For those determined to stay out of the fight between Hezbollah and Israel, the war in Lebanon can feel at a remove.

Hezbollah officially announced its establishment in 1985, by publishing an "open letter" identifying the US and the Soviet Union as Islam's principal enemies. It also called for t

The Israeli military announced Thursday an expansion of its month-old ground operation in northern Gaza to include part of Beit Lahiya, a town that has been heavily bombed since the earliest days of the war, where Israel says Hamas militants have regrouped.

Israel is expected to begin implementing “4-hour pauses" in areas of northern Gaza each day, beginning Thursday, the White House said.

Israel’s parliament has passed a law that would allow it to deport family members of Palestinian attackers to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip or other locations.

The law would apply to Palestinian citizens of Israel and residents of annexed east Jerusalem, a move expected to face legal hurdles in Israeli courts.

In Israel, a new law championed by members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party and his far-right allies, would allow deportation of Palestinian citizens.

Like the Biden administration, which worked for a cease-fire in Gaza that never was, Trump wants the war there to end sooner rather than later. In a phone call ahead of the election, the president-elect told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up major military operations in Gaza before Inauguration Day.

Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday want Donald Trump, who won the US election, to end the war between Israel and Hamas that has devastated their territory.