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Demonstrators calling for the return of 40 children who are among the roughly 240 hostages believed held by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip and to mark World Children's Day, during a protest across from UNICEF offices in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. The hostages, mostly Israeli citizens, were kidnapped during an Oct. 7 Hamas cross-border attack in Israel and have been held in Gaza since then. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Israel, Hamas Reach Deal to Release 50 Hostages

The foes to swap 50 Israelis held by militants in exchange for some 150 Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails and pauses in fighting.

Summer Said

Dov Lieber

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Jared Malsin

3 hours ago

7 min read

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 20: A "Shabbat Dinner" table is prepared at the Tel Aviv museum plaza, with 200 empty seats, representing the hostages and missing people on October 20, 2023 in Tel Aviv Israel. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are growing of a wider war with multiple fronts, including at the country's northern border with Lebanon. Countries have scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Israel, and Israel has begun relocating residents some communities on its northern border. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents of northern Gaza have fled to the southern part of the territory, following Israel's vow to launch a ground invasion. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Hamas Took More Than 200 Hostages From Israel. Here’s What We Know.

Militants from the Gaza Strip abducted civilians and soldiers in the attack on Israel.

Peter Saidel

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Dov Lieber

5 hours ago

6 min read

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi shakes hands with Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki before a family photo session at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Florence Lo/Pool

China Steps Up Support for Palestinian Cause in Challenge to U.S. Mideast Policy

Leader Xi Jinping has unleashed a gust of diplomacy around Gaza, despite limited direct involvement in the region.

Chun Han Wong

17 hours ago

6 min read

Gideon Harari in She'ar Yashuv near Lebanon border, Northern district Israel on November 14, 2023

Israeli Military, Border Residents Press Netanyahu to Eliminate Hezbollah Threat

The prime minister is resisting demands to take action at the Lebanon border, while issuing warnings to the Iran-backed army.

Dion Nissenbaum

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Ari Flanzraich

| Photographs by Kobi Wolf for The Wall Street Journal

November 21, 2023

6 min read

A view of the British-owned and Japanese-operated cargo ship Galaxy Leader, which was reported to have been captured by Houthis in the southern Red Sea, in this handout image taken near Queensland, Australia November 27, 2018. Owen Foley/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT.

Houthi Rebels Seize Israeli-Linked Cargo Ship in Red Sea

The Iran-backed group took the Galaxy Leader’s 25 crew members hostage off the coast of Yemen.

Costas Paris

November 20, 2023

1 min read

It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia’s Defeat

November 16, 2023

8 min read

A man walks within the premises of Al Shifa hospital during the Israeli ground operation around the hospital, in Gaza City November 12, 2023. Ahmed El Mokhallalati/via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Israel Releases Footage of Tunnel at Gaza’s Largest Hospital

November 16, 2023

5 min read

China's President Xi Jinping speaks at a dinner with business leaders during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) conference Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

U.S. Executives Get No Reassurance From Xi on Tougher China Business Environment

November 16, 2023

6 min read

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Chinese Navy's nuclear-powered submarine Long March 11 takes part in a naval parade off the eastern port city of Qingdao, to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy, China, April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo To match Special Report USA-CHINA-TECH/SURVEILLANCE/File Photo

The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending

November 20, 2023

9 min read

TOPSHOT - A member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group walks in a tunnel in the Gaza strip, on April 17, 2022, during a media tour amid escalating violence with Israel. - More than 20 Palestinians and Israelis were wounded in several incidents in and around Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, two days after major violence at the site. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel Takes Fight Underground to Hamas’s Vast Gaza Tunnel Network

November 17, 2023

9 min read

Middle East

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Israel, Hamas Reach Deal to Release 50 Hostages

Hamas Took More Than 200 Hostages From Israel. Here’s What We Know.

China Steps Up Support for Palestinian Cause in Challenge to U.S. Mideast Policy

Israeli Military, Border Residents Press Netanyahu to Eliminate Hezbollah Threat

Houthi Rebels Seize Israeli-Linked Cargo Ship in Red Sea

It’s Time to End Magical Thinking About Russia’s Defeat

Israel Releases Footage of Tunnel at Gaza’s Largest Hospital

U.S. Executives Get No Reassurance From Xi on Tougher China Business Environment

The Era of Total U.S. Submarine Dominance Over China Is Ending

Israel Takes Fight Underground to Hamas’s Vast Gaza Tunnel Network

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