Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Wednesday freed the crew of a commercial vessel, the Galaxy Leader, that they hijacked 14 months ago as part of their campaign of attacks in the Red Sea to support Hamas in its war against Israel. The decision is consistent with an announcement made on Sunday by the rebel group, which […]

The first indication that tragedy had stricken their loved ones came around 5:30 a.m. in urgent messages to the family’s WhatsApp group. A brother and sister, trapped inside a ski lodge in Turkey that had caught fire, were pleading for help. “Save us,” they wrote, their uncle, Ozgur Turkmen, said in a phone interview. “We […]

Israel’s military continued what it called a new counterterrorism operation in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Wednesday, arresting at least 25 people over the last day, Palestinian news media reported. The total death toll since the start of the raid rose to 10, up from eight on Tuesday, and four more people were injured in […]

Minutes after the fighting stopped in Gaza on Sunday, Islam Dahliz and his father and brother set out for the neighborhood where they had lived until Israeli forces ordered them to leave. They were looking for the family home, but the landscape around them scrambled the senses. Familiar landmarks, streets, neighbors’ houses — everything was […]

The Israeli military announced on Tuesday that it had embarked on what it described as a counterterrorism operation in Jenin, a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank that has become a hotbed of militancy. It gave no further details, but the new raid comes amid rising tensions in the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority, […]

Hours after the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took effect, a senior Hamas official said that the militant group was ready to start a dialogue with the United States, making a rare overture to a country that Hamas has long excoriated for supporting Israel. The comments made by the official, Mousa Abu Marzouk, who is […]

The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza surged dramatically on Sunday, with more than 630 trucks entering the impoverished and hungry enclave on the first day of the cease-fire, according to United Nations officials — the highest figure since the start of the war more than 15 months ago. The truce allowed the U.N. World […]

The amount of humanitarian aid entering Gaza surged dramatically on Sunday, with more than 630 trucks entering the impoverished and hungry enclave on the first day of the cease-fire, according to United Nations officials — the highest figure since the start of the war more than 15 months ago. The truce allowed the U.N. World […]

In brief statements on Sunday night, two doctors at Sheba hospital suggested that the women were not in immediate need of emergency treatment. “I’m happy to report that they are in stable condition,” said Prof. Itai Pessach, adding, “That allows us, and them, to focus on what is the most important thing for now — […]

The sounds of celebration replaced those of explosions in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as a fragile cease-fire came into effect after 470 days of war, allowing some hostages to return home to Israel, Palestinians imprisoned in Israel to be released, and displaced Gazans to search for what was left of their homes. Under the […]