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Region teeters on the brink of a much-wider war.

Israel believes that Deif, the head of Hamas’ military, and Yahya Sinwar, the top Hamas leader in Gaza, were the chief architects of the Oct. 7 attack.

The back-to-back killings have increased fears of an escalation into a wider war, leaving the region waiting to see how Iran and ally Hezbollah will respond.

The assassinations set off a scramble among mediators to salvage a cease-fire deal and avert regional war.

Over 590 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since Oct. 7, including bystanders and victims of attacks by settlers.

Tensions have soared following the assassinations of two senior militants in separate strikes in Lebanon and Iran last week.

Iran’s policy of arming militias took root in the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, which overthrew the U.S.-backed monarchy led by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.

Several countries, including the United States, Britain, France and Canada have warned their citizens to exercise caution or leave the region.

UNRWA has been the main agency distributing aid to Palestinians in Gaza during the 10-month old war there.

Tuesday’s strikes appeared to be part of the near-daily exchanges of fire across the Israeli-Lebanon border.

The rocket attack is the latest in what has been an uptick in strikes on U.S. forces by Iranian-backed militias.

He replaces Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Iran last week in a presumed Israeli strike.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has accused Israel of genocide, called for it to be punished in international courts and criticized Western nations for backing Israel.

Israel has vowed to kill him.

The family members said there were no militants or weapons inside the house, and that the family had no connection to any armed group.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich supports the reoccupation of Gaza, the rebuilding of Jewish settlements that were removed in 2005, and what he describes as the voluntary migration of large numbers of Palestinians out of the territory.

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“There is no further time to waste, nor excuses from any party for further delay,� they said in a joint statement.

The court’s chief prosecutor is seeking warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and the recently promoted leaders of Hamas.

Thousands fled Thursday, carrying essentials like small gas cylinders, mattresses, tents, backpacks and blankets.

Drones are smaller and slower than missiles and rockets, therefore harder to stop.

While the U.S. has not publicly identified the Israeli unit, it is believed to be the Netzah Yehuda, which has historically been based in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The Israeli military acknowledged the strike, claiming it hit a Hamas command center within the school. Hamas denied that.

“Every time we settle in one place and build tents for women and children, the occupation comes and bombs the area.�

The moves come as the U.S. and other allies push for Israel and Hamas to achieve a cease-fire agreement.

Israeli officials have acknowledged that they have made conditions harsher.

The war in Yemen has killed more than 150,000 people, including fighters and civilians, and created one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters, killing tens of thousands more.

The embattled prime minister accuses his defense minister ofÌýadopting an “anti-Israel narrative.â€�

More than 10 months into its war with Hamas, Israel’s relentless bombardment of the isolated territory has wiped out extended families.

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which targeted Rep. Cori Bush in ºüÀêÊÓƵ, apparently sat out the Minnesota race.

Umm Al-Khair has also been the subject of ramped-up settler attacks over the last few months.

However, the weapons are not expected to get to Israel anytime soon, they are contracts that will take years to fulfill.

Israel is demanding that it maintain a lasting military presence in two strategic areas of Gaza after any cease-fire, conditions that were only made public in recent weeks.

A steady drumbeat of death since October has claimed nearly 2% of Gaza’s prewar population.

“I will go even if the price is my life. My life, our lives, are not more valuable than the life of any child who died in Gaza.�

The families have advocated tirelessly to secure the release of their relatives, who were snatched on Oct. 7 during Hamas’ cross-border attack that started the war.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy: “This is a dangerous moment for the Middle East. The risk of the situation spiraling out of control is rising.�

At least a hundred masked settlers entered the village, shot live ammunition, burned homes and cars and damaged water tankers, residents said.

Avichay Adraee, an Arabic-language spokesperson for the Israeli military, said the strike in the southern province targeted a weapons depot belonging to Hezbollah.

One case has been confirmed, others are suspected and the virus was detected in wastewater in six different locations in July.

The vast majority of Gaza’s population has been displaced by the fighting, often multiple times, and around 84% of Gaza’s territory has been placed under evacuation orders by the Israeli military, according to the United Nations.

Activists want Kamala Harris to endorse an arms embargo to Israel and a permanent cease-fire. Harris has supported Biden’s negotiations for a cease-fire but rejected an arms embargo.

Demonstrations are expected every day of the Democratic National Convention and, while their agendas vary, many activists agree an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war is the priority.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region on Sunday to try to seal a cease-fire deal after months of contentious negotiations.

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Any deal would have to be accepted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar, the current leader of Hamas.ÌýÌý

The military said its forces recovered the bodies in an overnight operation in southern Gaza, without saying when or how the six died.

Hamas calls the latest proposal presented to it a “reversalâ€� of what it agreed to previously and accused the U.S. of acquiescing to what it called “new conditionsâ€� from Israel.ÌýÌý

Hezbollah said the attack was in response to an Israeli strike deep into Lebanon on Tuesday night that killed one and injured 19.

“The Americans are offering promises, not guarantees,� an Egyptian official said.

Chicago Police Superintendent Larry Snelling said protesters showed up to “fight with the police.�

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called on convention organizers to make space for a Palestinian speaker.

China warns its citizens in Lebanon.

Israel is not a member of the court, so even if the arrest warrants are issued, Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant do not face any immediate risk of prosecution. But the threat of arrest could make it difficult for the Israeli leaders to travel abroad.

Mostafa is one of the roughly 3,500 Palestinians, mostly children, who have been evacuated from the Gaza Strip for medical treatment.

Among the dead were 11 members of the same family, including two children, when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in the city of Khan Younis early Saturday.

The Israeli military said it struck because Hezbollah was planning to launch a heavy barrage of rockets and missiles toward Israel.

The most destructive war ever between Israel and Hamas has hurt thousands of small businesses and compromised international trust in an economy once thought of as an entrepreneurial dynamo.

Banks are barely functional. Electrical service is controlled by private generator owners. Beirut’s port still crippled by 2020 blast.

Israeli forces have invaded several hospitals over the course of the 10-month-old war, accusing Hamas of using them for military purposes, allegations denied by Palestinian health officials.

Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s offensive has killed over 40,000 people in Gaza.

Hamas is still holding around 110 hostages, about a third of whom are believed to be dead.

Before the war, Gaza’s children were largely vaccinated against polio, the World Health Organization says.

Both have strong incentives to end the war. But they may also think they stand to gain by holding out a bit longer, and that war is preferable to a deal that falls short of their demands.

A French-drafted resolution, unanimously approved by the Security Council’s 15 members, urges the “relevant actors� to restore “calm, restraint and stability.�

Its forces killed at least 10 Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin

There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa.

The strike killed several people employed by a transportation company that the aid group was using to bring supplies to the Emirates Red Crescent Hospital in Rafah.

Tributes to Medo Halimy poured in on Friday from friends as far afield as Harker Heights, Texas, where he spent a year in 2021 as part of a U.S. State Department initiative that sends students from around the world to American high schools.

The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed in the leg.

A little-known militant group calling itself the Khalil al-Rahman Brigade claimed responsibility for the shooting on Sunday.

All six had been killed shortly before the arrival of Israeli forces.ÌýÌý

Thousands of Israelis, calling for a cease-fire deal, went on strike. President Joe Biden said Netanyahu needed to do more after nearly 11 months of fighting.

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Tens of thousands of people thronged a Jerusalem cemetery to pay their respects to Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who became one of the most recognizable faces of the nearly year-old hostage crisis.

Many Israelis blame the prime minister for the mounting number of dead hostages.

The U.K. government had concluded there is a “clear risk� some items could be used to “commit or facilitate a serious violation of international humanitarian law.�

Many Israelis say Israel should relinquish the corridor, at least for a short period of time, in order to secure an agreement to bring back around 100 hostages still held in Gaza, about a third of whom are believed to be dead.

It marks the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack.

The Israeli prime minister has added conditions that make sealing any agreement before the U.S. elections difficult.

The fighting has had a devastating effect on Palestinian civilians living in Jenin.

The vice presidential nominee says Israel has every right to defend itself, butÌý“we can’t allow what’s happened in Gaza to happen.â€�

Witnesses and Palestinian media reported that the 26-year-old woman was shot by Israeli troops.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said accusations of Israel limiting humanitarian aid were “outrageously false.�

Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry in Gaza, which doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants in its count.ÌýÌý

The Allenby crossing over the Jordan River, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, is mainly used by Israelis, Palestinians and international tourists.

In a rare endorsement of Palestinian land rights, Israel’s highest court ruled this summer the displaced residents of Khirbet Zanuta were entitled to return.

Kamala Harris’ recent rhetoric on Palestinian suffering has been viewed as empathetic by some, but the lack of a concrete policy shift appears to have increasingly frustrated many of those who want the war to end.

One of the sites targeted was a research center used in the development of weapons, a war monitor said.

Dozens of mourners — including several leading Palestinian Authority officials — attended the procession.

The war has killed over 40,900 Palestinians, caused vast destruction and displaced around 90% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million

The International Court of Justice in July said Israel’s presence in the Palestinian territories is unlawful and must end.

Israel, as usual, said it targeted senior Hamas militants and disputed the death toll.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a 26-year-old activist from Seattle, was killed Friday following a demonstration against Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

“All these crimes are being committed by using European and American ammunition and bombs,� Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said.

“It was always dangerous before. It’s become impossibly dangerous now,� Cindy McCain said.

With violence continuing, there’s little sign of any recovery plan being launched anytime soon.

Aysenur Ezgi Eygi was killed while demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank.

More than 150 teens and children 17 or younger have been killed in the West Bank since Hamas attacked communities in southern Israel.Ìý

The systems include spare and repair parts, tool kits and technical and logistics support.

Many Israelis, including the defense minister, say Israel should relinquish the corridor, at least for a short period of time, in order to secure an agreement to bring back around 100 hostages still held in Gaza.

The airstrikes in Gaza City hit one home housing 11 people, including three women and four children, and another strike hit a tent in Khan Younis.

There were no reports of casualties or major damage, but Israeli media aired footage showing people racing to shelters in Ben Gurion international airport.

Israel says it only targets militants and accuses Hamas and other armed groups of endangering civilians by operating in residential areas.

Hezbollah has said it would halt the attacks if there is a cease-fire in Gaza, but those talks have repeatedly bogged down.

Officials pointed the finger at Israel in what appeared to be a sophisticated, remote attack at a time of rising tensions across the Lebanon border.

He said the U.S. is still assessing the previous day’s deadly pager explosions, linked to Israel, in Lebanon.

The attacks, which were widely believed to be carried out by Israel targeting Hezbollah, have hiked fears that the two sides’ simmering conflict could escalate into all-out war.

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The vote was 124-14, with 43 abstentions. The United States, Israel’s closest ally, voted no.

Over two days, pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah detonated, wounding and even crippling some fighters, but also maiming civilians and killing at least two children.