Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa said on Thursday his country is ready to welcome UN forces into the UN established buffer zone with Israel.

Lebanon's Hezbollah is trying "to regain strength and rearm with the assistance of Iran," Israel's U.N. ambassador told the Security Council on Monday, declaring that the militants remain a "serious threat" to Israel and regional stability.

In a new report sent to the U.N. by Israel's health ministry, freed hostages reveal systematic abuse by Hamas, as 99 remain in captivity enduring brutal physical and psychological torment.

Speaking at a news conference in Lebanon, Guterres said that while there would not be any "impediments by Israel for humanitarian aid to enter Gaza", that getting the aid into the hands of those in need would not be "easy".

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Friday peacekeepers discovered more than "100 weapons caches" belonging to Hezbollah and its allies in south Lebanon since a ceasefire between the group and Israel.

Hamas is a Palestinian armed group and political movement in the Gaza Strip. On 7 October 2023 it attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages. This triggered a massive Israeli military offensive in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.

The United Nations and Israel are arguing over who must fill the gap if U.N. Palestinian relief agency UNRWA stops working in the Gaza Strip and West Bank later this month when an Israeli law comes into force.

El gabinete de seguridad de Israel aprobó un acuerdo de alto al fuego e intercambio de rehenes y prisioneros con Hamás, allanando el camino para una pausa de semanas a los 15 meses de combates en Gaza.

Warning: This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the Oct. 7 massacre in Israel. In a new report by the Israeli Ministry of Health, recently submitted to the United Nations ...

The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas signals a tentative end to the 15-month conflict in Gaza, but the toll of widespread destruction and displacement has plunged the Palestinian enclave into a severe humanitarian crisis,