Freed Palestinian prisoners react as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip ...

(AP Photo/Leo Correa) People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa ...

President Donald Trump said that the United States would take control of the Gaza Strip after the war there ends, a dramatic pledge and sharp change from previous American policy in the region.

“I said to him I’d love you to take on more because I’m looking at the whole Gaza Strip right now and it’s a mess, it’s a real mess. I’d like him to take people,” Trump told ...

By OHAD MERLIN Displaced Palestinians make their way back to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip on January 27, 2025. (photo credit: Ali Hassan/Flash90) Following Hamas’s organized ...

in the northern Gaza Strip October 26, 2024. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER) IDF soldiers from the 401st Brigade, under the command of the 162nd Division, began operations in the area of the ...

Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the war in Gaza has devastated the territory and left thousands dead and the flurry of international diplomacy to ...

The conflict between Israel and Palestinians — and other groups in the Middle East — goes back decades. These stories provide context for current developments and the history that led up to them.