JULIA FRANKEL

Khalid Ahmad holds a poster of his 17-year-old son, Waleed, who died in an Israeli prison, that reads in Arabic, "The hero prisoner Martyr, mercy and eternity for our righteous Martyrs," in the West Bank town of Silwad, northeast of Ramallah Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
A Palestinian from the West Bank is first detainee under 18 to die in Israeli prison, officials say
Officials say a teenager from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances. They say he is the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention.
 
People take part in a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
Hamas says it accepts a new Gaza ceasefire proposal but Israel makes a counter-offer
The Hamas militant group says it has accepted a new Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators Egypt and Qatar. But Israel says it has made a counter-proposal in “full coordination” with the third mediator, the United States.
 
This grab taken from video shows a masked man with a stick, left, beating Palestinian Qusay Al-Amur in his house in the West Bank village of Jinba, Friday, March 28, 2025. (UGC via AP)
Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians
Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian village in the southern Israeli-occupied West Bank. Security camera footage obtained by the Associated Press shows them beating residents with sticks and rocks.
 
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism in Jerusalem, Israel,Thursday, March 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Israel’s antisemitism conference draws Europe’s far-right leaders to Jerusalem
 
In this image made from a video released by the Israeli Government Press Office, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a statement Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Israeli Government Press Office via AP)
Israel’s parliament approves a key part of Netanyahu’s divisive judicial overhaul
Israel’s parliament has passed a key part of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to overhaul the judiciary. The move on Thursday has angered critics who view it as a power grab by his far-right government.
 
Israeli soldiers stand by a truck packed with bound and blindfolded Palestinian detainees, in Gaza, Dec. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Moti Milrod, Haaretz, File)
Told to fix notorious prison, Israel just relocated alleged abuses, detainees say
Under pressure from Israel’s top court to improve conditions at a facility notorious for mistreating Palestinians seized in Gaza, the military transferred hundreds of detainees to newly opened camps.
 
Hamdan Ballal, Oscar-winning Palestinian director of "No Other Land," is released from a police station in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba a day after being detained by the Israeli army following an attack by Jewish settlers, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Oscar-winning Palestinian director says Israeli soldiers beat him after attack by settlers
Israeli authorities released an Oscar-winning Palestinian director who was detained by the army after being attacked by Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank. He said they beat him in front of his home while filming the assault.
 
CORRECTS DATE: Hamdan Ballal, Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, is detained by the Israeli military from his home in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Monday, March 24, 2025. (Raviv Rose via AP)
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army
Israeli settlers have beaten up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “No Other Land.” The Israeli military then detained Hamdan Ballal in the occupied West Bank.
 
Displaced Palestinians, carrying their belongings traveling from Beit Hanoun to Jabaliya, a day after Israel's renewed offensive in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Israeli troops advance in Gaza to retake part of a corridor dividing north from south
Israel says its troops retook part of a corridor that bisects Gaza, and its defense minister warned that attacks would intensify until Hamas frees dozens of hostages and gives up control of the territory.
 
Mourners gather around the bodies of Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli army airstrikes as they are brought to Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
After one of the deadliest days in Gaza, here’s the conflict in numbers
Israel’s wave of predawn airstrikes across Gaza shattered two months of relative calm during a ceasefire with Hamas. Tuesday was one of the deadliest days in Gaza since the war began, with over 400 Palestinians killed and hundreds more wounded.
 
A Palestinian man holds the body of his 11 month-old nephew Mohammad Shaban, killed in an Israeli army airstrikes at the Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israel’s surprise bombardment plunged Palestinians back into ‘hell’
Israel’s surprise wave of airstrikes has plunged Palestinians back into a nightmare they had hoped might be behind them. Tuesday’s predawn bombardment hit neighborhoods across the devastated territory, catching many people while they slept.
 
Palestinians cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)
Hamas says it will release a US-Israeli hostage and 4 bodies, but Israel expresses immediate doubt
Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from mediators to release one living American-Israeli hostage and the bodies of four dual nationals who had died in captivity.
 
A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads: "Pray for the Prophet." (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
90,000 Palestinians attend the first Friday prayers of Ramadan in Jerusalem
Some 90,000 Palestinians have prayed at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City under tight security by Israeli forces. It was the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
 
A sprawling tent camp for displaced Palestinians sits adjacent to destroyed homes and buildings in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Aid efforts in Gaza slow as millions of promised USAID dollars do not arrive, agency officials say
Officials from USAID say the the Trump administration’s cuts to the U.S. humanitarian agency have frozen hundreds of millions of dollars in contractual payments to aid groups.
 
Trucks line up at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip after Israel blocked the entry of aid trucks into Gaza, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohamed Arafat)
Israel’s supply cutoff to Gaza sends prices soaring as aid groups race to distribute scarce stocks
Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive, trying to distribute dwindling stocks to the most vulnerable.
 
Friends, family and soccer fans attend a public memorial ceremony for slain hostage Tsachi Idan, a fan of Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C., who was killed in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Mourners bury one of the last hostages released from Gaza as talks start for ceasefire future
Mourners buried the remains of one of the last hostages released in the first phase of the ceasefire between Hamas militants and Israel.
 
Residents of the West Bank urban refugee camp of Nur Shams evacuate their homes and carry their belongings as the Israeli military continues its operation in the area on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Tens of thousands of Palestinians seek shelter after Israeli assaults across the West Bank
Nearly 40,000 Palestinians driven from their homes by Israel’s month-long offensive in the West Bank have scattered across nearby villages and towns, trying to find shelter.
 
An Israeli and U.S. flag are reflected on a conference table at the Pentagon, Tuesday, March 26, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Israeli Finance Minister Smotrich will meet with Treasury Secretary Bessent in Washington
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich will head to Washington in the coming days to meet with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and discuss economic and political cooperation.
 
This combination of images provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shlomo Mantzur, Tsachi Idan, Ohad Yahalomi and Itzik Elgarat, who all were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
Who are the hostages released by Hamas?
Hamas handed over the remains of four more Israeli hostages in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
 
A man holds a Winnie-the-Pooh bear at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, after four bodies were handed over by Hamas militants to the Red Cross in Gaza. Israel has identified three of the bodies as hostages and said the other was of an unknown person. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Mourning two young brothers, the Bibas family of Israel awaits fate of their mother
The bodies of the youngest Israelis held hostage by the militant Hamas group have been returned to Israel, dashing the hopes of a nation hoping for a happier ending.
 
Palestinian prisoner Waddeh Bazrah, 43, is greeted after being released from Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Who are the Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for Israeli hostages?
Israel released about 600 prisoners overnight, including the longest-serving prisoner and a man convicted of killing an American peace activist, in the latest exchange for Israeli hostages held by Hamas.
 
This combination of images provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Iair Horn, Alexander (Sasha) Troufanov and Sagui Dekel Chen, who all were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
Hamas names 3 more Israeli hostages to be freed from Gaza
Hamas named three more Israeli hostages it will release in a weekend trade for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the latest sign that the shaky Gaza ceasefire deal appears to be holding in spite of a tense dispute that has threatened to renew fighting.
 
Palestinians stand next to tents surrounded by buildings that were destroyed by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Too few tents entering Gaza threatens the truce. Here’s what’s happening
Three weeks into the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the number of tents and temporary homes entering Gaza risks falling short of the goals set for the deal’s first phase.
 
This combination of undated photos provided by Hostages Family Forum show Or Levy, Eli Sharabi and Ohad Ben Ami, all of whom were abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
Hamas names 3 more Israeli hostages to be freed as ceasefire deal stays on track
Hamas identified the three Israeli hostages that it plans to free in the next release mandated by the fragile ceasefire agreement, a sign the deal was moving forward Friday even as U.S. and Israeli officials continued calls to relocate Gaza’s population after the war.
 
Laundry hangs on a destroyed building caused by the Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
‘I won’t leave. Put that in your brain.’ Palestinians reject Trump’s call to expel them from Gaza
Stunned Palestinians rejected President Donald Trump’s proposal to expel them from the Gaza Strip so that the U.S. could take over the territory and rebuild it for others.
 
A housing construction site is seen at the West Bank Jewish settlement of Eli, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
Jewish population in West Bank keeps rising. Settlers hope Trump will accelerate growth
The Jewish population in the West Bank grew at twice the rate of the general Israeli population last year.
 
Palestinians chase humanitarian aid trucks that arrived through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Aid is surging into Gaza under the ceasefire. Is it helping?
Two weeks after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect, aid is flooding into the Gaza Strip. The supplies offer relief to a territory suffering from hunger, mass displacement and devastation following 15 months of war.
 
An activist with a yellow ribbon on her mouth holds a white umbrella during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Expected release of high-profile male hostages sparks excitement and anxiety in Israel
News that three high-profile hostages are expected to be released has brought excitement and trepidation to Israel on Friday. The men include Yarden Bibas, who is the father of the youngest captives held in Gaza.
 
This undated photo provided by the Hostages Family Forum shows Sagui Dekel Chen, who was abducted and brought to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
Who are the hostages freed by Hamas as part of the ceasefire in Gaza?
Hamas-led militants have freed three more hostages from the Gaza Strip after more than 16 months in captivity.
 
Israeli soldiers overlook the Gaza Strip from a tank, as seen from southern Israel, on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo, File)
Some Israeli soldiers refuse to keep fighting in Gaza
A growing number of Israeli soldiers are speaking out against the Israel-Hamas war. They say they did or saw things that crossed ethical lines.
 
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