Middle East Crisis

Israel’s ongoing bombardment is the deadliest assault on Lebanon since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

Israel’s military ordered thousands of Lebanese to evacuate as it targets Hezbollah weapons sites.

Hassan Nasrallah called the operations an “act of war” that “transgressed all boundaries and red lines.”

A technically adroit strike could be a curtain-raiser for an expanded conflict.

Despite being labeled a safe zone, the al-Mawasi area has been targeted by Israeli forces multiple times.

This was one of Israel’s longest and most destructive operations in the West Bank in years.

The United Nations urged Israel to cease its now two-day operation in the West Bank.

The Iran-backed militant group said it targeted Israeli military sites, including intelligence agencies.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the latest proposal could be the “last” opportunity to free Israeli hostages and secure a truce.

Both sides accuse the other of delaying negotiations as the death toll in Gaza surpasses 40,000 people.

They have big guns, fighter jets, and are hard to kill—with Iran’s weapons, at least.

The group would remain a threat to Israel even after a war.

As the Middle East braces for further escalation, what are Tehran’s options?

“We are not building a military that can handle three theaters simultaneously,” one expert said.

A tense showdown risks spiraling out of control.

The assassination of the Hamas political leader points to public dissatisfaction with the regime in Tehran.

The risk of full-scale war in Israel’s north could be vastly reduced by a cease-fire in the south.

Some Democratic lawmakers plan to boycott the Israeli leader’s address to Congress.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians were ordered to evacuate to shelters also under fire.

The former Israeli prime minister calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and the creation of a Palestinian state.

The Israeli prime minister aims to redirect attention toward fighting Hezbollah along Lebanon’s southern border.

The U.S. president wants a truce more than Israel and Hamas do.

U.S. mediators remain optimistic, but calls for the full withdrawal of Israeli troops may stymie the proposal’s success.

The civilian death toll continues to mount as U.S., Egyptian, and Qatari officials scramble to secure a cease-fire deal.

Israel’s military offensive came under increased scrutiny following a deadly fire in a tent city over the weekend.

Sovereignty would serve America’s interests—and Israel’s.

Meanwhile, Israeli and foreign officials react to ICC allegations of war crimes in Gaza.

The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is seeking arrest warrants for five senior officials, including Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar.

What the war in Gaza is doing to U.S.-Israeli relations.

The resolution is a symbolic win for Palestinian statehood without granting U.N. voting rights.

The U.S. president pauses some military aid as tensions with Israel mount.

Netanyahu’s office says Israel’s war cabinet has unanimously decided to continue the Rafah operation.

Colombia is the third Latin American nation to suspend diplomatic relations with Israel since the Israel-Hamas war began.

Far-right voices in the Israeli prime minister’s cabinet seem to be eclipsing foreign warnings against the planned offensive.

Some politicians have called student protesters a threat. Instead, they are providing us all with an education in democracy.

Newly arrived Indian workers say abuse is common.

Israel-Iran tensions should not distract us from the suffering of Palestinians.

Experts say the attack was designed to showcase Israel’s capabilities without further provoking Tehran.

The Biden administration fears an offensive would result in a high civilian death toll.

With Iran’s backing, Hezbollah is one of the most powerful militias in the Middle East.

Attacks from Iranian soil add a fifth theater to Israel’s ongoing war.

Will Palestinians ever recover from the famine and destruction?

Six months in, there’s still no plan for after the war, U.S. officials say.

Managua urges the International Court of Justice to order Berlin to stop all weapons exports to Israel.

A joint international task force could quickly mobilize an emergency system to clear shipments through the Rafah border crossing.

An airstrike in Damascus kills a top Iranian IRGC commander.

The agency, which goes to great lengths to remain neutral, is Palestinians’ only hope.

The United States has intervened in past Mideast wars, but this one is different.

The group is exploiting sympathy for Palestine to spread its propaganda.

The U.S.-led resolution signals a subtle shift in the Biden administration’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war.

In the Middle East, nothing is ever simple—including the provision of humanitarian aid.

Washington wants Israel to secure the Egypt-Gaza border instead of launching an all-out offensive on Rafah.

A surge in spoofing from the Middle East to northern Europe is throwing onboard navigation systems off course.

Chaos and turmoil will endure long after a cease-fire.

The discord comes amid new UNRWA clashes with Israel over alleged Hamas ties.

Hamas and Israeli officials remain at odds over ongoing cease-fire talks.

The six-week cease-fire would occur over Ramadan and include the release of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners.

The United States and others want a revitalized PA to eventually govern postwar Gaza.

Palestinian democracy is battered—but potentially resilient.

Indifference to Palestinian suffering in Gaza is alienating moderates across the Islamic world and tarnishing the appeal of liberal democratic values.

A revised doctrine offers little hope for change.

Washington’s handling of the Israel-Palestine conflict appears to be hurting the president’s credibility among African Americans.

Destroying Hamas remains Israel’s top priority despite mounting public pressure to free more hostages.

The ICC should prosecute Israelis responsible for bombing hospitals, denying access to medicines and vaccines, and causing excessive civilian harm.

Israel’s longest-serving prime minister faces the test of his political life.

Washington’s favorite prescription for Israeli-Palestinian peace risks unleashing a wave of interethnic violence unseen since the partition of India and Pakistan.

Israeli and Palestinian women’s organizations have a rich history of political engagement.

Officials from the U.S., Egypt, Qatar, and Israel crafted the plan, but Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “significant gaps” remain.

On the role of atrocities and their retelling in identitarian conflict.

The high court approved six provisional measures to address the crisis but declined to order a cease-fire.

The Israeli public is convinced the world is against it.

Beijing backs the Palestinians in Gaza but faces its own genocide accusations at home.

Netanyahu needs to scale back war aims and compromise on core issues.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubles down on Israel’s stance against Palestinian statehood.

The coverage could be contributing to a perception gap about the war in Gaza.

The region is on fire, and Washington is to blame.

Lebanon’s government seems eager for diplomacy, but the Iran-backed militant group may get the final say.

If diplomatic efforts fail, Israel is prepared to launch “another war” against Hezbollah.

Destroying Hamas’s underground network has been slow and cumbersome.

From India to Germany to the United States, debate over the war could have real electoral consequences.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubles down on destroying Hamas amid his own political battles.

Stephen Walt explains why countries are accusing America of hypocrisy.

How a U.N. peacekeeping mission may have inadvertently produced Israel’s next war.

And what the international community should do instead in the Israel-Hamas war.

The chasm between Hamas’s and Israel’s goals remains wide, hindering diplomatic efforts.

The Biden administration wants Israel to pivot to a less intense phase of the war as soon as possible.

Since Oct. 7, Hamas has made tangible gains—but they’ve come at an extremely high price.

What does it mean to say that rising up against injustice is impermissible?

Rights officials warn of a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian system for Palestinians.

António Guterres warned that Gaza’s humanitarian system will collapse if fighting continues.

Everyone seems to agree it is a bad idea. It might happen anyway.

The Palestinian-American historian and professor on the road ahead after Oct. 7.

For a crisis with so many moving parts, the U.S. president has fared pretty well.

Biden is telling Netanyahu to tread lightly.

Amid mass pro-Palestine protests, the monarchy is caught between the United States, Israel, and its own people.

William Burns is in Doha to build on the tenuous Israel-Hamas truce.

Negotiators have agreed to add two more days to the fighting pause that has brought temporary relief to civilians in Gaza.

The Hamas attack demolished his political standing, but Bibi has a survival strategy.

Pressure may increase at home and abroad, but Israel has no interest in stopping its war on Hamas.