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Israel’s military said Friday it will fire air force reservists who signed a letter condemning the war in Gaza and accusing it of only serving political interests and not bringing the hostages home.  In a statement to The Associated Press, an army official said there was no room for any …

The Israeli military has provided new details that changed its initial account of the killing of 15 emergency workers near the southern Gaza city of Rafah last month but said investigators were still examining the evidence. The 15 paramedics and emergency responders were shot dead on March 23 and buried …

Israel announced a major expansion of military operations in Gaza on Wednesday, saying large areas of the enclave would be seized and added to its security zones, accompanied by a large-scale evacuation of the population. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said troops were seizing an area he called the “Morag Axis,” a reference …

A teenager from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention, officials said. Walid Ahmad, 17, was a healthy high schooler before his arrest in …

Bakeries in the Gaza Strip shuttered Tuesday after running out of flour and diesel to operate, as a month-long Israeli blockade on food and aid entering the territory remains in place. Abdel Nasser Al-Ajrami, head of the Bakery Owners Association in the Gaza Strip, said the closure of remaining 19 bakeries …

An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory’s civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a Jan. 19 ceasefire agreement. The Israeli military said its air force attacked “terrorists who were engaged in a …

Mediators have reached a deal to release Palestinian prisoners who were originally set to be freed by Israeli authorities last Saturday, along with the handover of Israeli hostages’ bodies by Hamas, an Egyptian official said on Wednesday. The source, who was briefed on the matter, said the handovers would take place under Egyptian supervision but did not specify the release date. …

Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002 on Sunday, shortly after Israel’s defence minister said troops would remain “for the coming year” in parts of the Palestinian territory. Associated Press journalists saw a handful of tanks move into Jenin, long a bastion of armed struggle …

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would make Hamas pay for failing to release the body of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed. “We will act with determination to bring Shiri home along with all our hostages — both living and dead — and ensure Hamas pays the full price …

Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother Ariel, the two youngest captives taken by Hamas in their October 7, 2023 attack and among the most potent symbols of the trauma inflicted that day. Hamas handed over the bodies of the two …