During the New York City mayoral debate, candidates Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa sparred over Israel-Gaza positions. Silwa scolded Cuomo and Mamdani for not crediting Trump for the ceasefire plan while Mamdani said “of course” Hamas should lay down its arms and Cuomo said he “hopes the peace holds.

President Donald Trump is threatening to "go in and kill" Hamas members in Gaza after Hamas-linked gunmen appeared to carry out a public execution in Gaza this week.

Israel received two more deceased hostages' bodies, including that of Inbar Hayman, who was considered to be the last female hostage in Gaza.

After Hamas handed over two dead Israeli hostages overnight, Israel returns 30 dead Palestinians - a ratio agreed in the first phase of the peace deal.

Two dozen countries have restricted or ended arms sales to Israel. But the impact has been limited — and with the ceasefire, some could resume trade.

The disturbing images are part of a long pattern of punishment meted out to suspected collaborators, according to an Israeli hostage negotiator.

CAESAREA, Israel — Ten years ago this week, two Palestinian attackers boarded a bus in Jerusalem where they shot, beat and stabbed Israeli-American educator Richard Lakin to death along with two others before police killed one of the militants and injured and arrested the other.

Carnegie Hall was a site of protest on Wednesday, one of many demonstrations over the last two years targeting cultural events, particularly those with Israeli artists.

Gaza is in ruins, and the bodies of 21 Israeli hostages are somewhere amid the rubble, along with an estimated 11,000 Gazans.

The Israeli army said a strike on Yemen on Aug. 28, which killed the premier of the Houthi government and other ministers, also eliminated the militant group’s chief of general staff — in what the Israel Defense Forces labeled a “severe blow.