ISAAC SCHARF

Associated Press
Nashat Seiam, third from right, joins relatives and friends in prayer over the body of his granddaughter Ahlam, who was just days away from her first birthday, during her funeral after she was killed by an overnight Israeli airstrike on her home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025,.(AP Photo/Mariam Dagga)
Israeli defense minister says troops will remain in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely
Israel’s defense minister says troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely.
 
Palestinians grieve over the bodies of their relatives, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike, as they prepare for burial at a hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Netanyahu says Israel will establish a new security corridor across Gaza to pressure Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel is establishing a new security corridor across the Gaza Strip.
 
Mourners chant anti Israel slogans while they take the last look at the body of Fares Abu Samra, 14, during his funeral in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, Thursday, July 27, 2023. The Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday that Abu Samra was killed by Israeli fire in Qalqilya. The Israeli military said Palestinians threw rocks and firebombs at troops, who responded by firing into the air. It said the incident was being reviewed. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Israeli army kills 14-year-old Palestinian as an Israeli minister visits a flashpoint holy site
Palestinian health officials say that the Israeli military has killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy in the occupied West Bank.
 
New Israeli espionage TV series tackles shadow war with Iran
Israel’s latest hit TV series takes the viewers straight into the heart of the country’s archenemy Iran.
 
Instagram story aims to engage new generation with Holocaust
Survivor testimony has been the centerpiece of Holocaust commemoration for seven decades. But with the world’s community of aging survivors rapidly shrinking and global understanding of the genocide that killed 6 million Jews declining, advocates of Holocaust remembrance are seeking new and creative
 
Gay Iranian poet flees persecution, finds himself in Israel
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Payam Feili fled his native Iran last year because of the persecution he faced over his sexuality.
 
‘Sacred Sperm’ film explores ultra-Orthodox Jewish taboos
JERUSALEM (AP) — Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex.