Israel, Middle East

Middle East live updates: Israel threatens Houthis with 'miserable fate'
The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip around several Palestinian hospitals.
Middle East turns 2024 page with new Syria order, Israel's multi-front war
Hamas and Hezbollah experienced major losses at the hands of Israel in 2024, while the fall of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria sent shockwaves throughout the region.
Will Israel's Wars in the Middle East End in 2025?
Israel's wars in the Middle East are unlikely to end in 2025 or for that matter any time in the foreseeable future. The immediate reason for that is that Benjamin Netanyahu needs to prolong the ghastly war in Gaza to avoid standing trial at home on corruption charges which carry a prison sentence.
Middle East live updates: Israel evacuates last functioning hospital in northern Gaza
Cpt. Ilay Gavriel Atedgi, 22, Staff Sgt. Netanel Pessach, 21, and Sgt. First Class (res.) Hillel Diener, 21, were all killed by an explosion during an operation in the Beit Hanoun area, which has been a focus of Israel's intense recent offensive in the northern part of the strip.
Middle East latest: Israel orders another Gaza evacuation ahead of an offensive
The Israeli military has ordered another evacuation in central Gaza ahead of an offensive in the area, even as Israel and the militant group Hamas appear to inch closer to a ceasefire.
Middle East latest: Dozens of patients and wounded evacuated from Gaza for treatment
Palestinian health authorities say 45 patients and wounded people have been evacuated for treatment outside the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. The patients are accompanied by over 100 of their relatives, according to the hospital.
Middle East latest: Israeli soldiers burn a hospital in Gaza
Israeli soldiers stormed and burned a hospital in isolated northern Gaza after forcibly removing staff and patients on Friday, Health Ministry officials said. The Israeli military said the hospital was being used by Hamas fighters as a base,
Israel Says 20 Militants Killed In Gaza Hospital Raid
Israel's military said Sunday forces had killed approximately 20 Palestinian militants in a raid on a northern Gaza hospital, calling it one of its "largest operations" conducted in the territory.
Gaza rescuers say Israeli strike on hospital kills 7
Gaza's civil defence agency said an air strike hit a hospital Sunday, killing at least seven people, while Israel said it had targeted militants at the no longer functioning facility."Seven martyrs and several injured people,
2024 a year of unthinkable events that turned Middle East upside down
The unthinkable in the troubled Middle East happened in 2024, with a major geopolitical shift after the stunning collapse of ...
Middle East latest: Ukraine pledges support for a new Syria, once a key Russian ally
Ukraine is pledging support for the new authorities in Syria who ousted Bashar Assad, a key Russian ally in the Mideast. The ...
Syria Israel Middle East Crisis Live Updates: Turkey's foreign minister meets HTS leader in Damascus
The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A ...
Al-Monitor1d
With Hamas, Hezbollah battered, Israel pivots to Iran, Syria, Yemen in 2025
As 2024 comes to an end, Israel is now less worried about threats from Hamas and Hezbollah and instead very much concerned ...
A new year dawns on a Middle East torn by conflict and change
War-weary Palestinians in Gaza who lost their homes and loved ones in 2024 saw little hope that 2025 would bring an end to ...
Syria Israel Middle East Crisis Live Updates: Thousands protest in northeast Syria in support of Kurdish-led force
The buffer zone between Syria and the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights was created by the U.N. after the 1973 Mideast war. A ...
Christian Science Monitor1d
Israel has a Houthi missile problem. It’s stuck finding a solution.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have launched long-distance missile and drone attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping. After Israel largely subdued its Iran-allied enemies closer at hand, it is struggling to ...
Israel faces calls to free Gaza hospital chief held as Hamas suspect
Israeli forces raided northern Gaza's last hospital and detained its director as a purported Hamas suspect. U.N. officials ...