Middle East latest: Dozens killed in Gaza as Israel says it targeted a weapons facility

Israeli strikes killed at least 30 people in Gaza, including on a home where displaced families were sheltering, according to Palestinian health officials. Ten people were killed early Tuesday, including four children and two women, and a strike late Monday on the northern Gaza town...

Biden, Cyprus president discuss administration push to win cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday discussed a new effort by the U.S. administration and mediators in the Middle East to forge cease-fires to end fighting in Lebanon and Gaza. Christodoulides leads the European Union...

Egypt's president says his country has proposed a 2-day cease-fire in Gaza during which 4 hostages would be freed

It could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade, UN report says

United Nations agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns since World War II. Now, more than a year into the war, a new report speaks in terms of centuries....

Palestinian medical officials say a new Israeli strike in Gaza has killed 11, hours after another killed at least 10

What's next for Hamas after its leader Yahya Sinwar's death?

BEIRUT (AP) — The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar by Israeli forces in Gaza this week leaves the Palestinian militant group considering new leadership for the second time in less than three months. Will Hamas now turn away from its hard-line wing or will it double down, and...

Israel and Hamas signal resistance to ending Gaza war after Sinwar's death

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas confirmed Friday that its leader, Yahya Sinwar, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza and reiterated its stance that hostages the militant group took from Israel a year ago will not be released until there is a cease-fire in Gaza and a withdrawal of Israeli troops. ...

Yahya Sinwar, Hamas' top leader and a mastermind of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, is dead at 61

BEIRUT (AP) — Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’ top leader and a mastermind of the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered the longest, deadliest and most destructive war in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, was killed by Israeli forces in Gaza. He was 61. In Gaza, no figure loomed larger in...

After Sinwar's death, hostage families see a 'window of opportunity' to bring their loved ones home

JERUSALEM (AP) — Two days after Israeli forces killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in Gaza, families of the hostages taken last year are urging the government to use this moment to bring their loved ones home. Many are caught between deep fear and cautious optimism. They worry the...

Top Hamas official says it will not return hostages in Gaza until there is a cease-fire and a "withdrawal from Gaza"