Israeli forces rescue two hostages from Hamas captivity ■ U.K. imposes sanctions against four West Bank settlers involved in violence against Palestinians ■ Israeli aircraft attacked Hezbollah operatives in a vehicle in southern Lebanon ■ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets Emir of Qatar to discuss post-war Gaza ■ Here's what you need to know 129 days into the war
President Katalin Novák's weekend resignation came after backlash to a pardon she issued to a man convicted of hiding child sexual abuses in a state-run children's home
Francesca Albanese, who has been harshly critical of Israel, has been barred from entering the country as Israeli authorities refused to issue her a visa. The current decision means she would be unable to enter even if the UN gives her a diplomatic passport
Archaeologist Veronica Waweru explains how the ancient mancala 'board' games were discovered in the central Kenya highlands: the locals knew about them
Sgt. First Class Adi Eldor from Haifa and Sgt. First Class (res.) Alon Kleinman from Tel Aviv served in the IDF's elite Maglan unit and were killed by an anti-tank missile fired in Khan Yunis
The mini-state that disappointed: Answering Reader S., who asked why 'the strongest resistance' emerged 'from the place where Israel canceled the occupation?'
Israel's successful raid to rescue two hostages from Rafah on Monday morning wasn't the operation Benjamin Netanyahu had in mind, but there are no signs that a big IDF operation is imminent – no matter what the prime minister says
'Extremist Israeli settlers are threatening Palestinians, often at gunpoint, and forcing them off land that is rightfully theirs. This behaviour is illegal and unacceptable,' U.K.'s top diplomat. Israel's finance minister said it is part of a British effort to establish a 'terrorist state' near Israel
Hamas calls itself an Islamic resistance movement, and is currently attempting to rewrite the atrocities it committed on October 7 so they comply with 'Islamic values.' That revisionism cannot hide Hamas' flagrant, self-serving violations of core Islamic laws of war
'The medical and humanitarian situation in Rafah is catastrophic,' says a Hamas-run health ministry spokesman. The number of Palestinian casualties from the strikes are likely to rise as many people are trapped under rubble
The U.S. president said the Israeli premier was 'giving him hell' and is an obstacle to a cease-fire, according to an NBC report, a week after he reportedly called Netanyahu 'a bad f*cking guy' amid his frustration with Netanyahu's handling Israel's war in Gaza
The startling transformation of the popular 'Secret Tel Aviv' Facebook group into a kind of matchmaking site with a patriotic bent shows how the fear of death has changed the city since Oct. 7
The case against the Dutch government was brought by several human rights groups, including the Dutch affiliate of Oxfam, last December. The appeals court said political and economic concerns did not trump the clear risk of violations of the laws of war
A draft bill, which prohibits employing teaching staff who identify with terrorism, would require the Shin Bet to evaluate new staff, a practice abolished in 2005, despite 'close to zero' percent of teachers being of interest
The declarations about an IDF ground operation in Rafah, along with the denial of any day-after plan for Gaza, may allow the Prime Minister to accuse the U.S. of failing to fulfill its promise of 'total victory' over Hamas. There are still no signs that Israel is close to this goal
International warnings mount on Israel as it prepares full-scale operation in Rafah ■ Israel rescues two hostages from Gaza captivity in overnight raid ■ Hamas reports at least 67 killed in Rafah during raid ■ Two IDF soldiers killed in Khan Yunis by missile fire ■ IDF confirms it carried out strike against Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon ■ U.K. slaps sanctions on four Israel settlers
The two, Louis Norberto Har, 70, and Fernando Marman, 60, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7 and were held in an apartment in Rafah, according to the IDF