U.S. President Donald Trump today gave Hamas a final deadline to accept a proposed peace agreement, saying the group must sign by Sunday at 6 p.m. Washington, D.C. time — “or all hell will break out,” he warned. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Hamas “a ruthless and violent threat” and accused the … Read more
The United States on Thursday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, even as Israel intensified its military offensive on Gaza City. The draft, introduced by the 10 elected members of the Council, was backed by 14 of the 15 members. It called for an “immediate, … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump, who hosted Israel‘s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, said the United States had scheduled talks with Iran and had seen good cooperation with Israel’s neighbors on helping Palestinians. Speaking to reporters at the beginning of a dinner between U.S. and Israeli officials, Netanyahu said the United … Read more
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 59 people, including women and children, hospital officials said Wednesday, as Israel prepares to ramp up its campaign against Hamas in a devastating war now entering its 20th month. The strikes included one attack on Tuesday night on a school sheltering hundreds of displaced Palestinians, which killed 27 … Read more
The Israeli military has acknowledged flaws in its initial accounts of its troops’ involvement in the killing last month of 15 people in southern Gaza who the United Nations said were all paramedics and rescue workers. The admission came on Saturday, the day after a video obtained by The New York Times appeared to contradict … Read more
The Houthi militia in Yemen has vowed to retaliate after President Trump ordered large-scale military strikes on targets controlled by the group that it says killed at least 53 people. The group, which is backed by Iran, said that women and children were among those killed in the strikes on Saturday, the most significant U.S. … Read more
The Trump administration invoked an obscure legal statute over the weekend in an attempt to deport a recent Columbia University graduate — and lawful permanent resident of the United States — who helped lead campus protests against Israel last year, people with knowledge of the action said on Monday. Mahmoud Khalil, 30, who graduated in … Read more
Hamas released six Israeli hostages from Gaza on Saturday, delivering the last living captives set to be freed in the first phase of a fragile cease-fire. That truce was already jolted this week when the militant group initially returned remains purportedly of an Israeli hostage that testing revealed to be someone else. Early Sunday, Israel … Read more
A body that Hamas turned over to the Red Cross on Friday has been confirmed as that of Shiri Bibas, an Israeli mother whose capture with her two young sons during the Oct. 7, 2023, attack became a symbol of the country’s anguish. Early Saturday, a group representing hostages and their families, Hostage Families Forum, … Read more
