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Israel says that halting Hezbollah’s attacks in the country’s north to allow its residents to return to their homes there is now an official war goal as it considers a wider military operation in Lebanon.

The Israeli military says an American activist who was shot and killed in the West Bank last week was likely shot “indirectly and unintentionally” by Israeli forces aiming at someone else.

A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final agreement, a U.S. official said. But talks will continue at lower levels in the coming days in an effort to bridge remaining gaps.

The Israeli military says it has carried out a strike on Beirut targeting the militant commander who is accused of being behind the deaths of 12 children and teens in a rocket attack on the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights over the weekend.

Clasping his hand warmly, a beaming Donald Trump welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for their first face-to-face meeting in nearly four years on Friday, as they sought to mend an important political alliance that had broken down after Netanyahu congratulated Joe Biden on his 2020 presidential victory over Trump.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his address to the U.S. Congress on Wednesday to condemn pro-Gaza supporters, likening them to “Iran’s useful idiots.”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday, making the case to members of both the Senate and House for their continued support in Israel’s war against Hamas.

An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi rebels struck Israel on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded.

The historic ruling effectively puts an end to a decades-old system that granted ultra-Orthodox men broad exemptions from military service while maintaining mandatory enlistment for the country’s secular Jewish majority.

Marchers chanted for the release of hostages in Gaza at a New York City parade for Israel that drew thousands of people under heightened security.

OpenAI and Meta both disrupted covert influence operations linked to the same for-profit organization in Israel, the companies disclosed in independent transparency reports this week.

Israeli leaders are harshly criticizing an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military.

President Joe Biden did not respond to questions from reporters about if or how Israel will respond to the attacks.

Iran’s dramatic aerial attack on Israel follows years of enmity between the countries and marks the first time Iran has launched a direct military assault on Israel.

Israeli leaders on Sunday credited an international military coalition with helping thwart a direct Iranian attack involving hundreds of drones and missiles, calling the coordinated response a starting point for a “strategic alliance” of regional opposition to Tehran.

The attack prompted President Joe Biden to hold a national security meeting in the Situation Room.

Airspace in Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and other parts of the Middle East reopened on Sunday but some flights were still canceled.

Booms and air raid sirens sounded across Israel early Sunday after Iran launched hundreds of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles in an unprecedented revenge mission that pushed the Middle East closer to a regionwide war.

Bryan Weaver, Adams Morgan-based activist and former Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, spoke with News4 about his friend Zomi Frankcom, one of the World Central Kitchen workers killed in an Israeli airstrike.

The loss of seven workers from World Central Kitchen has hit the nonprofit community hard. One of the women killed had made and kept friends around the world — including in Adams Morgan.