Israel has made "significant strides" in its efforts to reach a hostage deal; however, Hamas is hindering a breakthrough, an Israeli official said Friday, after 12 days of intensive negotiations in D...

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli tanks pushed into southern and eastern areas of the Gazan city of Deir Al-Balah for the first time on Monday, an area where Israeli sources said the military believes some of the remaining hostages may be being held.

The U.N. food agency accused Israel of using tanks, snipers and other weapons to fire on a crowd of Palestinians seeking food aid, in what the territory's Health Ministry said was one of the deadlies...

The largest toll, according to the Gaza ministry, was in the northern part of the territory, where at least 67 Palestinians were killed while trying to reach aid entering northern Gaza through the Zik...