Israel Hamas war

A policy adviser at the Department of Education who campaigned for President Biden has resigned over the president's handling of the war in Gaza.

Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank.

South Africa launched the case Friday at the U.N.’s top court, accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks.

Israel's military said in a statement Monday that five brigades, or several thousand troops, were being taken out of Gaza in the coming weeks for training and rest.

U.S. forces opened fire in the Red Sea Sunday, shooting down two ballistic missiles and killing several armed crews.

South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations’ top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks.

Health officials say overwhelmed hospitals that now lack vascular surgeons at times had to amputate limbs, which in normal times could have been saved.

The Iranian-backed militia Kataib Hezbollah and affiliated groups, under an umbrella of Iranian-backed militants, claimed credit for the attack.

Bethlehem, the biblical birthplace of Jesus, “is a place of sorrow and silence" this year, Pope Francis lamented as he pleaded for a cease-fire in Gaza.

The Israel-Hamas war has forced Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem to be called off: "This year, without the Christmas tree and without lights, there’s just darkness."

Health officials in Hamas-run Gaza say the Palestinian death toll there has surpassed 20,000. That figure was released Friday.

Gad Haggai, an Israeli American, had been thought to be among the more than 100 Israeli hostages still alive in Gaza.

The Israeli military said that the tunnel facilitated the transit of vehicles, militants and supplies, which raises more questions about how its surveillance could have missed such preparations for Hamas' Oct. 7 attack.

This is a rare report of the killing of someone with U.S.-government ties in the more than two-month war between Israel and Hamas.

An IDF official said the accidental killing of Israeli hostages was “against our rules of engagement," and was being investigated at the highest level.

An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief Gaza correspondent as they reported at a school in the south of the besieged territory.

U.S. officials say Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is ordering the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier and one other warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks as Israel's war with Hamas grinds on.

The Israeli military mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages in the Gaza Strip, the IDF says.