American man flies to West Bank to save home from Israeli settlers

Palestinian-American Loui Ridi says he flew from Ohio to a village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank to stop settlers from seizing his home.

• Aug 18

Jared Kushner met with Hamas leaders in Egypt to discuss Gaza peace deal

Jared Kushner, who is President Trump's son-in-law, is set to meet next with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who rejected the latest peace proposal last week.

• Aug 17

Netanyahu rejects Gaza peace plan, vows no military withdrawal until Hamas disarms

President Trump hailed the peace plan​ as a "historic agreement for the complete disarmament of Hamas and all other groups in Gaza."

• Aug 9

Gaza holds mass funeral for extended family recovered from wartime rubble

Authorities described this as the Gaza Strip's biggest mass funeral since the war began, mourning dozens of people, including women and children, recently recovered from the rubble.

• Aug 4

Trump says Hamas agreed to next phase of Gaza peace deal, including disarmament

President Trump said Hamas and his international "Board of Peace" have agreed on the next steps in a peace deal that includes Hamas' disarmament in the Gaza Strip.

• Jul 31

Netanyahu vows crackdown amid deadly clashes in Israeli occupied West Bank

Netanyahu vows to expand Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank after 6 people are killed in escalating violence between settlers and Palestinians.

• Jul 24

Israeli strike kills aid worker who brought World Cup screenings to Gaza

An Israeli strike has killed an aid worker who organized World Cup game screenings for Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip, a hospital director says.

• Jul 9

Israel says strike killed new chief of Hamas armed wing in Gaza

Israel says it killed the new head of Hamas's armed wing in Gaza, Mohammed Odeh, after killing his predecessor in a similar attack earlier this month.

• May 27

Premature babies who escaped Gaza war finally reunited with families

Palestinian parents separated from their premature newborns by the war in Gaza finally get to meet their children for the first time.

• Mar 31

Israel's neighbors condemn "de facto beginning" of West Bank annexation

Israel has approved numerous measures on the occupied West Bank seen widely as part of an effort by Netanyahu's government to annex the Palestinian territory.

• Feb 16

Top U.K. court rules terror designation of pro-Palestinian group unlawful

Britain's High Court says the government's decision to designate the Palestine Action protest group a terrorist organization was "disproportionate."

• Feb 13

Gaza health officials say Israeli strikes kill almost 20 in one morning

Gaza medical officials say Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including two infants, with one hospital director asking, "Where is the ceasefire?"

• Feb 4

Gaza's key Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopens but only on limited basis

Gaza's Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday for limited traffic, a key step as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire​ moves ahead, Egyptian and Israeli security officials said.

• Feb 2

Israel strikes in Gaza kill at least 30 Palestinians

Hamas called Saturday's strikes "a renewed flagrant violation" and urged the United States and other mediating countries to push Israel to stop the strikes.

• Jan 31

With all Israeli hostages recovered, U.N. pushes for next steps in Gaza

With all Israeli hostages now recovered from Gaza, there's a push for the Israel-Hamas peace plan to move to phase-two, but that brings its own challenges.

• Jan 27

Israel says remains of last hostage recovered from Gaza

Israel's military says the remains of Ran Gvili, the last person whose body was taken hostage into Gaza, have been recovered.

• Jan 26

Trump launches Board of Peace, Zelenskyy announces U.S.-Russia-Ukraine talks

President Trump signed the founding charter of his Board of Peace without major U.S. allies on Thursday then met with Ukraine's President Zelenskyy.

• Jan 22

3 journalists killed in Gaza, including cameraman who worked with CBS News

An Israeli airstrike killed three journalists in Gaza on Wednesday, the territory's civil defense agency said. One of those killed, Abed Shaat, had worked for years as a cameraman for CBS News and other outlets.

• Jan 21

Israel objects to U.S. announcement on Gaza reconstruction committee

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement that the Gaza executive committee was "not coordinated with Israel and is contrary to its policy."

• Jan 17

Tony Blair, Rubio, Kushner, Witkoff to help oversee Gaza reconstruction

The White House released the names of some of the leaders who will play a role in overseeing the next steps in Gaza after the Palestinian committee set to govern the territory under U.S. supervision met for the first time.

• Jan 17

U.S. says it's moving into next phase of Gaza peace plan, warns Hamas

Steve Witkoff said the U.S. expects Hamas to immediately return the final deceased hostage as part of its obligations under the deal.

• Jan 14

Angelina Jolie meets Palestinian refugees, aid workers at Rafah crossing

The Rafah border crossing was set to reopen under the ceasefire in effect in Gaza since October, but has so far remained closed.

• Jan 2

Thousands attend Christmas Eve events in Bethlehem, the first since Gaza war

Thousands of people traveled from nearby towns and villages to attend Bethlehem's annual Christmas Eve tree lighting ceremony, which was canceled the last two years.

• Dec 24, 2025

Hamas confirms death of senior commander killed in Israel strike on Gaza

The military said it killed Raed Saad, described as one of the architects of the Oct. 7 attack, after an explosive device detonated and wounded two soldiers.

• Dec 14, 2025

Gaza ceasefire talks in "critical moment" as second phase in deal yet to begin

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani told an international conference in the Qatari capital that international mediators, led by the U.S., are working toward the second phase of peace deal.

• Dec 6, 2025

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