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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu insists there can be no Palestinian state, ahead of UN vote leaving that door open

November 16, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed to oppose any attempt to establish a Palestinian state, a day before the U.N. Security Council will vote on a U.S.-drafted resolution...

Holocaust survivors Walter Bingham, 101, center, George Shefi, 94, right, and Paul Alexander, 87, talk as they pose for a photo after an interview at Jerusalem Great Synagogue in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2025, ahead the 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht or “Night of broken Glass,” the November 1938 government-backed pogroms against Jews in Germany and Austria. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli survivors of Kristallnacht mark 87th anniversary of Nazi riots amid rising antisemitism

November 9, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

The 87th anniversary of Kristallnacht is Sunday, at a time when antisemitism is on the rise, especially in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war.

Palestinians collect leaflets dropped by an Israeli drone warning people to stay away from the so-called yellow line in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

JD Vance is optimistic about Gaza ceasefire but notes ‘very hard’ work to come

October 21, 2025 at 3:19 p.m.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance and other envoys projected optimism Tuesday about Gaza 's fragile ceasefire agreement, calling progress better than anticipated as they visited a new center in Israel for civilian...

Palestinians watch members of the Hamas militant group searching for bodies of the hostages in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel strikes Gaza after it says Hamas attacked across ceasefire line

October 19, 2025 at 11:03 a.m.

Israel on Sunday struck targets in the southern Gaza Strip after it said its troops came under fire from Hamas, in the first major test of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire meant...

Gali Berman, carries a placard reading in Hebrew “The People of Israel Live,” as he sits onboard an IAF helicopter en route to the hospital after being released from Hamas captivity, on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. (IDF via AP)

After months in chains and darkness, freed Hamas hostages begin their long road to recovery

October 15, 2025 at 11:34 a.m.

They will be treated for malnutrition, lack of sunlight and the trauma of wearing leg chains for months. They suffer from unexplained pain and unresolved emotions, and they will have...

People react as they watch a live broadcast of hostages being released by Hamas at the plaza that has become known Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 13, 2025. The plaza has been a focal point for rallies for the release of the hostages and a gathering place for their families and supporters during two years of war. (David Guttenfelder/The New York Times)

Living hostages and Palestinian prisoners are released as part of ceasefire in Gaza

October 13, 2025 at 2:45 p.m.

Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages held in Gaza on Monday, while Israel began releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of a ceasefire.

Displaced Palestinians walk amid destroyed buildings in the heavily damaged Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause in their war and the release of the remaining hostages. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel expects hostages to be freed from Gaza ‘in a few hours’ as ceasefire holds

October 12, 2025 at 2:27 p.m.

Israel said Sunday that it expected all of the living hostages held in the Gaza Strip to be released Monday in its breakthrough ceasefire deal with Hamas, as Palestinians awaited...

Covered in prayer shawls, men dance and hold the four items used as a symbol on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, at a plaza known as hostages square following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli military says ceasefire takes effect in Gaza, raising hopes for ending the war

October 10, 2025 at 6:27 a.m.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect in Gaza on Friday, the Israeli military said.

Buildings that were destroyed during the Israeli ground and air operations stand in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025, following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause the fighting. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israeli Cabinet approves ‘outline’ of deal to release hostages held by Hamas

October 9, 2025 at 9:37 p.m.

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in their devastating two-year war and the release of the remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners — a breakthrough greeted with...

People visit the burnt house of Siman Tov family where all five family members were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, a day before Israel marks the two-year anniversary of the attack, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack as war in Gaza grinds on and hostages languish

October 7, 2025 at 7:08 p.m.

Israelis prepared to mourn the dead Tuesday as the nation marks two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack plunged the region into a devastating war, while Israel and Hamas hold...

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