Amir Daftari is a Newsweek reporter based in London, specializing in global affairs with a focus on the Middle East. He joined Newsweek in 2024 from the United Nations and has previously worked at ...

Lavi, who works as a combat medic living near the Gaza Strip, served for nearly 7 months ... presence of both Jewish and Muslim figures in Rahat "reflects the bonds of unity and mutual ...

Akadi joined the rest of the country earlier this week in watching the first release of hostages as part of the initial stage of the hostage deal.

Family members of Liri Albag, an Israeli hostage taken captive by Hamas militants to the Gaza Strip during the October ... Yussef Ziyadne’s funeral in Rahat, southern Israel (Picture: Xinhua ...

Rabbis, Imams, and Sheikhs arrived from all over Israel to Rahat on Monday to console the ... Lavi, who works as a combat medic living near the Gaza Strip, served for nearly 7 months on reserve ...

attend the funeral of Yosef Al Zaydani in Rahat, southern Israel, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025 after the Israeli military said his body of was recovered in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza Strip.

(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Mourners react next to the grave of 23-year-old hostage Hamzah AlZayadni during his funeral in the Bedouin city of Rahat, southern Israel, Friday, Jan. 10, 2025. AlZayadni ...

“We expected to bring them back alive,” said Talal Alkernawi, mayor of the city of Rahat where the men were from ... said Israeli airstrikes killed at least nine people in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, ...

Trump’s proposal for the U.S. to take “ownership” over Gaza and displace Palestinians added to uncertainty over the fate of ...

Gaza has long been a powder keg. It exploded after Hamas fighters stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and began killing ...

President Donald Trump expressed a desire for the United States to "own" the Gaza Strip as he spoke alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.

RAHAT, Israel — As Biden administration officials spoke optimistically this past week about Israel and Hamas nearing a Gaza ceasefire deal, Hamas officials leaked a list of 34 hostages they were ...