A ceasefire agreement, however volatile, between Israel and Hamas was reached on January 15, opening up the flood gates to humanitarian aid. Santa Barbara–based charities ShelterBox and Direct Relief ...

Israel is set to release 183 prisoners on Saturday in the fourth hostage-prisoner exchange under the Gaza ceasefire deal, a Palestinian advocacy group said, more than doubling the previous reported ...

Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt ...

With tensions running high over the war in Gaza, a new opera and a movie are looking back on the moment when Israeli athletes ...

Exclusive: The YouTube megastar, beloved by kids and parents across the US, speaks to The Independent about fundraising for ...

The fall of Bashar Assad in Syria has led Iran-allied factions in neighboring Iraq to reconsider their push for U.S. forces ...

The U.N. Palestinian relief agency said its humanitarian work across the occupied territories and Gaza was still ongoing on ...

Middle Eastern representation is notably scarce in New York. ”English” and ”A Knock on the Roof" seeks to change that.

A line of white buses carrying Palestinian prisoners set to be released Thursday left Ofer prison in the West Bank. The buses made their way toward Bei ...

A North Carolina security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the ...

The organization representing families of hostages held in the Gaza strip is celebrating the news that three male hostages ...

Fifteen hostages have been released from more than 15 months of captivity in Gaza over the past two weeks. They have a long ...