The Trump administration approved the sale of more than $7.4 billion in weapons to Israel, reinforcing Washington’s commitment to arming its top Middle Eastern ally despite global criticism over its ...

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former defense minister Gallant are publicly sparring on the timing of the infamous beeper operation targeting Hezbollah.

RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority’s commission of prisoners’ affairs published Friday the names of 183 ...

House Republicans are working overtime after a lengthy White House meeting to meet President Donald Trump’s demand for a big budget package that includes some $3 trillion in tax ...

A ceasefire is holding in Gaza as hostages have been handed over to Israel and Palestinian prisoners have been returned to ...

ELLIOTT ABRAMS is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. He served in senior positions ...

Hamas is rushing to reassert control over the territory it has ruled since 2007. Its leaders are exuberant—at least in public ...

Bloodshed over the weekend highlighted the brittleness of the cease-fires in both places. Still, Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah each have reasons to postpone a new escalation, at least for a few weeks.

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began Jan. 19 after Hamas supplied a list of the hostages slated for return to Israel.