The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was long considered Iran’s first line of defense in case of a war with Israel.

Palestinian health officials say at least 16 people were killed in Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Saturday.

Israel has warned of more attacks on Iran after Tehran fired waves of missiles and drones that killed three people and wounded dozens in Israel.

Oman’s foreign minister says planned talks between Iran and the United States over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program “will not now take place” after Israel’s strikes targeting the Islamic Republic.

Israel’s sweeping attack across Iran struck at the heart of Tehran’s nuclear program, delivering a blow to the country’s ability to enrich uranium and potentially setting its nuclear ambitions back by months or years.

Israel's multilayered air-defense system is credited with protecting the country from serious damage or casualties from past Iranian attacks.

French President Emmanuel Macron says a top-level U.N. conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians scheduled for next week has been postponed.

American air defense systems and a Navy destroyer have helped Israel shoot down incoming ballistic missiles from Iran.

Israel has launched a major attack on Iran, raising fears that the long-running shadow war between the adversaries may spiral into a more dangerous regional conflict.

Iranian state television has confirmed that Gen. Hossein Salami, the head of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, was killed in Israel’s strikes Friday morning.

Israel has launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to assault key facilities and kill top generals and scientists — a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve parliament early Thursday morning, with most of his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners voting against the bill.

Iran says it has built and will activate a third nuclear enrichment facility, ratcheting up tensions with the U.N. immediately after its atomic watchdog censured Iran for failing to comply with obligations meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.

Gaza's Hamas-run police force said it killed 12 members of an Israeli-backed militia after detaining them early Thursday.

U.N. member nations have voted overwhelmingly to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, the release of all hostages held by Hamas, and unrestricted access for the delivery of desperately needed food.

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu faces the greatest test to his rule since Oct. 7, 2023.

The Gaza Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has passed 55,000.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces a major test after the opposition submitted a bill Wednesday to dissolve parliament.

Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

Israel has deported activist Greta Thunberg a day after Israel's military seized the Gaza-bound ship she was on.

Israeli naval forces, far from the country’s shores, intercepted and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying international activists, including Greta Thunberg, in an early morning raid.

Palestinians say Israeli forces and allied local gunmen fired toward a crowd heading to an Israeli- and U.S.-supported food distribution center in the Gaza Strip.

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has arrived at an Israeli port after Israeli forces stopped and detained them.

Israel’s government has vowed to prevent an aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists from reaching the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say Israeli fire killed at least 12 people as they headed toward two aid distribution points in Gaza.

This year's Boulder Jewish Festival has been reimagined to focus on community healing.

Israel says it has retrieved the body of a Thai hostage abducted into Gaza during the 2023 Hamas-led attack that sparked the war.

People across the war-ravaged Gaza Strip have marked the start of one of Islam’s most important holidays with prayers outside destroyed mosques and homes, with little hope the war with Israel will end soon.

The Lebanese army has condemned Israel’s airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut, warning that such attacks are weakening the role of Lebanon’s armed forces that might eventually suspend cooperation with the committee monitoring the truce that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war.

The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel has “activated” some clans of Palestinians in Gaza that are opposed to Hamas, though it was not immediately clear what role they would play.

Israel has recovered the bodies of two Israeli-American hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war in Gaza.

The United States has vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza because it’s not linked to the release of hostages.

Israel says it signed defense contracts worth nearly $15 billion last year, surpassing its all-time record.

An Israeli- and U.S.-backed group has temporarily paused food delivery at its three distribution sites in Gaza.

Shootings have erupted nearly daily since last week in the Gaza Strip in the vicinity of new hubs where desperate Palestinians are being directed to collect food.

The U_N_ Security Council has scheduled a vote Wednesday on a resolution which demands “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties.”.

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say 27 people are dead after Israeli forces opened fire as people headed toward an aid distribution site.

Demonstrators with the group Run for Their Lives have staged events around the world calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since 2023.

Lonny Wilk with the Anti-Defamation League joined us on The Morning Show to look at what’s fueling the rise in antisemitic incidents and potential solutions.

Israeli soldiers have barred journalists from entering villages in the West Bank on a planned tour organized by the directors of Oscar-winning movie “No Other Land."

Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip opened fire as people headed toward an aid distribution site a kilometer away at around sunrise, killing at least three people and wounding dozens, health officials and a witness said.

Organizers say climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and other 11 activists set sail on Sunday afternoon for Gaza on a ship aimed at “breaking Israel’s siege” of the devastated territory.

Health officials and witnesses in Gaza say at least 31 people have been killed and over 170 wounded while on their way to receive food aid.

Hamas is seeking amendments to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal for Gaza.

Hamas says it is continuing to review a U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza.

For months, experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are on the brink of famine.

Medics in Gaza say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 27 people, including women and kids sheltering in a tent.

The White House says Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas.

The White House says the U.S. has submitted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal that has Israeli support.

Chaos erupted again as tens of thousands of desperate Palestinians tried to collect food from distribution sites in the Gaza Strip run by a new U.S.- and Israeli-backed foundation.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the man believed to be the head of Hamas’ armed wing, Mohammed Sinwar, has been killed, apparently confirming his death in a recent strike in the Gaza Strip.

Iranian state media report that the country has hanged a man convicted of spying for Israel.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least one Palestinian was killed and 48 were wounded when gunshots were fired on a crowd that overran a new aid distribution site in the war-battered enclave that was set up by an Israeli and U.S.-backed foundation.

Hundreds of Palestinians stormed a United Nations food warehouse in Gaza in a desperate attempt to get something to eat.

Chaos has erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza.

A U.S.-backed group that is slated to take over aid distribution in Gaza says it's started operations despite opposition from the U.N. and the unexpected resignation of its executive director.

A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv.

Health officials in Gaza say Israeli strikes over the past 24 hours have killed at least 38 people, including children.

The Israeli military says it intercepted a missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels.

Gaza's Health Ministry says the bodies of 79 people killed by Israel strikes have been brought to hospitals in the past 24 hours.

Israel appears to be changing tack as pressure mounts to get more aid into Gaza, and may let aid groups operating in the battered enclave take charge of non-food assistance.

Former Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov is visiting Boston with a message — don't forget those who are still being held in Gaza.

Red Sox pitcher Liam Hendriks took to social media to express his displeasure about death threats he says he received following Boston’s most recent loss the the New York Mets.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal.

The U.N. children’s agency says more than 9,000 children have been treated for malnutrition in Gaza this year, and food security experts say tens of thousands of cases are expected in the coming year.

Iran’s top diplomat has warned that his country would take “special measures” to defend its nuclear facilities if Israel continues to threaten them, raising the stakes further ahead of a new round of talks with the United States.

Global reactions are pouring in after two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot and killed Wednesday evening while leaving an event at a Jewish museum.

Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are urging judges to reject a request by Israel to scrap arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister while the court reconsiders its jurisdiction over Gaza and the West Bank.

Two staff members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were fatally shot while leaving an event at a Jewish museum, and the suspect yelled, “Free, free Palestine” after he was arrested.

An Israeli center-left opposition party leader and former general sparked an outcry this week when he made rare criticism of the toll of the war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

Three allies of Israel used words like “abhorrent” and “monstrous” this week to describe the country’s actions in Gaza.

The U.N. says it is trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians.

Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan for a “Golden Dome” to protect the United States from long-range missiles was at least partly inspired by Israel’s multitiered missile defenses.

The British government says it is suspending free trade negotiations with Israel and leveling new sanctions targeting West Bank settlers as it criticizes Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

Israel has begun allowing a trickle of food and medicine into the Gaza Strip after sealing the territory’s 2 million Palestinians off from all imports for nearly three months.

The parents of Edan Alexander, an Israeli-American soldier who was held captive in Gaza for 19 months, are overjoyed he is home and slowly absorbing their son's life in captivity.

Greece’s top diplomat says the world is facing the most turbulent time since World War II, pointing to a crossroads in democracy and saying Europe is facing a “political identity crisis.”.

The first few aid trucks have entered Gaza following nearly three months of Israel’s complete blockade of food, medicine and other supplies.

Israel and the United Nations say the first aid trucks have entered Gaza following nearly three months of Israel’s complete blockade.

Israeli-born IndyCar driver Robert Shwartzman won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, then used his platform to ask for peace in both the Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Israel says it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade.

Israel says it has launched a major military operation in Gaza to pressure Hamas to release remaining hostages.

Arab leaders meeting at an annual summit in Baghdad say called for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

The war in Gaza has reached one of its darkest periods.

For decades, Israel has leveraged its special relationship with the United States to serve as a gatekeeper to Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump has wrapped up a Mideast tour in the United Arab Emirates with a breakfast for business leaders and a visit to an interfaith place of worship named for the Abraham Accords he negotiated.

The United Nations’ humanitarian chief has defended using the term “genocide” to describe what aid workers are trying to prevent in Gaza.

A woman who was nine months pregnant and on her way to the delivery room is dead after a Palestinian gunman opened fire on her car.

Israel’s Yuval Raphael is keeping a low profile at the Eurovision Song Contest.

A hospital in southern Gaza says 54 people have been killed in overnight airstrikes on the city of Khan Younis.

Hospitals and health officials say Israeli airstrikes have pounded northern and southern Gaza and killed at least 70 people.

The United Nations’ top humanitarian official blasted Israel for “deliberately and unashamedly” imposing inhumane conditions on Palestinians that include the risk of famine.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is “no way” Israel will halt its war in Gaza, even if a deal is reached to release more hostages.

Human rights groups launched a court fight challenging the British government’s decision to supply parts for F-35 fighter jets, saying they are being used by Israel in Gaza in violation of international law.

Edan Alexander was 19 when Hamas militants stormed the Israeli military base where the American-Israeli from New Jersey was a soldier and dragged him into the Gaza Strip.

The Eurovision party is officially underway.

Food security experts say the Gaza Strip is at critical risk of famine if Israel doesn’t lift its blockade and stop its military campaign.

Hamas says it has released an American-Israeli hostage held in Gaza.