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Palestinians inspected on Thursday the scene where an Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp in Gaza, leaving parts of the site in ruins. A fire broke out after the strike that took place late on Wednesday, leaving several people dead, according to medics.

Haytham Ali Tabtabai, a top military leader in the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah is dead, after a targeted Israeli airstrike in Beirut on Sunday.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas slowly and cautiously proceeds. Nathaniel Dove has the latest on the hostages whose remains came home to Israel and on the situation on the ground in Gaza. He also explores what reports of a leaked proposal could do to the deal.

Hamas on Sunday handed over the body of an Israeli soldier, Lieutenant Hadar Goldin, who was killed in an ambush in Rafah during the 2014 Israel-Hamas war.

In the Middle East, the next phase of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel could be approaching as an ally of Hamas returned another hostage’s remains. But tensions between Israelis and Palestinians are growing far more strained in a different part of the region as Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in the...

Mediators are trying to shore up Hamas and Israel’s fragile peace deal, which appears to be hanging by a thread. Redmond Shannon looks at how Israel and Hamas are testing the limits of their ceasefire agreement, and how U.S. President Donald Trump is confident that peace in the Middle East will hold.

The two years since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel have been excruciating for those who lost loved ones, including some Canadians. Jeff Semple speaks with some Canadian-Israelis about how they’re trying to rebuild their lives, and the strength and resolve it’s taking.

Israel is rejoicing after Hamas released all of its remaining living hostages as part of the agreed-upon Gaza peace deal. Jeff Semple looks at the hostages’ emotional reunions with loved ones, and the celebrations in Tel Aviv.

Three Canadian activists who joined the Freedom Flotilla to deliver aid to Gaza have returned home to Newfoundland after being detained by Israeli forces. They say they were abducted from international waters and held in Israeli prisons before being released to Jordan. “We’re back, but we’re angry, furious and heartbroken for the Palestinians still living...

Marking the historic release of the 20 remaining living Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump paid a visit to the Knesset in Jerusalem to speak about the crux of the first phase in a U.S.-brokered Israel-Hamas peace deal. Trump commended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for having the “courage” to agree...

After just over two years in captivity in Gaza, the last living Israeli hostages are finally free. They were released by Hamas Monday as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan. This comes as world leaders, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, arrive in Egypt for a peace summit. Our Jeff Semple reports from Tel...

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a pause in the devastating two-year war and an exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. The breakthrough was greeted with joy and relief across the Gaza Strip and Israel on Thursday, though uncertainty remains about some aspects of the broader ceasefire deal put forward by U.S. President Donald...

From families whose loved ones were killed or taken hostage by Hamas to Gazans trapped in the crossfire of war, the U.S.-brokered peace plan could finally bring some much needed peace. Vincent McAviney looks at how Israelis and Palestinians in the Middle East are reacting.

Speaking to citizens at Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square Sunday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog vowed that “Israel is committed to fulfilling” its peace agreement with Hamas and “wants to seek peace with its neighbours” in Gaza, so long as the militant group lives up to their end of the deal by returning Israeli hostages home. Herzog...

Another group of vessels attempting to deliver aid to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters on Wednesday. Last week, Israel intercepted about 40 vessels and detained more than 450 activists in an aid convoy, the Global Sumud Flotilla, that was also attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza.

On Thursday, Nimâ Machouf’s family said they hadn’t heard from her since she was detained. The Montreal epidemiologist and politician was among a group aboard a flotilla trying to get humanitarian supplies past the Israeli blockade of Gaza. Editor’s note: Global News was informed that Nima Machouf had been freed just prior to publication of...

Israelis gathered in cities across the country on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas terror attack, and to call for the remaining hostages to be returned home.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg arrived in Greece on Monday after she and hundreds of other activists captured by Israel on the high seas were deported following an attempt to bring aid to Gaza. Activists from the flotilla said they were subjected to inhumane conditions during their detention by Israeli forces.

Israeli forces have intercepted approximately 40 vessels enroute to Gaza, carrying around 450 individuals, including symbolic aid and foreign activists such as Greta Thunberg.

Displaced Palestinians fled Gaza City overnight on Thursday, moving south after Israeli forces ordered residents to evacuate. Many people were driving cars, trucks, and carts loaded with belongings, while others walked along the coastal road in central Gaza. “We are heading to sleep on the streets towards the beach, barefoot like this. We don’t know...