Joseph Aoun was elected the 14th president of Lebanon, marking the end of nearly three years of effort by the country’s two Shi’ite organizations, Amal and Hezbollah, to promote their preferred ...

Hezbollah — which has been weakened politically and militarily by the war with Israel — previously backed another candidate, Suleiman Frangieh, the leader of a small Christian party in northern ...

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said that 40,000 Palestinian residents displaced from militant hotbeds would not be allowed to return to their homes. By Isabel Kershner Reporting from ...

They had previously requested that outlets not publish the video, the Times of Israel reported. David and Gilboa-Dalal were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023, from the Nova music festival. Mirna ...

Hamas called on Israel to return the remains of the unidentified Gazan woman to the decimated Palestinian territory. The Israel Defense Forces issued a terse statement Friday rejecting Hamas ...

The release of more than 100 Palestinian prisoners as laid out in the Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal had been in doubt after crowds in southern Gaza surrounded hostages who were being freed.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says its forces will remain in five strategic locations in southern Lebanon after Tuesday’s deadline for their withdrawal under a ceasefire with the ...

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will, for the time being, remain at the outposts in Lebanon “so we can continue to defend our residents and to make sure there’s no immediate threat,” Lt.