The bodies of two deceased hostages were recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet security agency announced Wednesday evening.

The U.S. last week vetoed a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that also demanded an "immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire" and unhindered aid access in Gaza, arguing it would undermine U.S.-led efforts to broker a ceasefire.

President Javier Milei of Argentina has received the $1 million Genesis prize in Jerusalem in recognition of his support for Israel ss it faces a mounting international isolation over the war in Gaza

US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation.

Netanyahu has promised his politically powerful ultra-Orthodox governing partners that he would find a way out of the quagmire that would protect their interests. But with a few holdouts in his Likud party urging a more just approach, the ultra-Orthodox parties have grown increasingly impatient with the lack of a resolution.

Israel walked back a statement after Michael Brodsky, its ambassador to Ukraine, said Kyiv was getting the weapons.

Anti-Israel ringleader Mahmoud Khalil wins court battle as a federal judge grants preliminary injunction against Trump administration, temporarily preventing his deportation.

The Israeli military said that the detained people were Hamas members who were planning attacks against Israel, and that they were taken to Israel for questioning.