JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington Monday to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, who has been pushing for a ceasefire that might lead to an end to the 21-month war in Gaza. Israel and Hamas are considering a new U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal that would...
Palestinian Ambassador to the Philippines Mounir Y.K Anastas has asked the Philippines “to apply some pressure on Israel” to respect the humanitarian situation in Gaza, where thousands of people have been killed in the name of Israel’s war against militant group Hamas. In a recent interview...
CAIRO (AP) — Hamas and Israel staked out their positions Wednesday ahead of expected talks on a Washington-backed ceasefire proposal, with the militant group suggesting it was open to an agreement while the Israeli prime minister vowed that there will be no Hamas in postwar Gaza. Both sides...
CAIRO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says Israel has agreed on terms for a new 60-day ceasefire with Hamas and that Washington would work with both sides during that time to try to end more than 20 months of war in Gaza. Neither side has accepted the proposal announced Tuesday by Trump, who...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has authorized providing $30 million to a U.S.- and Israeli-backed group that is distributing food in Gaza, a U.S. official said Tuesday, an operation that has drawn criticism from other humanitarian organizations. The request is the first known U.S....
Mourners gather around the bodies of 8 Red Crescent emergency responders, recovered in Rafah a week after an Israeli attack, as they are transported for burial from a hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana, file) JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli...
A dead man is removed from the rubble of the Manoun family's house after it was targeted by an Israeli army strike in Jabalia al-Balad, Gaza City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — A Hamas official said Monday that the Palestinian militant...
Hassan Abu Sultan mourns over the body of her son Jehad, who, along with his wife and three children, was killed when an Israeli army strike hit their tent, as heir bodies lie on the floor at a hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, awaiting burial on the first day of the Muslim holiday of...
Filipinos must avoid traveling or staying in South Lebanon and Bekaa because of the fresh wave of strikes launched by Israel in the areas, the Philippine Embassy in Lebanon said on Sunday, March 23. Israel struck Lebanon on Saturday, March 22, 2025, in retaliation for rockets targeting Israel,...
The Philippines has expressed “grave concern” over Israel’s newest offensive in the Gaza Strip that left more than 400 Palestinians dead, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. Displaced Palestinians, carrying their belongings travel from Beit Hanoun to Jamiya, a day after...
Neighbors watch as volunteers and rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a building hit by an Israeli army airstrike in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga) DEIR-AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Local health officials said...
Displaced Palestinians, carrying their belongings traveling from Beit Hanoun to Jabaliya, a day after Israel's renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi) DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Wednesday its troops retook part of a...