Officials met Hamas three times, breaking with a policy against contacting a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization. But Israeli opposition and shifting positions doomed the effort.

As the war between Israel and Hamas enters its 18th month, and amid renewed fighting in Gaza, polling data reveal that Americans remain steadfast in their support for Israel’s defense.

WASHINGTON — A billionaire Palestinian-American developer accused by Oct. 7 victims’ families of “aiding and abetting” Hamas has resigned from his position on the dean’s council at ...

Photo: John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images I was kidnapped by Hamas, taken to Gaza and held hostage for 482 days. Today I am home, healthy and whole in body, soul and spirit.

WASHINGTON — A Palestinan-American developer — whose work in the Middle East was featured on “60 Minutes” and who was reportedly advising President Trump’s hostage envoy — was sued ...

Oded Lifshitz was 83 years old when he was ripped from his home in Kibbutz Nir Oz along with his wife, Yocheved, during Hamas' attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. Yocheved returned to Israel ...

In a convoluted comment during a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in April 2025, Trump recounted conversations he had with Israeli hostages kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 ...

The government claimed Palestinian protester Mahmoud Khalil intentionally misrepresented information on his green card application and is inadmissible to the U.S. A senior Hamas official was ...

(AP Photo) Israelis block a highway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, demanding the realese of the hostages held by Hamas in the ...