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7 hrs ago
A person wears a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as protesters rally against the government in Tel Aviv. Photo: 1 September  2024

Israel faces general strike after night of protests

Tensions are running high over the government's failure to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.

7 hrs ago
Middle East
12 hrs ago
A protester confronts police in Tel Aviv. Photo: 1 September 2024

Tens of thousands rally in Israel calling for hostage release deal

The protests come after six hostages taken by Hamas on the 7 October attacks were found dead in Gaza.

12 hrs ago
Middle East
22 hrs ago
Composite picture of the six hostages (clockwise left to right): Alex Lobanov, Eden Yerushalmi, Almog Sarusi, Master Sgt Ori Danino, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat

Israel recovers bodies of six Gaza hostages

The Israeli military says the captives were killed by Hamas shortly before troops discovered them in the Rafah area.

22 hrs ago
World
1 day ago
Maxim Kharkin

Stories of the hostages taken by Hamas from Israel

It is thought 103 hostages remain unaccounted for after the 7 October attacks.

1 day ago
Middle East
3 days ago
Palestinians inspect a burned-out car in Zababdeh, in the north of the occupied West Bank,  following an operation in which the Israeli military said a local Hamas commander and two other Palestinian fighters were killed (30 August 2024)

Israel says Hamas leader killed on third day of West Bank operation

Israeli forces say they killed the head of Hamas in Jenin and two others in an overnight operation.

3 days ago
Middle East
3 days ago
A worker unloads a shipment of polio vaccines at a depot belonging to Gaza's health ministry on 25 August

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting for polio vaccine drive

It will be rolled out in three separate stages across the central, southern and northern parts of the strip.

3 days ago
Middle East
5 days ago
Kaid Farhan Elkadi speaks to reporters. Photo: 28 August 2024

Rescued Israeli pleads for hostage deal with Hamas

Kaid Farhan Elkadi was freed in a "complex operation" in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.

5 days ago
Middle East
7 days ago
A Palestinian boy sits on boxes of food aid distributed by the UN's World Food Programme in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip (24 August 2024)

UN says Gaza aid operation paused due to evacuation orders

An official says staff cannot operate in central areas because of relocations and safety concerns.

7 days ago
Middle East
24 Aug 2024
President Biden with Prime Minister Netanyahu standing in the Oval Office

Israel-Gaza ceasefire: Is a deal still possible?

As Benjamin Netanyahu rises in Israeli opinion polls, his US allies fear he is blocking a ceasefire deal.

24 Aug 2024

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