NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Yossi Mekelberg of Chatham House's Middle East and North Africa Program, about the Israeli political response to a negotiated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

The Israeli government approved a ceasefire deal that could bring an end to the 15 months of war in Gaza. It's slated to go into effect Sunday morning.

President-elect Trump's picks for his national security team will soon start confirmation hearings, after his remarks about buying Greenland, taking over the Panama Canal and making Canada a state.

Israel warned on Sunday that the ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah could collapse if the Iran-backed group does not withdraw beyond the Litani River in southern Lebanon, one of the key ...

Gaza’s population dropped by 6% – about 160,000 people – in 2024, according to a new report, as Israel’s war against Hamas took a heavy toll on the Palestinian enclave’s demographics.

Israel's national deficit has climbed more than anticipated (4.1%) and is expected to continue to climb through 2025 to 9% by some estimates, partially due to the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas War ...

Confirming what many observers have concluded, Israeli paper Israel Hayom says Israel may decide to stay in south Lebanon beyond the 60-day withdrawal period specified in a ceasefire. The failure ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a recent closed meeting about the hostages that fighting in Gaza would resume following any cease-fire agreement with Hamas, according to a ...

Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations has issued what he called a final warning to Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same ...

Now the Iranian-backed militia that controls much of northern Yemen, more than 1,600km from Israel, is keeping them up at night – literally – with a string of attacks on Israeli soil.

The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza. Tensions remain high between Israel and Iran after tit-for-tat long-range strikes in recent months and ...