This Month
Netanyahu clashes with security chiefs on Hamas deal
The Israeli PM is openly at odds with the defence establishment over an agreement that could ease soaring tensions in the region. Analysts blame domestic politics.
- Neri Zilber
Israel braces for attack as US urges Gaza ceasefire
Benjamin Netanyahu told a cabinet meeting “Israel is in a multi-front war against Iran’s axis of evil”.
- Alicia Diaz and Jon Herskovitz
20,000 missiles, drones: What a new Israel war could look like
The country’s military capabilities have evolved since it last fought Hezbollah, but so have those of the Iran-backed “axis of resistance”.
- Updated
- Raya Jalabi, Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper and Andrew England
Israel’s spies take their revenge with twin assassinations
Israeli security officials view the deaths of Hezbollah and Hamas leaders as a redemption of sorts.
- Neri Zilber, Raya Jalabi and James Shotter
US to push for Gaza ceasefire despite assassination setback
The US effort to secure a pause in the Israel-Hamas war and free Israeli hostages was thrown into question after the assassination of Ismail Haniyeh.
- Peter Martin and Jennifer Jacobs
Iran’s leader green lights Israel strike over Hamas killing
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, is considering a drone and missile attack towards Tel Aviv, raising the risk of a region-wide conflict.
- Updated
- Farnaz Fassihi
July
Middle East on edge after Israel assassinates Hamas chief
All eyes are on Iran’s response after twin Israeli strikes targeted top officials belonging to the Hamas and Hezbollah terror groups.
- Andrew Tillett
Don’t bomb Beirut: US urges Israel to rein in response
Washington is racing to avert a full-blown war between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah after the soccer field attack that killed 12 children.
- Maya Gebeily, Laila Bassam and Timour Azhari
Israel hits Hezbollah for Golan carnage, but eyes Gaza truce talks
PM Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to exact a ‘heavy price’ from Hezbollah, which has been trading fire with Israel across the Lebanese border in solidarity with Hamas.
- Updated
- Dan Williams
UN warns Israel, Hezbollah against ‘catastrophe beyond belief’
Israel blames Hezbollah for a deadly rocket strike on a soccer field in the Golan Heights. But the Lebanese militant group has denied responsibility a tensions rise.
- Updated
- Ari Rabinovitch and Maya Gebeily
Harris presses Netanyahu over Gaza war: ‘I will not be silent’
The vice president said she raised her concerns about the dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza during her “frank” meeting with Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu.
- Steve Holland and Jeff Mason
Thousands fill Washington’s streets to protest Netanyahu visit
Demonstrators calling for an end to the war in Gaza that has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians filled several blocks as they weaved through the streets of the nation’s capital.
- Ashraf Khalil and Alanna Durkin Richer
Netanyahu vows ‘total victory’ in Gaza in fiery Congress speech
While lauding US-Israeli unity, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to press forward with Israel’s war against Hamas in a scathing address to Congress.
- Updated
- Ellen Knickmeyer, Farnoush Amiri and Ashraf Khalil
- Analysis
- US election
Will Biden’s legacy include an end to the Israel-Hamas war?
Being free from the constraints of campaigning will give the president more time to focus on foreign policy, which some analysts say will allow him to bolster his image on the world stage.
- Updated
- Felicia Schwartz
Harris lashes Trump after securing delegates’ backing
The vice president has secured enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Donald Trump, as money poured into her campaign war chest.
- Updated
- Gregory Korte and Jordan Fabian
Biden plots to salvage campaign many allies believe is over
Appeals for Joe Biden to exit the presidential race have only intensified since he has been quarantined at his Delaware beach home with COVID-19.
- Akayla Gardner and Katanga Johnson
Hamas continues ceasefire talks after Israeli strikes on military chief
Hamas has insisted that a deal would ultimately end the war, but has softened its position on some of its conditions.
- Neri Zilber
Israeli strike targets Hamas military commander, kills 90 in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said “there still isn’t absolute certainty” that Mohammed Deif and a second Hamas commander, Rafa Salama, were killed.
- Mohamed Jahjouh
- Opinion
- US election
What if Joe Biden stays?
A second presidential term that was already burdened with political disadvantage will be incalculably more difficult because of questions about his age.
- Peter Spiegel
Israel sends delegation to negotiate hostage release deal with Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told US President Joe Biden he has decided to send a delegation to resume stalled talks on a hostage release deal.
- Nidal al-Mughrabi, Mohammad Salem and Maayan Lubell
