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Middle East live updates: Israel gives UNRWA 48 hours to cease operations

Long lines of Palestinians -- some kneeling to kiss the soil as they stepped into the northern part of the strip -- were making their way home on Monday.

SFGate · 1d

Middle East latest: Israel allows Palestinians to return to Gaza for the first time in over a year

Displaced Palestinians gather with their belongings near a roadblock as they wait to return to their homes in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025, days afte

Las Vegas Sun · 1d

Middle East latest: Deal reached to release Israeli hostage and allow Palestinians into north Gaza

Mediator Qatar has announced that an agreement has been reached to release an Israeli civilian hostage and allow Palestinians to return to northern Gaza

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The Times of Israel on MSN · 3h

Defense minister, in Syria buffer zone, says IDF to stay indefinitely

Visiting position on Syrian side of Mount Hermon, Katz vows Israel will not allow 'hostile forces' to gain a foothold in area, or be dependent on others for security in area

i24NEWS · 5h

Israel Katz says IDF to remain in Syrian buffer zone 'indefinitely'

The IDF will remain on Mount Hermon peak and in the security zone for an indefinite period of time to ensure the security of the residents of the State of Israel'

U.S. News & World Report · 6h

Israel Says Its Troops in Syria Will Remain Atop Mt Hermon Indefinitely

Israeli troops who seized strategic ground in southern Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad will remain on the summit of Mount Hermon indefinitely, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday after visiting troops there.

The Times of Israel on MSN2h

Israeli contractor mistakenly killed by IDF troops in Gaza, army says

Excavator operator Jacob Avitan, 39, misidentified as threat as he arrived at IDF post in civilian clothing; Military Police ...

i24NEWS3h

Israeli contractor working with IDF in Gaza killed accidentally

While doing engineering work, the civilian was falsely identified as a threat and fired upon by an Israeli soldier ...

The National Interest12h

Israel’s Merkava Tanks Are Already Preparing for the Next War

The IDF’s Merkava series of main battle tanks, widely considered to be of the most lethal armored vehicles in service across the globe, has remained the centerpiece of Israel’s armored corps for more ...

2don MSN

Fifteen reported killed and 80 wounded as IDF remains in Lebanon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the IDF would only withdraw from Lebanon if the Lebanese Army carried out its ...

Israel’s military will remain in Lebanon as ceasefire deadline nears

Israel said its forces will remain in southern Lebanon after UN and Lebanese forces moved too slowly under the truce with ...

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Israel-Lebanon truce extended with IDF troop withdrawal pushed to Feb. 18

The government of Lebanon, the government of Israel and the government of the United States will also begin negotiations for ...

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