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Zero Hour for the Middle East
ByRoger Cohen, David Guttenfelder, Saher Alghorra, Daniel Berehulak and Nanna Heitmann December 28, 2025December 28, 2025

After more than a decade of wars, from Syria to Gaza, the Middle East is exhausted by conflict. Is it ready to find another way?

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Hezbollah Is Down, but Not Out, as Lebanon Faces Pressure to Disarm It
ByAaron Boxerman, Euan Ward, Natan Odenheimer and Hwaida Saad December 20, 2025December 20, 2025

The Lebanese militant group has resisted calls to lay down all its arms, risking a return to war with Israel.

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Israel Approves $37 Billion Deal to Deliver Gas to Egypt
ByEphrat Livni and Johnatan Reiss December 17, 2025December 18, 2025

Israel’s granting of an export permit is the final step to allow the deal, first announced by energy companies in August, to proceed.

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Israel Says It Killed Senior Hamas Commander, Despite Cease-Fire
ByAaron Boxerman and Adam Rasgon December 13, 2025

Hamas said the attack on Saturday was a breach of the truce. The militant group did not comment on Israel’s claim to have killed one of its members.

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How Israel’s Settlement Surge in the West Bank Is Displacing Palestinians
ByNatan Odenheimer, Fatima AbdulKarim and Daniel Berehulak December 5, 2025

The Israeli government authorized 22 settlements in May, the largest expansion in decades, and Palestinian families are now being forced from their homes.

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Netanyahu’s Pardon Request Borrows From Trump’s Playbook
ByDavid M. Halbfinger December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

In many ways, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s request mimics how President Trump has assailed his perceived enemies and attacked legal proceedings against him.

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Netanyahu Asks Israel’s President to Pardon Him in Corruption Cases
ByIsabel Kershner November 30, 2025November 30, 2025

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the contentious appeal weeks after President Trump had made the same request to the Israeli president.

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Hamas Says It Returned Body of Another Hostage From Gaza
ByAaron Boxerman November 25, 2025November 26, 2025

Israel confirmed the remains belonged to Dror Or, 48, who was abducted during Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks. The bodies of two captives are believed to be still in Gaza.

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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Is Closing
ByEphrat Livni November 24, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had succeeded in delivering million of meals in the war-torn enclave, but some Palestinian were killed trying to obtain them.

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Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Is Closing
ByEphrat Livni November 24, 2025December 1, 2025

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it had succeeded in delivering million of meals in the war-torn enclave, but some Palestinians were killed trying to obtain them.

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