Hostage situations
What to know about Netanyahu’s visit to Washington
U.S.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a fraught one between the two ...
Israeli protesters block highways, call for cease-fire to return hostages
World
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, ...
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu’s latest comments test US-backed truce proposal
World
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The viability of a U.S.-backed proposal to wind down the 8-month-long war in Gaza was cast into ...
Blinken says some of Hamas’ proposed changes to a cease-fire plan in Gaza are workable and some not
World
BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that mediators would keep trying to close an elusive cease-fire deal ...
Parade for Israel in NYC focuses on solidarity this year as Gaza war casts a grim shadow
U.S.
NEW YORK (AP) — Marchers chanted for the release of hostages in Gaza on Sunday at a New York City parade for ...
Israeli military finds bodies of 3 hostages in Gaza, including Shani Louk
World
JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military said Friday its troops in Gaza found the bodies of three Israeli hostages killed by Hamas ...
Israel-Hamas war: Israel pushes deeper into Rafah, forcing some 300,000 to flee
World
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces were battling Palestinian militants across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, including in parts of the ...
Israeli forces take control of Gaza side of Rafah border as cease-fire hangs in balance
World
CAIRO (AP) — An Israeli tank brigade seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing Tuesday as Israel brushed off urgent warnings ...
Israel-Hamas war: Rafah incursion would put hundreds of thousands at risk
World
The United Nations humanitarian aid agency says hundreds of thousands of people would be “at imminent risk of death” if Israel carries ...
Israel-Hamas war: Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’
World
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of ...
