4 d. ago Top Hamas officials, allies killed by Israel since Oct. 7, 2023, attacks

BEIRUT — Israel has killed multiple senior officials with Hamas and its regional allies since the deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas-led militants in southern Israel that triggered the war in Gaza. On Tuesday, Israel struck the energy-rich nation of Qatar, which has been mediating ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas. Israel targeted a […]

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4 d. ago Trump tries to soothe Qatar after Israeli strikes, stops short of condemning ally

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was trying to walk a delicate line following Israel’s attack on Hamas officials in Qatar, distancing himself from the strike Tuesday but stopping short of condemning Israel for carrying out an audacious strike on the soil of another major U.S. ally. Trump said the unilateral action directed by Israeli Prime […]

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4 d. ago Carney condemns ’intolerable’ Israeli strike on Qatar that killed Hamas officials

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney condemned Israel’s military strike on Qatar, saying it undermines the country’s sovereignty and risks escalating conflicts in the region. Israel said it targeted in the capital Doha senior Hamas leaders it holds responsible for the group’s October 2023 attack, while the militant group says its main negotiator survived the […]

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4 d. ago Israel says it targets Hamas leadership in Qatar’s capital as blast heard in Doha

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel launched a strike targeting Hamas’ leadership in Qatar on Tuesday, officials said, further widening its campaign against the militant group, as negotiations over ending the war in the Gaza Strip appears stalemated before a new military offensive there. Black smoke rose over the skyline of the Qatari capital, […]

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5 d. ago 6 killed in Jerusalem after Palestinian gunmen opened fire, Israeli officials say

Several Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing six and wounding another 12 people, according to Israeli officials.

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2 w. ago U.S. hosts talks on postwar Gaza as Israel calls Gaza City evacuation ‘inevitable’

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli and U.S. officials met Wednesday in Washington to discuss post-war Gaza, even as Israel’s military called the evacuation of Gaza City “inevitable” ahead of a new offensive and no sign of a ceasefire was in sight. The meeting took place amid mounting outrage over this week’s double Israeli strike […]

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2 w. ago Israeli drone strikes kill 8 Syrian soldiers in Damascus suburb, officials say

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli drone strikes on a southern suburb of the Syrian capital Damascus killed eight soldiers and wounded others, officials and a war monitor reported Wednesday. Syria’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that drone strikes Tuesday in the southern Damascus suburb of Kiswah killed eight soldiers. It called the attack “a grave […]

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3 w. ago GOLDSTEIN: Critics say Netanyahu doesn’t want war with Hamas to end

Past and present Israeli military, security officials publicly oppose plan to re-occupy Gaza City

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3 w. ago Israel reviewing Gaza ceasefire proposal after Hamas response

An offer for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza is being considered by Israeli officials, after Hamas responded, and could see fighting pause for 60-days and some hostages released.

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