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Israeli hostage crisis in Gaza becomes a political trap for PM Netanyahu

Their captivity raises the heat on Netanyahu and his hawkish, far-right allies, who are already under intense pressure to respond to the killing of over 700 Israelis in the Hamas attack so far

Israeli, Palestinian supporters rally across US as Israel declares war

Palestinian Americans planned to gather Sunday outside of the Israeli consulates in Atlanta and Chicago

US to send carrier strike group to Eastern Mediterranean to support Israel

Hamas launched its unprecedented incursion out of Gaza on Saturday

Death toll from strong earthquakes that shook Afghanistan rises to 2,000

The update also said 465 houses had been reported destroyed and a further 135 were damaged

Israel-Hamas war: More than 600 Israelis dead, over 2,000 wounded

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the country was at war and would exact a heavy price from its enemies

Hezbollah, Israel exchange fire as Israeli soldiers battle Hamas on Day 2

Hamas fighters, backed by a volley of thousands of rockets, broke through barricades around Gaza early Saturday to rampage through nearby communities in Israel

Hamas attack pushes Biden into crisis, forces him to fend off criticism

The Hamas attack left at least 250 dead and 1,500 wounded in Israel. And at least 232 people in the Gaza Strip have been killed and at least 1,700 wounded in retaliatory Israeli strikes

Jewish diaspora mourns attack on Israel, carries on by celebrating holidays

Rabbi Felicia L. Sol opened the morning at B'nai Jeshurun in New York City by telling congregants of the devastating toll from an Hamas attack that came from the air, from the sea and from the land

US Republicans blame Joe Biden for dealing with Iran after Hamas' attack

Biden on Saturday decried the unconscionable assault and pledged to ensure Israel has what it needs to defend itself after the attack

Trump sets his sights on Iowa with visits as he tries to solidify support

We have to win this. We have to win it big," he told the crowd. "We're going to do numbers we've never done

Here are five things to know about Hamas' unprecedented attack on Israel

Air raid sirens wailed as far north as Tel Aviv. Israel's anti-rocket interceptors thundered in Jerusalem

Hamas says it is holding Israeli soldiers captured in surprise incursion

Abu Obeida, spokesman for the group's military wing, said the soldiers, including some officers, were captured during a surprise infiltration into southern Israel on Saturday

Two 6.3 magnitude earthquakes kill nearly 100, injure 500 in Afghanistan

Mohammad Abdullah Jan said four villages in the Zenda Jan district in Herat province bore the brunt of the quakes and aftershocks. Dozens of houses have been damaged

Palestinians say 198 killed in Gaza after Israeli response to Hamas

The toll came as Israel has carried out a number of airstrikes in Gaza and has clashed with gunmen at the border fence around the coastal territory

We are at war: Netanyahu tells Israel after Hamas' unprecedented attack

Six hours after the invasion began, Hamas militants were still fighting gunbattles inside several Israeli communities in a surprising show of strength that shook the country

US lawmakers led by Schumer arrive in China on first such visit since 2019

China said in a statement earlier this week that it hoped the visit would contribute to a more objective understanding of China in the US Congress

Hamas has started a war that 'Israel will win', says defence minister

In one of the most serious escalations in years between Israel and the militant group that rules Gaza, Hamas gunmen crossed the border fence at several places and infiltrated Israeli communities

Trump is inserting himself in race to become next speaker. Will it matter?

The move was the latest example of Trump attempting to flex his influence within a Republican Party he has already fundamentally reshaped in the eight years since his first White House bid

18 migrants killed, and 29 injured in a bus crash in southern Mexico

The institute said a total of 55 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, were aboard the vehicle

Bankman-Fried stole customer funds from start of FTX: Co-founder to jury

FTX was not fine, Wang said, referring to the now-infamous tweet that Bankman-Fried wrote only a few days before the exchange filed for bankruptcy in November 2022