JERUSALEM — Just days after a ceasefire took hold in Gaza, bringing relative calm to the Palestinian enclave, violence flared in the occupied West Bank: On Tuesday ... including in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad ...

Israeli operations in the West Bank have killed at least 12 Palestinians since Tuesday and could threaten the newly agreed ceasefire in Gaza, United Nations Human Rights office spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said on Friday.

The ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas stretched into a fifth day on Thursday. Humanitarian aid groups are working to surge food and supplies to the war-ravaged territory as Palestinians scour through mountains of rubble.

The Trump administration lifted sanctions on extremist settlers this week, raising questions about his policies to come

Under the terms of the fragile Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal , fighting will be halted in Gaza for at least six weeks. Dozens of Israeli hostages and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners will be freed, while more aid flows in .

The United States' new top diplomat Marco Rubio reaffirmed the country's "unwavering support" for Israel, days into a fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and a large-scale raid in the occupied West Bank.

Denmark said on Monday it would spend 14.6 billion Danish crowns ($2.05 billion) boosting its military presence in the Arctic, following renewed interest by U.S. President Donald Trump in controlling Greenland, a semi-autonomous Danish territory.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip is being met with a hard “no” from the two U.S. allies.

"President Trump suggested that Jordan and Egypt should receive a large number of Gazans, either temporarily or permanently." From experience, when a tragic event in the lives of Palestinians is labeled as "temporary,

Will the peace in Gaza hold? What’s next for that region? And how will Trump use his unique position to press for broader peace?

President Donald Trump's suggestion that Egypt and Jordan take in Palestinians from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip was met with a hard "no" Sunday from the two U.S. allies along with the Palestinians themselves,