Hamas freed three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 180 Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli custody in the fourth such swap under a ceasefire deal aimed at ...

For the ceasefire to succeed, the Beirut must take decisive action to disarm Hezbollah and assert its authority, including closing its banks.

Hezbollah used the return of residents of southern Lebanon to their homes and their confrontations with Israeli forces to ...

An array of domestic and foreign powers are vying for influence in Lebanon, including the Lebanese Armed Forces, Hezbollah, ...

It also covers the release of hostages held by Hamas in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian detainees held by Israel. This isn't the first milestone in the bloody war. Several waves of ...

It's not just Israel's leaders who may need to be wary of traveling abroad. Now soldiers who have served in Gaza appear to face a growing risk of arrest themselves over allegations of war crimes ...

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun is advocating the formation of a government of “consensus” that includes representatives from ...

"We are searching for 10,000 martyrs whose bodies remain under the rubble," said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil ... war known to have been built with the material. Israel ...

The visit follows Israel’s war on Lebanon, which lasted more than a year and left more than 4,000 people dead and around 17,000 injured, including a significant number of women and children.

Discover the values that drive the story. The Christian Science Monitor's coverage of the war between Hamas and Israel, and related articles. A deeper view that unites instead of divides ...

The United States, Egypt and Qatar have spent the past year trying to mediate an end to the war triggered by Hamas' attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The much-awaited ceasefire agreement ...