Israel-Hamas conflict

President Joe Biden is hosting Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Washington Monday and the two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing effort to free hostages held in Gaza, and growing concern over a possible Israeli military operation in…

Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas trapped thousands of people in Gaza’s hospitals on Sunday, as medics and aid workers warned patients will die in the crippled facilities unless there is a pause in the battle. Bright flares…

Pope Francis pleaded Sunday for an end to the Hamas-Israeli conflict amid fears it could widen, and called for more humanitarian aid to be allowed into to the Gaza Strip. “War is always a defeat, it is a destruction of human fraternity.…