Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war.

Anticipation is growing as Israel and Hamas appear to be at the closest point yet to sealing a deal to end 15 months of war ...

The U.S. has called for a revitalized Palestinian Authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza ahead of eventual statehood ...

The conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people is one of the longest-running and most violent disputes in the world.

A third of the 100 hostages still in Gaza are believed to be dead. Palestinian medics said Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine people in the Gaza Strip ... in Syria's Golan Heights.

In yet another piece of the jigsaw puzzle of a new Middle East, Mr. As-Sudani sees reining in the Iranian-backed Iraqi Shiite ...

Lidman and Shurafa write for the Associated Press; they reported from Tel Aviv and Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, respectively. AP writers Elena Becatoros in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, contributed ...

In the Gaza Strip on Saturday, mourners held the funerals ... Associated Press writer Elena Becatoros in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, contributed to this report.

Shurafa reported from Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. Associated Press writers Elena Becatoros in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, and Natalie Melzer in Jerusalem contributed to this report.

Iran had been a key Assad ally. Shurafa reported from Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip. Associated Press writers Elena Becatoros in Majdal Shams, Golan Heights, and Natalie Melzer in Jerusalem ...