Trump gives ultimatum to Hamas • Zamir reshapes IDF high command with key appointments • US holding secret talks with Hamas on release of Gaza hostages

The negotiations focused on freeing Edan Alexander, the only American Israeli hostage still believed to be alive, and the bodies of four other U.S.-Israeli dual citizens who were kidnapped and taken to Gaza in the October 2023 attack, officials told The New York Times.

New chief of staff also appoints new chiefs of Southern Command, Operations Directorate; announces formation of new tank brigade; will place photos of hostages in office The post In 1st moves as IDF chief,

The Arab leaderships are still caught in their own illusion that the world will return to the pre-October 7 reality, but it won’t.

US State Department restores proscription -- revoked by Joe Biden -- of Iran-backed Yemen group that launched attacks on Israel, hundreds of ships after outbreak of Israel-Hamas war

The second round of talks to end the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip begins in the coming days, and former officials see three potential challenges that could derail progress towards a permanent cease-fire.

The formal decision to label the Yemeni militant group reverses President Joe Biden’s delisting in 2021, after more than a year of attacks on U.S. Navy and commercial vessels.

The State Department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi group, fulfilling an order announced by President Donald Trump