Category: 3. Middle East

CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel on Sunday received the remains of a deceased hostage held in Gaza that Palestinian militant group Hamas said were of an Israeli soldier killed in the territory more than a decade ago.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s…

The number of housing units in West Bank settlements for which tenders have been published this year has reached an all-time yearly high, with tenders for 5,667 units issued so far in 2025.

The previous record was set in 2018 when tenders…

Welcome to The Times of Israel’s Daily Briefing, your 20-minute audio update on what’s happening in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world.

Military correspondent Emanuel Fabian joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today’s…

The military wing of Hamas announced Sunday that the body of IDF officer Lt. Hadar Goldin, held by the terror organization since 2014, will be returned to Israel at 2 p.m., a move that would bring an end to his family’s long struggle to…

By Helen Coster and James Oliphant

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Zohran Mamdani’s election as New York’s next mayor exposed a deepening rift between traditional Democratic Jewish voters and younger progressives — one that could reshape politics for…

Palestinian media outlets reported on Sunday that seven Palestinians were injured in an alleged settler attack in the area of the West Bank village of Jaba and a nearby Bedouin encampment north of Jerusalem.

Videos from showed burned…