Any Israeli attempt to kill Abbas Araghchi, the foreign minister, or Mohammad Ghalibaf, the Parliament speaker, would have derailed peace talks, American officials feared.

With Hezbollah unlikely to disarm, analysts say Israel has political cover to keep an open-ended military presence in southern Lebanon, which it invaded after ‌Hezbollah fired at Israel on March 2 in solidarity with ‌Tehran over the war in Iran.

Congress blocked a bipartisan amendment to remove a provision expanding US-Israel defense integration, preventing a recorded House vote.

United Nations official Vanessa Frazier faces criticism for sharing unverified claims from a woman facing terror charges linked to Hamas on social media.

The New York City primaries underlined divisions in the party over Gaza, with implications for the 2028 election.

A minister in Turkey has spoken of one day “ruling” Jerusalem. Israeli officials have warned darkly that Turkey is “the new Iran”. Listen to the volleys of invective flying in both directions, and you might think that two of the Middle East’s pivotal powers are heading for conflict.

The U.S. is Lebanon's only guarantor for securing an Israeli withdrawal from its territory and bringing an end to the conflict between the two countries.

A peace pact between Lebanon and Israel calls for Hezbollah to give up its arms, but that's a non-stater for the Lebanese Shiite militant group.

A US-brokered Israel-Lebanon deal seeks peace but leaves key questions over occupation, displacement, Hezbollah, and the laws of war unresolved.

The Football Association of Ireland says any boycott of the Republic of Ireland's Nations League games against Israel in the autumn would have potentially extensive repercussions.

Israel and Lebanon’s latest peace deal faces an uncertain future after Hezbollah, Iran’s most powerful proxy militant group, this week vowed to derail its implementation.

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett said Israel must become technologically indispensable, claiming Netanyahu abandoned an Iran strategy that could have helped weaken the regime. Former prime