Effect of Red Sea attacks escalating, says Maersk

Attacks in the Red Sea by Iran-aligned Houthi militants have disrupted a route vital to east-west trade

Israel recovers six hostage bodies in Gaza as polio vaccinations start

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says those who murder hostages do not want a deal

Israeli forces kill Hamas commander in West Bank

Two other Hamas gunmen who tried to escape the car they were all travelling in were killed by a drone

Israel rescues Bedouin hostage from tunnel in Gaza

Bedouin Arab Qaid Farhan Alkadi was kidnapped by Hamas fighters and spent more than 10 months in captivity

Pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon stopped bigger attack, says Israel

Hezbollah launches hundreds of missiles at northern while 100 Israeli jets strike launch sites in southern Lebanon

Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza, as Biden urges peace

Health officials said on Thursday that Israeli strikes killed at least 22 people across the enclave

Oil tanker Sounion ‘poses environmental risk’ after Red Sea attack

The Sounion was targeted by rockets off Yemen’s port city of Hodeidah

US diplomacy goes nowhere as fighting rages on in Gaza

The Israeli military says jets hit about 30 targets across Gaza including tunnels, launch sites and an observation post

New round of ceasefire talks under way in Doha

CIA director and Egyptian and Israeli intelligence chiefs make another push to head off regional conflict

Hamas to stay out of Gaza truce talks, Iran considers Israel attack

Hamas refusal to engage in talks dim hopes for a truce that could hold back Iranian retaliation

Israel orders tens of thousands more Palestinians to leave

Residents and displaced families flee Khan Younis in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberate around them

Oil tanker attacked four times off Yemen, crew and vessel safe

Houthi militants have launched attacks in the Red Sea region since November in solidarity with Palestinians

Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as new political leader

Sinwar, the alleged architect of October 7 attack on Israel, takes over after assassination of Ismail Haniyeh

Israeli rights group says Palestinian prisoners subject to systematic abuse

Israeli spokespeson says prisoners are treated in line with the law and all basic rights are applied

France, Italy and Britain urge citizens to leave Lebanon

The Pentagon says it will deploy additional fighter jets and warships to the region due to rising tension

Short-range projectile killed Hamas leader Haniyeh, Iran says

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards blame Israel in vowing retribution