Middle East
Eight Israeli soldiers killed as fighting continues in Rafah
By James Mackenzie and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Eight Israeli soldiers were killed in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, the military said, ...Hamas says it creates broad prospects for a ceasefire deal in Gaza
By Maayan Lubell and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Hamas on Wednesday said its “positive” response to a U.S. ceasefire plan for the eight-month-old war ...Hamas says it accepts UN-backed Gaza truce plan
By Daphne Psaledakis and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Hamas accepts a U.N. resolution backing a plan to end the war with Israel in ...Hamas official urges US to pressure Israel to end Gaza war
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters A senior Hamas official urged the United States on Monday to pressure Israel to end the war in ...Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza raid that Hamas says kills 210 Palestinians
By Maayan Lubell and Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters Israeli forces rescued four hostages held by Hamas since October in a raid in Gaza ...Israeli forces batter central, south Gaza with renewed truce bid at impasse
By Nidal Al-Mughrabi Reuters With no sign of progress in mediators’ arduous efforts to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Israeli tanks ...Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at Gaza school the military claims was being ...
BY WAFAA SHURAFA and SAMY MAGDY AP An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed ...Israel says more than a third of Gaza hostages are dead
Israel believes that more than a third of the remaining Gaza hostages are dead, a government tally showed on Tuesday, as the ...Mediators press Israel, Hamas to agree to truce proposal
Fresh strikes were reported across the Gaza Strip overnight into Monday, as mediators urged Israel and Hamas to agree to a truce ...Israel fights Hamas as mediators urge both to accept Gaza truce plan
Israel battled and bombarded Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce ...














