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Comments from senior defence officials come during tour by US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, intended to defuse tensions

ISRAEL has signalled that its major combat operations in northern Gaza are over.

US secretary of state begins visit to region as fears grow Israel could expand Gaza conflict to Lebanon

The Israel-Hamas war raging in Gaza entered its fourth month on Sunday as the army again pounded the besieged Palestinian territory and US top diplomat Antony Blinken was back in the region seeking to avoid a wider escalation.

Netanyahu’s popularity is at an all-time low. The Beirut assassinations won’t fundamentally change that, analysts say.

Three months into the war between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli Supreme Court dealt two major blows to Binyamin Netanyahu and his governing coalition this week. The court struck down an essential part of the government’s polarising judicial reform plan and postponed the implementation of a law shielding the PM…

The Israeli military says it has dismantled the military infrastructure of Hamas in northern Gaza and is fully shifting its offensive to the enclave’s southern half

The US secretary of state was speaking in Turkey, on trip that will take him to Jordan, Egypt and Israel

Israel said it had "dismantled" Hamas's military leadership in northern Gaza as its war against the Palestinian group entered its fourth month Sunday, with fears mounting that the conflict could spread into neighbouring Lebanon.

The 19th century German war strategist and field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously coined the aphorism “No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy”. His observation might well be applied to the tragedy we are witnessing in Gaza.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken returns to the Middle East as tensions rise. Can he bring leverage and prevent the conflict from escalating further?...