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The region known as the Middle East has been conquered and reconquered by every super power in the West. This has created a region rich in a culture of resistance and thousands of ethnic groups looking for their piece of land. This has created a complicated region and Jpost's Middle East News simplifies it.

 Palestinians make their way as they inspect the damages at Jabalya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024

Israel committed in writing to US: No forced displacement of Palestinians from northern Gaza

 Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024.

Hezbollah fires rockets six miles from Israel, targeting UNIFIL posts

 Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi walks, on the sidelines of the 79th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 24, 2024.

Iran’s FM Abbas Araghchi moves to cement Russia, Qatar ties

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

IAEA director: False to say IDF attacked an Iranian nuke site

 U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon November 19, 2024.

US envoy arrives in Israel to try sealing Hezbollah ceasefire

 An Iranian cleric visits the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 15, 2024.

IAEA director urges board not to condemn Iran after nuclear compromise offer

 Trucks containing humanitarian aid from Jordan and international communities transfers into the northern Gaza Strip, October 22, 2024

Cigarettes for $1,000: regulated aid in Gaza leads to rise in looters, smugglers

By Yoav Shuster
 US special envoy Amos Hochstein gestures as he attends a press conference after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri in Beirut, Lebanon August 14, 2024.

Hochstein: This is the moment for an Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

 WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller speaks on the Iranian missile attacks on Israel at the State Department on October 01, 2024 in Washington, DC. Iran launched hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in retaliation for their attacks on Hezbollah leadership.

US urges Turkey to pressure Hamas as hostage release negotiations stall

A view of the Elbit Systems booth at the Singapore Airshow at Changi Exhibition Centre in Singapore, February 20, 2024

Will Israel's Elbit, Rafael join Iranian rival firms in Vietnam arms expo?

 People inspect a damaged area in the aftermath of what Syrian state media reported was an Israeli strike in the Mezzah suburb, west of Damascus, Syria October 9, 2024.

Iran and Syria bolster alliance amid regional tensions and global shifts

 Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan meets with Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Istanbul, Turkey, April 20, 2024.

US imposes sanctions on senior Hamas officials

By REUTERS
 People walk at the ruins of al-Omari mosque as Palestinians perform Friday prayers, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Gaza City October 18, 2024.

Hamas's Oct. 7 attack stirs controversy and mixed reactions among Gaza clerics

By REUTERS
 IDF graphic showing how a Hezbollah rocket fell short hitting a UNIFIL base, November 19, 2024.

IDF: Here's how Hezbollah rockets fell short and hit a UNIFIL base

 Lebanese army soldiers secure a site that was hit by a strike, in Saraain

As truce talks progress, Lebanon's army cornered by politics, funding

By REUTERS
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for the second time (illustrative)

How the IDF got PM to invade Gaza, Lebanon, but cannot convince him to stop

 Footage showing the transfer of blood units through the Erez Crossing into the northern Gaza Strip

Over 1,000 blood units transferred to northern Gaza hospital in COGAT-led effort

Illustrative image of U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein.

Hochstein: This is the decision-making moment for Israel-Lebanon ceasefire

 Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Majed Al-Ansari speaks during weekly press briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Doha, Qatar, April 23, 2024.

Hamas political office in Doha has not been permanently closed - Qatari FM

 IDF soldiers dismantling a Hezbollah terror compound beneath a cemetery in southern Lebanon, November 10, 2024.

IDF finds troves of Russian arms in Hezbollah possession in south Lebanon

 Israeli soldiers operate near the northern border with Lebanon, on February 21, 2024

Hezbollah 'under immense pressure': Expert advises firm Israeli action in ceasefire agreement

By SHAKED SADEH
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