NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ehud Olmert, the former prime minister of Israel, as he reflects on the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza and how the war has affected Israel's standing in the world.

Israel’s security cabinet early Friday approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, marking an escalation in Israel's ongoing war against Hamas. The announcement comes after an all-night meeting of the ...

In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning.

The prime minister of Qatar said on Saturday that the Israel-Hamas ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as both sides ...

The Israeli government early Friday local time approved a framework "for the release of all of the hostages — the living and the deceased," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said. Israel and ...

The Iranian-backed Houthi group in Yemen has announced the death of its prime minister and several other ministers in an Israeli air strike this week, dealing what could be a severe blow to the ...

The plan stops short of full occupation of the strip but comes amid growing outrage with the 22-month conflict. This liveblog is now closed. For the latest on the Middle East conflict, please click ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a preemptive presidential pardon in connection with a slate of corruption charges that have been pending against him since 2019. The formal ...

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Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam charged that Israel is refusing to engage in negotiations over border disputes and accused it of not abiding by the terms of the ceasefire, in an interview with ...