Middle East conflict

According to spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing Abu Ubaida, areas where these hostages are held allegedly come under regular Israeli bombardments

The movement struck military targets in Ashkelon and near Jaffa

Israel, according to Benjamin Netanyahu, adheres to a "very simple principle" that "those seeking to do harm to Israel receives harm in response"

According to the Israeli PM, there are three reasons for the progress: the elimination of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, strikes at Hezbollah and military pressure on Hamas in Gaza

According to the newspaper, Israel is unwilling to release 70 out of 200 Palestinians who are serving long terms in Israeli prisons

A field leader from Iraq’s Al-Nujaba Shia militia told the newspaper that "the [resistance] units have decided not to intervene in Syrian affairs and to monitor the situation from a distance," until US President-elect "Donald Trump’s stance on the Middle East, particularly with regard to Iran, becomes clear”"

Najib Mikati and commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon Aroldo Lazaro Saenz visited the city of Khiam

Mossad used dummies to test how much explosive is required to be just enough to hurt the pager’s owner, but not the person next to him

All the detainees were handed over to Israeli security services for further investigations

As many as 86 civilians received wounds during the past day, bringing the overall number of those wounded up to 107,713