Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accusing Mayor Zohran Mamdani of endangering Jewish New Yorkers with his criticism of Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump has cooled as they disagree on how to handle the conflict with Iran.

The Committee to Protect Journalists says that 19 Palestinians killed by Israeli fire who it had previously identified as journalists or media workers were actually militants or participants in combat.

The son of Israel’s ambassador to the United States has been gravely injured in a ramming attack in the occupied West Bank.

The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat.

Middle Eastern leaders are gathering in New York for the United Nations General Assembly as conflicts in the region continue.

Israel's president has pardoned a combat medic who shot dead a badly wounded Palestinian attacker a decade ago.

Iran says it has struck an oil tanker trying to transit the Strait of Hormuz.

A deadly building collapse in Gaza has highlighted ongoing hardships for Palestinians nearly a year after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

Prize-winning author Phil Klay has been named the new president of PEN America.

The top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says he’s going to block a proposed sale of $2.8 billion in heavy weaponry to Israel over concerns that powerful bombs may not be used in line with U.S. and international law.

A building damaged by Israeli strikes collapsed suddenly in Gaza City, killing at least 21 people in their sleep, including 11 children.

A building housing displaced Palestinian families has collapsed in Gaza City and killed at least 21 people including 11 children.

The Trump administration is planning to deliver powerful 2,000-pound bombs to Israel as part of an upcoming arms deal.

Iranian state media say an Iranian commercial ship has been struck near the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed.

Residents of Mansouri in southern Lebanon are witnessing the destruction of their village by Israeli drones.

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have captured a strategic island in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor are premiering their documentary “NAZA” at the Venice Film Festival Thursday.

Hundreds of people have demonstrated outside Israel’s embassy in Bangkok to demand foreign visitors respect Thai laws and culture.

Yemen's Houthi rebels have taken the strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, bringing them closer to controlling key shipping routes.

John Malkovich has canceled a planned performance in Israel after promoters circulated a false quote attributed to him.

The U.S. has destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel’s air force carried out two strikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people, including children.

Germany has told the United Nations’ top court that a genocide case over weapons sales to Israel was improperly filed by Nicaragua and should be thrown out.

The U_S_ military has denied that Iran struck an uncrewed American military vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, calling the claim a “total lie.”.

The U.S. military has hit three Iranian oil tankers after accusing Iran of targeting its warships.

Israel's military says it has taken control of the Ali Taher ridge in Lebanon, despite ongoing clashes with Hezbollah.

Israel has released four more prisoners to Lebanese authorities who had been detained in southern Lebanon, a day after the first was freed.

Israel has released four prisoners to the International Committee of the Red Cross as part of a deal with Lebanon.

A Lebanese man held in Israel has been released, marking the first such handover since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict began six months ago.

Iran has fired at Kuwait as part of its retaliation for U.S. bombardments earlier this week.

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks reelection, his main concern these days isn’t his political rivals.

The United States military says it has struck new targets in Iran as hostilities flared after a month without military action.

The United Arab Emirates' Defense Ministry says that an Iranian drone has been intercepted over the UAE’s territorial waters.

Iran’s supreme leader has called for Muslim countries to stand together against Israel and the United States.

A Jerusalem court has acquitted a man accused of attacking a Catholic nun, citing an insanity defense, but orders psychiatric hospitalization for up to six years.

Iran won't allow military vessels to transit through the Strait of Hormuz if an agreement it's negotiating with Oman is finalized.

A year after Israeli strikes on a Gaza hospital killed 22 Palestinians, there are still major questions about the rationale for the attack.

Israeli strikes and tank fire in Gaza have killed at least four people, including two children, according to hospital officials.

The Venice Film Festival has added a new documentary about the civilian toll of the Israel-Hamas war to its lineup.

Iran is again warning about consequences in response to new U.S. economic sanctions, including for its neighbors.

The U.S. special envoy to Syria and ambassador to Turkey has clarified his comments on Israel's occupation of the Golan Heights.

The mother of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family’s car wants an independent inquiry into her death.

Iran has dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats of economic pain and isolation.

Deadly airstrikes in Gaza on Wednesday have raised doubts about new U.S. efforts to advance a ceasefire there.

A Palestinian American whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers for over a week has arrived there to help family members defend the property.

A marathon meeting between U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left the fate of the Gaza ceasefire unclear.

U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner has held a rare meeting with the Hamas chief in Egypt in a push to make progress on the stalled Gaza ceasefire.

An extremist official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet has advocated for killing “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night.

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East has visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea.

Iran says Qatar is holding three of its pilots who were reportedly captured when their jets were downed early in the war, but Qatar denies the allegations.

Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon have killed at least 11 people, marking the deadliest attacks since a truce with Hezbollah began in June.

A dayslong standoff in the occupied West Bank points to Israel's reluctance to rein in settler violence against Palestinians.

Christians are less than 2% of Israel's population and are facing increased harassment as regional conflicts persist.

Israeli settlers have besieged three homes in the occupied West Bank, including one owned by a Palestinian American, for several days.

Israel's military says it struck a Hamas commander in northern Gaza targeted drone strike.

Israel’s prime minister is rejecting President Donald Trump’s announced deal for Gaza and says Israeli forces won’t withdraw from the Palestinian territory until Hamas disarms.

Ugandan authorities have gained parliamentary approval to deploy troops to Gaza as part of an international force.

Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler with the killing of a Palestinian activist last year in the West Bank.

A new report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel warns that Israel’s policies in the occupied West Bank have pushed the territory’s health system to the brink of collapse.

Iran says it is in the final stage of drafting an agreement on the Strait of Hormuz waterway with Oman.

The Israeli military says two soldiers have died in an explosion in southern Lebanon.

Israel's military for the first time in weeks has told residents in southern Lebanon to evacuate, citing a “blatant violation of the ceasefire” by the Iranian-backed Hezbollah.

A former attorney says Israeli authorities coerced the leader of Wisconsin’s largest mosque into confessing to crimes and that the U.S. is wrongfully relying on those convictions to deport him.

In a story published Aug. 4, 2026, about the war in Gaza, The Associated Press erroneously reported that women and children make up most of the dead in data released by the territory’s Health Ministry.

Iran and Oman are inching toward a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and potentially help bring an end to the war.

The Board of Peace official overseeing Gaza’s postwar transition has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

After calling off a fresh round of strikes against Iran, U.S. President Donald Trump says the two sides are resuming talks to wind down the war.

Israel has shared serious security concerns with the White House about a proposed disarmament deal with Hamas.

President Donald Trump's announcement that Hamas agreed to disarm offers a glimmer of hope for Palestinians in Gaza.

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced an agreement for disarmament of Hamas in Gaza and Israel's withdrawal from the area.

Hamas has confirmed that it will disarm as part of a deal announced by U.S. President Donald Trump that also requires Israel to end its strikes and withdraw from Gaza.

Recent days have seen a series of attacks across the Middle East, from the U.S. and Saudi Arabia bombing militias in Iraq to drones setting ships ablaze in Egypt.

Right-wing Israeli activists are ramping up their fringe campaign to establish Jewish settlements inside Syria by staging frequent incursions across the border.

Several families have returned to their village in southern Lebanon, digging through the debris of their homes damaged in the latest Israel-Hezbollah war.

The United Nations' human rights chief says Israel must end its military presence in southern Lebanon and stop demolishing homes.

Israel's military says it has detained over 70 suspects across the occupied West Bank following violence that left two Israeli soldiers and four Palestinian villagers dead there.

A United Nations committee has inscribed a major archaeological site in the West Bank and a set of castles in southern Lebanon as World Heritage sites.

President Donald Trump appeared to add a condition to the newly signed agreement with Saudi Arabia for a civilian nuclear program, saying the deal would require the kingdom to normalize its relations with Israel through the Abraham Accords.

The world’s leading authority on food insecurity said on Thursday that the situation in Gaza had improved since famine swept parts of the Palestinian territory last year.

Lebanon's prime minister has visited a southern village as a U.S.-brokered agreement with Israel begins implementation.

The Israeli military is rapidly constructing a large earthen barrier in the Gaza Strip, further entrenching the division of the tiny Palestinian enclave.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza City have killed at least nine Palestinians, including three children, according to hospital officials.

An Israeli strike on a funeral in the Gaza Strip has killed at least seven people and wounded another 22.

Israel's parliament has dissolved after passing a series of controversial bills in marathon sessions in its last few days.

Israel has again occupied much of southern Lebanon, 26 years after ending its 18-year occupation.

More than half of House Democrats have voted to strip $3.3 billion in U.S. aid from Israel.

Israeli airstrikes have killed at least a dozen people in Gaza over the past two days, according to local health officials.

Two human rights groups say Trump administration sanctions imposed on the International Criminal Court over its investigations of Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza have illegally impeded their ability to advocate for Palestinians.

A senior European Union official says the EU has coordinated efforts to raise $1 billion in aid pledges for rebuilding Gaza.

Israeli fire in Gaza has killed at least six Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl.

A congressman says he was detained by Israeli settlers and then the Israeli military as he toured the West Bank.

Israel has launched a project aimed at clearing part of the seas to give beach space back to the population.

A new AP-NORC poll finds that most Jewish adults in the U.S. don’t feel well represented by political leaders at a troubling moment for many in their community.

Rahm Emanuel, a potential Democratic presidential candidate, warns that Israel is becoming isolated due to its leadership.

Health authorities in Gaza say an Israeli strike killed an organizer of public screenings of World Cup matches in the enclave.

A new AP-NORC poll reveals a dramatic erosion of support for Israel, after decades of bipartisan backing.

The lawyer for a prominent Palestinian doctor Hussam Abu Safiya says he is in critical condition.

Iran’s top officials and brothers of the country’s new supreme leader have emerged into public view to attend the funeral prayers for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, signaling confidence in their safety as Iran pushes back on U.S. demands in negotiations to permanently end the war.