Hamas criticized Israel’s decision to delay the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, amid growing tensions and concerns for the future of the truce in Gaza. By Isabel Kershner Reporting ...

In the background of a Gaza ceasefire, Israel has steadily escalated an intense military operation in Palestinian cities in the West Bank, killing dozens and displacing tens of thousands of residents.

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes. By Isabel Kershner Reporting from ...

Some 150 anti-Israel protesters gathered at Washington Square Park in Lower Manhattan, adjacent to the New York University campus, on Sunday evening for a vigil ...

Israel’s military deployed tanks Sunday into the occupied West Bank Sunday for the first time in more than two decades and said residents who had been “evacuated” will be prevented from ...

Hamas called on Israel to return the remains of the unidentified Gazan woman to the decimated Palestinian territory. The Israel Defense Forces issued a terse statement Friday rejecting Hamas ...

Associated Press journalists saw several tanks move along unpaved tracks into Jenin, long a bastion of armed struggle against Israel. Israel is deepening its crackdown on the Palestinian territory ...

Israel has delayed an expected release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for returned Israeli hostages “until further notice,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society ...

Israel said it will delay the release of over 600 Palestinians, after Hamas handed over six Israeli hostages. Meanwhile, Germany evacuated a building linked to a foiled Israeli embassy attack.

The remains were released by Hamas overnight and Israel's army radio earlier said they had been identified as the Israeli mother-of-two. The radio station said that Ms Bibas was likely to have ...

JERUSALEM, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday it was delaying the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners it had planned to free the day before until militant group Hamas met its ...

As the Israel-Hamas cease-fire arrives at its pivotal second phase, Egypt has emerged as the unlikely focal point for the next stage of the multifront war that has consumed the Middle East since ...