The First Arab-Israeli War of 1948 marked the beginning of one of the most enduring and complex conflicts in modern history. This documentary explores the post-World War II landscape, including the ...

On the second anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, Roger Cohen explains how the war in Gaza has left Israel divided and isolated. By Katrin Bennhold I’m the host of The World. By Roger Cohen Two years ...

The rights group said it had documented atrocities committed by Palestinian armed groups, including murder, imprisonment, ...

States use intelligence to inform their strategic decisions — and to influence their friends. Israel has a long history of passing secret intelligence to the United States in order to win its support, ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 40. Following Israel's Declaration of Independence on 14 May 1948, Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion's first formal order was to ...

The outbreak of direct hostilities between Israel and Iran in June represents one of the most significant geopolitical escalations in the Middle East in recent history. What began as a calculated ...

TEL AVIV, Israel — The Israeli military has drawn up plans for a major ground invasion into Gaza to fully occupy the territory within a few months and establish military rule there, according to two ...

Iran and Israel have a long history of military rivalry and hostility. However, until June 13, 2025, no direct, full-scale military conflict had occurred between them. Most of the confrontations ...

There were tears and cheers on both sides of the Gaza-Israel border yesterday as 20 living Israeli hostages and almost 2,000 Palestinian detainees were released in a prisoner swap. The trade, phase ...

“Let diplomacy silence the guns!” Pope Leo XIV told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square after he recited the Angelus prayer on Sunday. Hours earlier, the Israel-Iran war escalated after the United States ...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed U.S. military involvement and key European ministers meeting with Iran’s top ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! A coalition of more than a dozen organizations rallied in Philadelphia on Saturday ...