.-made F-16 Fighting Falcons, including dozens of F-15C and at least F-16I Sufa fighters—the latter being a modified variant designed ...

Israel and Hamas set to exchange Gaza captives for Palestinian prisoners as death toll mounts in occupied West Bank.

Qudra, her father and her brother were killed by shrapnel from an Israeli airstrike shortly after the ceasefire was supposed ...

Netanyahu's White House visit amid Gaza ceasefire talks highlights complex diplomatic landscape in Middle East.

The 6-year-old dreamed of becoming a dentist. She was one of more than 17,000 kids Israel killed in Gaza in 15 months.

כוחות צה״ל זיהו במהלך הלילה, רחפן שחצה משטח מצרים לשטח מדינת ישראל במרחב חטיבת פארן. הרחפן הופל על-ידי הכוח שהגיע לנקודה ואותרו על הרחפן 13 כלי נשק ומחסניות נוספות. אמצעי הלחימה שהוחרמו הועברו לטיפול ...

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