Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel and Hamas are expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire "very shortly" after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza.
The Israeli premier also added that (...)
RIYADH — The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and seven other Islamic countries reiterated their absolute rejection of any attempts to expel the Palestinian people of Gaza from their land.
In a joint statement, the foreign ministers of Saudi (...)
Israel has announced it will open the key Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt in the coming days to allow Palestinians to leave the territory.
Israeli military body Cogat said exits would be "facilitated through co-ordination with Egypt, following (...)
Israel's forced removal of tens of thousands of Palestinians from refugee camps in the occupied West Bank earlier this year amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said.
According to a 105-page report released (...)
Israel plans to seize large parts of a major historical site in the West Bank, Sebastia, according to a government document seen by the Associated Press.
Anti-settlement watchdog group Peace Now said that as the site is roughly 450 acres, the move (...)
Israeli settlers set fire to cars in the latest arson in the occupied West Bank as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a security meeting on settler violence.
According to witnesses and WAFA, the official Palestinian news agency, (...)
Urgent questions are being raised over a patchwork of armed groups that have emerged to fight Hamas in Gaza over recent months.
They include groups based around family clans, criminal gangs and new militia – some of which are backed by Israel, as (...)
BRUSSELS — Saudi Arabia has called for the immediate release of Palestinian clearance revenues and for an end to all coercive measures imposed by Israel against the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people, Deputy Foreign Minister Eng. (...)
Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 28 Palestinians on Wednesday in the latest escalation of violence since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas took effect.
The Israel Defense Forces said it carried out the strikes on Hamas targets after (...)
RIYADH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed his deep appreciation for the positions reaffirmed by Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman during his meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington (...)
Aid agencies have reiterated calls for Israel to allow more tents and urgently needed supplies into Gaza after the first heavy winter rainfall, saying more than a quarter of a million families need emergency help with shelters.
"We are going to lose (...)
At least 94 Palestinian prisoners and detainees have died in Israeli custody in less than two years, a well-regarded Israeli human rights group says.
A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI) alleges a practice of "systematic (...)
A Palestinian teenager was killed and another wounded early Sunday during an Israeli military raid on the Askar refugee camp east of Nablus, the Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported.
Ameed Hassan, director of ambulance and emergency (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not ruled out further strikes on Hamas leaders following last week's attack in Qatar, saying they would not have immunity "wherever they are".
Speaking at a joint press conference with US Secretary of (...)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived in Israel on Sunday for an official visit, days after an Israeli missile strike targeted Hamas leaders in Qatar's capital Doha.
Rubio is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In a (...)
WASHINGTON — Permanent Representative of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations Ambassador Dr. Abdulaziz Al-Wasel affirmed that the UN General Assembly's adoption of the two-state solution resolution is an important step towards reaffirming the (...)
In the weeks since Israel announced plans to take over Gaza City, the Israeli military has destroyed or damaged more than 1,800 buildings in and around the city, CNN analysis has found.
Satellite imagery taken by Planet Labs on September 5 shows (...)
Israel has ordered the entire population of Gaza City to leave, as its forces prepare to capture the north of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli airstrikes have continued to destroy tower blocks, and the army says it now has operational control of 40% of the (...)
Hamas has said five of its members were killed in an Israeli air strike in Qatar's capital, but claimed that an attempt to assassinate its negotiating team "failed".
Hamas said the negotiating team was meeting to discuss the latest US proposal for a (...)
The firm guarding sites where aid is distributed in Gaza has been using members of a US biker gang with a history of hostility to Islam to run its armed security, a BBC investigation has found.
BBC News has confirmed the identities of 10 members of (...)
Israel has warned all residents of Gaza City to leave immediately in anticipation of a huge ground offensive.
The military's Arabic spokesman told as many as one million Palestinians living in Gaza's biggest urban centre to evacuate southwards. (...)
Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that the state is failing to provide adequate food to Palestinian prisoners, and must take steps to improve their nutrition.
The three-judge bench said on Sunday that the government was legally obliged to provide (...)
A shooting attack in Jerusalem on Monday morning killed six and injured several other people, according to authorities.
The gunmen opened fire at the Ramot Junction entrance to Jerusalem, a major intersection in the northern part of the city, on a (...)
RIYADH — The foreign ministers of the Arab-Islamic Committee on Gaza voiced their categorical rejection of Israeli statements regarding the displacement of the Palestinian people from their land occupied since 1967 under any pretext or name.
The (...)
NEW YORK — The United Nations, on behalf of Saudi Arabia and France, has adopted a decision verbally, by consensus without a vote, regarding the resumption of activities for holding the Conference on the Two-State Solution. The proposal for holding (...)
