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Gunmen targeting bus in the occupied West Bank kill 3 people

Jan. 06, 2025 23:18 PM EST

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing three people and wounding eight others. Violence has surged in the territory since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack out of Gaza ignited the ongoing war there. The...

Hurdles remain as Israel and Hamas once again inch toward a ceasefire deal

Jan. 06, 2025 17:46 PM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and Hamas once again appear to be inching toward a ceasefire that could wind down the 15-month war in Gaza and bring home dozens of Israelis held hostage there. Both Israel and Hamas are under pressure from outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden and...

Middle East latest: 3 Israelis fatally shot in West Bank attack on a bus

Jan. 06, 2025 14:56 PM EST

Gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing two 70-year-old women and a 35-year-old policeman, Israel's military said. Israeli soldiers have launched widespread operations in the northern West Bank looking for the attackers. Israel...

Residents of Syria's Quneitra are frustrated by lack of action to halt Israeli advance

Jan. 06, 2025 14:44 PM EST

QUNEITRA, Syria (AP) — A main road in the provincial capital of Quneitra in southern Syria was blocked with mounds of dirt, fallen palm trees and a metal pole that appeared to have once been a traffic light. On the other side of the barriers, an Israeli tank could be seen maneuvering in the...

Israel helps former soldier leave Brazil over investigation into alleged war crimes in Gaza

Jan. 06, 2025 01:18 AM EST

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has helped a former soldier leave Brazil after legal action was initiated against him by a group accusing Israelis of war crimes in the Gaza Strip based in part on soldiers' social media posts. Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday said it had helped the...

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 21, hospital workers say, as talks underway

Jan. 04, 2025 16:15 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 21 people, including at least two children, on Saturday in Gaza, hospital staff said, while a new effort at ceasefire talks was underway in Qatar after nearly 15 months of war. Thousands rallied again in Israel to...

Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza as ceasefire talks set to resume in Qatar

Jan. 03, 2025 14:11 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 42 people in Gaza, including children, overnight and into Friday, hospital and emergency response workers said, as health workers and Israel's military traded claims over reported evacuation orders for two hospitals in the...

Israeli airstrike hits a Gaza humanitarian zone as Netanyahu OKs a delegation to talks in Qatar

Jan. 02, 2025 23:41 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes killed at least 50 people, including several children, across the Gaza Strip, hitting Hamas security officers and an Israeli-declared humanitarian zone. As the bombardment continued on Thursday and into Friday, Israeli Prime...

Middle East latest: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 50, including several kids

Jan. 02, 2025 23:22 PM EST

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 50 people across central and southern Gaza, including an attack on a sprawling tent camp that Israel has repeatedly bombed despite designating it a humanitarian safe zone. Israel said the strike targeted a high-ranking police officer, and blames Hamas for civilian...

Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza, including children, as war grinds into the new year

Jan. 01, 2025 16:08 PM EST

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, officials said Wednesday, as the nearly 15-month war ground on into the new year. One strike hit a home in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, the most...