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Israel and Hezbollah agree to halt fighting, officials say, as US-Iran talks hang in the balance
4+ hour, 38+ min ago (1040+ words) Barber Wissam Srour, 41, holds his daughter's bicycle recovered from his barbershop as he searches for belongings in the rubble of the shop, damaged in an Israeli strike, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Friday, June 19, 2026. Credit: AP/Hassan…...
Netanyahu vows that Israeli forces will stay in southern Lebanon as long as Israel requires it
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (1086+ words) Resident Samih Haidar reacts as he inspects his burned apartment damaged in Israeli strikes in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Thursday, June 18, 2026. Credit: AP/Hassan Ammar TYRE, Lebanon " Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Israel's…...
Israel seized more land from neighbors since 2023 than it has in decades
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (972+ words) An Israeli soldier occupies a military position overlooking the so-called Yellow Line in the central Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 26, 2026. Credit: AP/Ariel Schalit JERUSALEM " Over the past two and a half years, Israel has taken control of swaths of Gaza,…...
London judge sentences Palestine Action activists for raid at Israeli defense factory
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (664+ words) LONDON " A London judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to several years in prison Friday for acting as terrorists when they raided an Israeli defense factory in the U. K. and smashed equipment with the intent of disrupting production of weapons they…...
Ireland's home game against Israel in Nations League to be played at neutral site
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (343+ words) Ireland's Seamus Coleman walks as tennis balls are thrown on to the pitch during the international friendly soccer match between Ireland and Qatar in Dublin, Ireland, Thursday, May 28, 2026. Credit: AP/Peter Morrison DUBLIN " Ireland's home game against Israel in the…...
9 killed in strikes in Gaza overnight, hospital says
2+ week, 1+ day ago (277+ words) Palestinians walk between destroyed buildings in Gaza City, Wednesday, June 3, 2026. Credit: AP/Jehad Alshrafi DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip " At least nine Palestinians were killed overnight in strikes in Gaza, according to local hospitals, even as much of the world's attention…...
The ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran are stretching the term's meaning
2+ week, 3+ day ago (938+ words) A destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike is seen through a shattered window of the Jabal Amel Hospital, in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, Monday, June 1, 2026. Credit: AP/Uncredited RAMALLAH, West Bank " Ceasefires have been…...
Trump says Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting
2+ week, 3+ day ago (992+ words) BEIRUT " U. S. President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Hezbollah have agreed to dial back fighting after he held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and communicated with the Lebanese militant group through mediators. Trump announced the development in…...
Takeaways from AP report on how the war in Gaza is driving a rise in early marriage
3+ week, 7+ hour ago (740+ words) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip " Israel's military campaign and the mass displacement in Gaza have fueled an increase in early marriage, according to official data and experts. Desperate parents are marrying off daughters as young as 13, hoping to give them protection…...
Israel's killing of another 2 Hamas leaders is unlikely to break Gaza deadlock. Here's why.
3+ week, 1+ day ago (879+ words) Palestinians attend the funeral of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the leader of Hamas' Qassam Brigades, and his daughter and wife in Gaza City, Saturday, May 16, 2026. They were killed in an Israeli strike Friday evening. Credit: AP/Abdel Kareem Hana Over the…...