Hamas militants handed over four captive female Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross in Gaza City on Saturday after parading them in front of a crowd. Israel followed with the release of 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees as part of the fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

France saw nearly 1,600 anti-Semitic acts in 2024, a slight dip on the year before but still at levels unseen in recent years as the Israel-Hamas war raged in Gaza, the country's main Jewish organisation said on Wednesday.

Israel-Premier Tech's return to the WorldTour in 2026 seems almost certain. Is it a coincidence that about half the contracts expire at the end of this year? Probably not. The team has strategically maneuvered itself into a flexible position and has complete confidence in its leaders.

Israel said it would block the return of displaced Palestinians to their homes in northern Gaza until civilian woman hostage Arbel Yehud is released. Who is not holding up their end of the deal? FRANCE 24's Erin Ogunkeye asked Zizette Darkazally, former UN advisor in the Middle East.

The first week of the latest ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas militant group is complete. Hamas has begun to release hostages and Israel has freed nearly 300 Palestinian prisoners. But the deal has hit its first major complication.

Macron’s trip to Lebanon, his first in more than four years, follows a 60-day ceasefire deal that went into effect Nov. 27 between Israel and Hezbollah that aims to end their war. France helped broker the deal and a French officer is a member of the ...

Air France to resume operations to Tel Aviv starting January 25. Transavia, the low-cost airline within the Air France-KLM Group, will restart flights to and from Israel beginning January 27.

Israel and Hezbollah agreed to withdraw from southern Lebanon, but Israel says that Hezbollah hasn’t upheld its promise and that the Lebanese Army isn’t ready to fill the void.

The Israeli military also moved into dozens of new positions across southern Lebanon in the first 40 days of the ceasefire.

Israel's delay in implementing a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah is causing tensions. Despite positive movements by the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers, Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon is not progressing quickly enough.

The Israeli military is all but certain to miss a Sunday deadline to withdraw from southern Lebanon under a ceasefire deal that ended its war with Hezbollah two months ago.