Netanyahu met with families of the hostages in Washington Wednesday night, saying that tremendous efforts are being made to bring everyone back. The new maps that Israel submitted to the hostage deal mediators were presented to Hamas Wednesday night,

Israel is ready to negotiate a lasting deal to end the war with Hamas in Gaza when a temporary halt to hostilities begins in the Palestinian territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday.

Israel – with US assistance at the very end – had pulled off a staggering strike on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Operation Rising Lion had reasserted Israeli deterrence, garnered international admiration, and handed Netanyahu a signature moment of strength both domestically and on the world stage.

The 12-day conflict between Iran and Israel in June 2025 saw the United States intervene by striking three Iranian nuclear sites before brokering a ceasefire. While the pause still left high tensions between the two warring Middle East countries,

United Airlines becomes the first U.S. carrier to resume flights to Tel Aviv, Israel, on July 21 following the ceasefire after Operation Rising Lion and the 12-day conflict with Iran.

Israel has been conducting near-daily strikes against what it says are Hezbollah targets as the Iranian-backed group comes under pressure to disarm amid fears of a renewed war.

Israel carried out it first strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen since the Israel-Iran ceasefire, attacking ports and a power plant around midnight local time Sunday night into Monday morning.

Qatar said Tuesday more time was needed for negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after US President Donald Trump voiced optimism about a possible breakthrough."I don't think that I can give any timeline at the moment,