The Book of Genesis tells the story of Jacob and his 12 sons, who formed the basis of the 12 tribes of Israel. When famine struck the land of Canaan ...

Hostages freed before Saturday’s exchange have expressed relief and joy, while descriptions of the torment they endured are ...

The release of the three men was the fifth in a staggered hostage-for-prisoner exchange laid out in a cease-fire deal between ...

I hesitate to admit this, but I put “another carefully timed pandemic” on my 2025 Bingo card, and yet somehow missed putting “The Vice President of the United States wields ‘Ordo Amoris’ in a ...

Israel accused Hamas of violating a fragile ceasefire by changing the order of hostages it has released, stopping thousands of Palestinians from returning to their homes in the northern Gaza Strip ...

Pope Francis has said he wants to give women greater leadership roles in the Roman Catholic Church. If he really wants to make good on that vow, writes Rich Barlow, he should reconsider Catholicism’s ...

Israel has freed 90 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, more than seven hours after three Israeli hostages were released by Hamas and returned to Israel. A large bus carrying dozens of ...

It will take the world some time to fully grasp how the incoming US president, Donald Trump, managed to impose a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner exchange deal on Israel - not from any ideological or ...

The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its partners ... Irish Jewry. His Lost and Found (Lapwing Publications ...

The party of Israel’s hard-line National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir says its Cabinet ministers submitted their resignations from the government on Sunday in opposition to the Gaza ...

rather than blaming Israel, might be encouraging. "But so many hours and months have been expended during the negotiation of this deal, and thousands of lives lost as round-after-round broke down ...