Hamas says it will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners

Netanyahu’s rhetoric about 'protecting the Druze' is unhelpful and threatens an historic opportunity for a broad peace with all Syrians

But the subtext of the president’s rhetoric is even more damning. It is an admission that Israel has failed to achieve its own declared war objectives of deposing Hamas and freeing the hostages. And the fact that the U.S. has been secretly speaking to Hamas directly makes Israel look like an obstacle.

The deadly strikes came as Hamas confirmed an agreement, under Egyptian mediation, to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages.

In an address Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Syria’s new rulers should demilitarize the Quneitra, Daraa and Suwayda provinces.

And the risk of triggering a broader war with Hamas' allies in Lebanon and Syria might also give them pause. On Saturday, 20 trucks of aid were allowed to enter Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah ...

Qatar-funded Al Jazeera provided a platform to two Hamas officials on its panels at the media organization’s recent annual conference. One speaker, Osama Hamdan, praised the October 7 massacre in Israel and the “philosophy of resistance.

The attacks in southern Syria are part of a new policy aimed at protecting what Israel calls its “security zone” in the region. Syria’s new government has condemned that policy.

There is concern for Syria, its security, stability, and unity. This concern is justified for several reasons. Despite my firm conviction that Syria is off today, after the criminal Bashar al-Assad has fled,