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ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday.

 

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Netanyahu takes a gamble on American support for Israel with the war against Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has steered his country along two pillars of foreign policy throughout his political career.

 

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Election Night highlights: Democrats notch wins in first major elections since Trump returned to power

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Voters in races across the country backed Democrats, including in New York’s mayoral race and contests for governor in New Jersey and Virginia, rejecting President Donald Trump’s late and lightweight push for his preferred candidates. Democrats secured another expected win in California, where voter

 

Families of Israeli hostages, mired in anguish, erupt into joy as freedom nears for the captives

The area of central Tel Aviv that has become known as Hostages Square has been a place of anguish and despair for the past two years.

 

Grief over Kirk’s assassination echoes worldwide and testifies to his influence on the right

Dozens of angry European lawmakers bang their hands on their desks after being denied a moment of silence to honor Charlie Kirk.

 

Israel begins daily pause in fighting in 3 Gaza areas to allow ‘minimal’ aid as hunger grows

Israel’s military has begun a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day as part of humanitarian measures including airdrops as concerns grow over hunger.

 

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 29, officials say

More than 100 charity and human rights groups are warning that Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are being pushed toward starvation.

 

Israeli forces have killed over 1,000 aid-seekers in Gaza since May, UN body says

The United Nations human rights office says more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces since May while trying to get food in the Gaza Strip.

 

Another key ally quits Netanyahu’s governing coalition in a major blow to Israel’s leader

A key governing partner of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it is quitting the government, leaving him with a minority in parliament.

 

Netanyahu’s governing coalition is fracturing. Here’s what it means for Israel and Gaza

An Israeli ultra-Orthodox party has announced plans to leave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government.

 

Israel insists on keeping troops in Gaza. That complicates truce talks with Hamas

As Israel and Hamas move closer to a ceasefire agreement, Israel says it wants to maintain troops in a southern corridor of the Gaza Strip — a condition that could derail the talks.

 

Israeli report accuses Hamas of using sexual violence as a weapon of war on Oct. 7

An Israeli report released Tuesday accuses Hamas of using sexual violence as a weapon of war during its Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.

 

Militants kill 5 Israeli soldiers in Gaza and Israeli strikes kill 51 Palestinians

The Israeli military says five soldiers have been killed in an attack in northern Gaza. Health officials in the Palestinian territory say Israeli strikes killed 51 people.

 

Trump and Netanyahu take a victory lap to mark strikes on Iran nuclear facilities

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is telling President Donald Trump that he is nominating the U.S. leader for a Nobel Peace Prize.

 

Trump calls for a Gaza ceasefire deal as some Palestinians are skeptical

U.S. President Donald Trump is urging a ceasefire deal on the war in Gaza. An Israeli official says plans are underway for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to travel to Washington in the coming weeks.

 

A changed Middle East brings vindication for Netanyahu but comes at a cost for Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likes to remind people that in the disorienting first days after Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack, he predicted Israel would “change the Middle East.”

 

Tarnished by Oct. 7, Netanyahu’s legacy may be reshaped by war with Iran

In the days after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seemed a shellshocked shadow of himself.

 

Israel recovers the remains of 3 more hostages from Gaza

The Israeli military says it has recovered the remains of three hostages held in the Gaza Strip. At least four Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike and 22 wounded while waiting for humanitarian aid, according to a local hospital.

 

Iranian missile strikes Israel’s ‘crown jewel of science’

For years, Israel has assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists, hoping to choke progress on Iran’s nuclear program by striking at the brains behind it.

 

Israeli opposition leader Lapid rallies behind Iran operation, after months of criticizing Netanyahu

Israel’s opposition leader pushed just days ago to topple Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.

 

Israel and Iran trade strikes for a third day and threaten more to come. Over 230 are reported dead

Israel and Iran have traded more missile attacks despite international calls for a halt to the fighting, with neither country showing signs of backing down as the conflict between the regional foes raged for a third day.

 

Mandatory military service for Israel’s ultra-Orthodox tests Netanyahu’s rule

Israeli Prime Minster Benjamin Netanyahu faces the greatest test to his rule since Oct. 7, 2023. His political opponents have put forth a bill to dissolve parliament in order to force early elections.

 

Israel seized a Gaza-bound boat with Greta Thunberg on board. Can it do that?

Israeli naval forces, far from the country’s shores, intercepted and seized a Gaza-bound ship carrying international activists, including Greta Thunberg, in an early morning raid.

 

Gaza-bound aid boat with Greta Thunberg on board arrives in Israel after its seizure

A Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg and other activists has arrived at an Israeli port after Israeli forces stopped and detained them.

 

Bonded by work and love, Israeli Embassy colleagues’ lives cut short by gunman

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim were colleagues, and they were a couple, days away from a marriage proposal.

 

Israeli politician critiques the Gaza war’s toll on Palestinians and sparks an outcry

An Israeli center-left opposition party leader and former general sparked an outcry this week when he made rare criticism of the toll of the war on Palestinian civilians in Gaza.

 

Israeli strikes kill at least 85 in Gaza as Israel allows more aid into Palestinian territory

Israel is pressing ahead with its new military offensive in Gaza despite mounting international criticism.

 

First few aid trucks enter Gaza but allies threaten Israel with sanctions and urge more

The first few aid trucks have entered Gaza following nearly three months of Israel’s complete blockade of food, medicine and other supplies.

 

Israel says it will allow ‘basic’ aid into Gaza after nearly 3 months of blockade

Israel says it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade.

 

An Israeli woman on her way to give birth is killed in a West Bank attack

A woman who was nine months pregnant and on her way to the delivery room is dead after a Palestinian gunman opened fire on her car.

 

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