^{Britannicabritannica.com}Israel | Facts, History, Population, & Map | Britannica

Israel is a country in the Middle East, located at the eastern end of the Mediterranean Sea. Jerusalem is the seat of government and the proclaimed capital, although the latter status has not received wide international recognition. Learn more about Israel, including its history.

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^{Reutersreuters.com}Exclusive: Facing calls to disarm, Hezbollah ready to discuss weapons if Israel withdraws, senior official says | Reuters

As calls for Lebanon's Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes.

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^{Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org}Israel – Wikipedia

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. Situated in the Southern Levant of the Middle East, it shares borders with Lebanon to the north and Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the southwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west.

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^{Reutersreuters.com}Israel makes new Gaza ceasefire proposal but prospects appear slim | Reuters

A senior Hamas official said at least two elements of the proposal were nonstarters.

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^{NPRNational Public Radio}Gaza territory shrinks drastically as Israel seizes huge swaths of land

Israel's military is expanding buffer zones inside the Gaza Strip and taking over more areas of the territory, shrinking land Palestinians can access by more than half.

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^{Statestate.gov}Israel – United States Department of State

Find press releases and related content from the Secretary and other State Department officials.

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^{BBCBritish Broadcasting Corporation}Israel-Gaza war: Hamas formally rejects latest ceasefire offer

The group says it wants a deal that would free all hostages in return for an end to the war.

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^{Fox Newsfoxnews.com}Israel kills terrorist linked to Bibas murders, US citizen kidnappings

Mohammed Hassan Mohammed Awad has been 'eliminated' by Israel Defense Forces for his involvement in the attacks on the Nir Oz kibbutz on Oct. 7, 2023.

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^{The Times of Israeltimesofisrael.com}April 17: State Department spox avoids saying whether Israel should resume allowing Gaza aid | The Times of Israel

Hamas’s Gaza leader says terror group ready to negotiate deal that ends war, releases all captives * Trump: I wouldn’t say I waved off Israeli plan to attack Iran, but I’m not in rush to do it

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^{The Times of Israeltimesofisrael.com}April 16: Israeli security officials said to believe food, aid in Gaza will last only another month | The Times of Israel

People on the Israeli side of the border with Egypt sit at a lookout overlooking the Sinai desert, while an Egyptian soldier stands near on the other side of the border, as seen from a road that was opened for two days during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 16, 2025.

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^{Pew Research Centerpewresearch.org}US views of Israel and Israel-Hamas war early in Trump’s second term | Pew Research Center

A slight majority of Americans (54%) say the Israel-Hamas war is either very or somewhat important to them personally.

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^{CNNCable News Network}Israel announces expansion of military operation in Gaza to seize ‘large areas’ of land, ordering residents to leave | CNN

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of the military’s operation in Gaza involving the seizure of large areas of land that would be “incorporated into Israel’s security zones.”

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^{AP Newsapnews.com}Israel to keep soldiers in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely | AP News

Israel’s defense minister says its troops will remain in so-called security zones in the Gaza Strip, Lebanon and Syria indefinitely, after Israel unilaterally expanded its frontiers in the war unleashed by Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

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^{The Times of Israeltimesofisrael.com}Israel submits softened hostage deal offer as Hamas delegation heads to Cairo | The Times of Israel

Officials tell ToI that Israel slightly reduced the number of living hostages it is demanding but wants speedier releases; agreed to withdraw from recently captured areas, hold talks on permanent ceasefire

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^{Amnestyamnesty.org}Amnesty International concludes Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza

Amnesty International’s research has found sufficient basis to conclude that Israel has committed and is continuing to commit genocide against Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip.

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^{NBC Newsnbcnews.com}American teen was killed by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank. The U.S. has said little about it.

But Amer’s family, along with other residents of Turmus Ayya, said they wanted to hear from Trump, who did not mention him at a meeting in the Oval Office with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netnayahu the day after his death, even as he held forth on the plight of remaining hostages in the …

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^{NewsNownewsnow.co.uk}Israel News | Israel Latest News – NewsNow

Latest news on Israel, providing comprehensive coverage of the Israel-Hamas war, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Netanyahu government, Middle East peace process

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^{The Jerusalem Postjpost.com}Int’l Court of Justice publishes order extending Israel’s response – Israel News – The Jerusalem Post

South Africa, and other extra interventions against Israel are backfiring.

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