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People protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government as they block a highway in Jerusalem, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Netanyahu is rocked by a new scandal linking his close advisers to Qatar

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is once again ensnared in scandal after police arrested two of his close associates this week on suspicion of accepting money from Qatar to promote a positive image of the Gulf Arab state in Israel.

Palestinians attend a rally marking the 35th anniversary of the Hamas movement's founding in Gaza City, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022.(AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)

Protests broke out against Hamas in Gaza. What do Palestinians think about the militant group?

Palestinians inspect the site hit by an Israeli strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Middle East latest: Israel is establishing a new military corridor across Gaza

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

Palestinians receive bags of flour and other humanitarian aid distributed by UNRWA, the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip on Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

UN agency closes its remaining Gaza bakeries as food supplies dwindle under Israeli blockade

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Two officials say Hamas accepted draft agreement for Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal. Israel is still weighing the deal

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At least six people, including four children, killed in strikes on Deir al-Balah

Growing number of Israeli soldiers say they will lay down arms if there is no ceasefire in Gaza

A Palestinian man carries a wounded girl, following an Israeli bombardment on the Gaza Strip, as they arrive at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Hamas OKs draft agreement of a Gaza ceasefire and the release of some hostages, officials say

Biden says Mideast ceasefire and hostage talks are ‘on the brink’ of ‘finally coming to fruition’

How are the ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks different to previous failed attempts? AP explains

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

Tense scene as Israeli MP warns father of hostage held in Gaza over backing Netanyahu arrest warrant

Progress made in talks over Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release, Israeli FM says

A girl watches as Mohammad Eid mourns his cousin Dima, along with her uncle and grandfather, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, during their funeral in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

What are the main obstacles to a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages?

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Destroyed buildings are seen inside the Gaza Strip from southern Israel, Monday, Jan. 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Significant progress made in talks over Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release, officials say

Gali, whose son, Sgt. Yahav Maayan, was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip, reacts next to his grave during his funeral at a military cemetery in Modiin, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Biden and Netanyahu discuss the latest in the effort to reach an Israel-Hamas war ceasefire

Palestinians hope for ceasefire in Gaza as talks in Qatar show some progress

Tel Aviv anti-government protest demands ceasefire and deal for hostages return

The body of Dima Eid, 5, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, is brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israel’s Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar in sign of progress

Displaced Palestinians wait for food at a makeshift charity kitchen in Khan Younis

Relatives of those killed are losing hope as Palestinian death toll in Gaza surpasses 46,000

Performance in Tel Aviv demands an end to the war and the return of hostages

More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say

Fatma Abu Awad and her daughter Malak pray in a graveyard where their relatives who were killed by an Israeli airstrike are buried, in Khan Younis, Gaza, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say

Gaza’s Health Ministry says the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has passed 46,000

Two babies among dead arriving at hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza following Israeli airstrikes

Residents of hometown of Israeli hostage in shock after troops find his body in Gaza

This undated photo provided by Hostages Families Forum Headquarters shows Yosef Al Zayadni, 53. Israel's military said Wednesday that troops have recovered the body of an additional hostage from Gaza. The military said the body of Yosef Al Zaydani was recovered in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza. (Hostages Families Forum Headquarters via AP)

Body of an Israeli hostage is found in Gaza, possibly alongside his son’s remains, army says

Israeli hostages in Gaza endure another winter as their families plead for ceasefire deal

Luis Har, who was rescued from Hamas captivity in an Israeli raid last year, poses for a photo surrounded by empty chairs with photographs of other hostages' eyes, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Hostages in Gaza endure another winter as their families plead for a ceasefire