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Israel is closely monitoring the fallout from widespread Iranian protests. An Israeli official said Sunday that U.S.

Israeli forces completed a pullback of troops from Gaza on Friday after Israel's Cabinet approved a plan for a ceasefire aimed at ending the devastating 2-year-old war. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, while a hospital said that Israeli fire killed ...

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Though it seems absurd in retrospect, there were many in Hamas who believed their massacre of Oct. 7, 2023, would succeed not just in wounding Israel but in destroying it. They believed this out of ...

NORTHERN GAZA STRIP — It is utterly quiet in a place once known as one of the most densely populated in the world. The Israeli military took me and a small group of other international journalists ...

Members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces and locals gather for a collective prayer for Iran under Israeli attacks, on the bank of Shatt al-Arab River in Basra, Iraq on June 18, 2025. The "Prayer ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Iddon is a freelance journalist focused on Middle East affairs. A US Air Force F-35A fighter jet prepares for landing at José ...