
Israel is stepping up its attacks on the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated ground invasion of the Palestinian enclave, the Israeli military has said, amid escalating tensions also on the country's northern front and in the occupied West Bank....

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that an Israeli tank "accidentally fired and hit an Egyptian post" near Kerem Shalom in the Egypt-Gaza-Israel tri-border area. ...

Iran has warned Israel to stop aerial strikes on Gaza otherwise the Middle East situation could spiral with "anything is possible at any moment". ...

A stern-faced US Permanent Representative Linda Thomas-Greenfield, peering over her glasses, raised her right hand to cast a lone veto on a near-consensus resolution condemning the Hamas attack on Israel, but also calling for a pause in the fighting, while close ally Britain’s envoy Barbara Woodward looked down, studying papers ...

In an important development in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli troops have fired shells at Damascus and Aleppo in Syria, damaging the airports there....

Demonstrations of solidarity with Palestinians have broken out across the Arab world this week, as Israel reels from Hamas’s massive attack and Palestinians in Gaza come under bombardment....

Wearing a light blue sweater, President Joe Biden made a rare appearance in the press section of Air Force One on the way back from the Middle East earlier this week. It was to declare that his mission for the trip had been accomplished....

The United States is dealing with two wars and the Congress, which needs to fund them, is closed for business, or at least one part of it, the House of Representatives....

Indian-origin former State Department official Kamala Shirin Lakhdhir has been picked by President Joe Biden to serve as US Ambassador to Indonesia....

A Hezbollah fighter was killed and another was injured in Israeli bombardment on the Lebanese-Israeli border, the Shiite military group has said. ...