(AP Photo/Leo Correa) People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip ... his funeral procession in Rishon Lezion, Israel, Sunday ...

Mourners gather around the car carrying the coffins of slain hostages Shiri Bibas and her two children, Ariel and Kfir, during their funeral procession in Rishon ... in the Gaza Strip, were ...

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened further destruction of Gaza if all remaining hostages are not released, and ...

We cannot get rid of the waste, which affects the groundwater," Abu Hammam al-Hasanat, a 34-year-old who lives in the Gaza Strip, told AFP. Trump's hawkish language came after the United States ...

Hamas said Thursday that Donald Trump's threats would encourage Israel to ignore the fragile ceasefire, after the US ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump's proposal that the United States “take over” the Gaza Strip and permanently resettle its Palestinian residents was swiftly rejected ...

There are thought to be 120 hostages still in Hamas' captivity in Gaza, nearly nine months after the militant group's attacks on southern Israel.

The United States on Wednesday confirmed unprecedented direct talks with Hamas on hostages, as Israel threatened to renew its ...

The Gaza minister who triggered a major row in Britain after his son narrated a BBC documentary previously worked for the UAE's education ministry and studied at British universities, Middle East ...

Japanese government officials expressed confusion over U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a U.S. takeover of the Gaza Strip and the forced relocation of the entire Palestinian population ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to ...

Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the war in Gaza has devastated the territory and left thousands dead and the flurry of international diplomacy to ...