President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, was heading to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a breakthrough that has eluded the administration for months as conditions worsen in Gaza.

Israel’s markets have been lifted by significant foreign investment and more recently by renewed investor confidence following its 12-day conflict with Iran.

Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon told Newsweek that France's move constituted a "reward for terrorism."

Several major news organizations have called on Israel to allow media into and out of the Gaza Strip as conditions in the Palestinian territory worsen. Follow DW for this and the latest updates.

Tensions remain heightened between Israel and Gaza as Iran has vowed not to abandoned their nuclear enrichment program in the wake of the U.S. bombing mission last month.

It’s easy to look at what is happening to Afghans living in Iran and conclude that, in our world, some deportations are worse than others; some refugees matter more than others; some hungry people deserve aid more than others;

The Druze live in pockets across the Middle East, and Israeli members of the community want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to help their kin in Syria.

Dr. Mohammed Moussa argues that the genocide in Gaza, backed by Western powers and tacitly sustained by regional normalization with Israel, reveals the collapse of international justice, reshapes Middle Eastern geopolitics,

At the center of a crisis in Syria are the Druze — a secretive religious minority that long carved out a precarious identity across Syria, Lebanon and Israel.

In 2019, six years from Thursday’s record, the Sdom station also recorded the hottest temperature for Israel on record at a whopping 49. 9°C.