7+ hour, 10+ min ago  (349+ words) Feb. 27 (UPI) -- The United States is pulling some non-emergency staff and their families out of Israel with the possibility of a strike on Iran still on the table Friday. The U.S. State Department authorized the removal of non-essential diplomatic staff due…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (410+ words) Feb. 12 (UPI) -- An Israeli court has indicted a military reservist and a civilian for using classified information while wagering on military operations, defense officials announced Thursday. Prosecutors said the alleged bettors accessed classified information and used it to place bets…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1192+ words) LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Selma Blair plays a hostage from Israel's Kfar Aza kibbutz in the film Stay Forte, opening Friday in Los Angeles to qualify as an awards contender. The role is one of Blair's first since her multiple…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (518+ words) Aug. 19 (UPI) -- Family members of Israeli hostages demanding that the government make a deal to free them blocked a major freeway in Tel Aviv on Tuesday after Hamas signed onto a joint Egyptian-Qatari peace plan. Authorities broke up the women's…...

7+ mon, 2+ day ago  (409+ words) July 25 (UPI) -- Hamas "didn't really want to make a deal" on a new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release, President Donald Trump said after the United States and Israel pulled negotiating teams from Doha, Qatar. U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff said…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago  (264+ words) Israel reported Sunday it found the body of Hamas' de facto leader, Muhammad Sinwar, in a tunnel in Khan Younis after he was killed in a series of airstrikes last week. Hamas leader's body found as peace talks with Israel…...

11+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (948+ words) BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 27 (UPI) --Rebuilding the Middle East, shattered by more than 15 years of devastating wars, requires urgent, massive funding that could be stalled by reduced and conditional ... BEIRUT, Lebanon, March 27 (UPI) -- Rebuilding the Middle East, shattered by more than…...