Middle East

Fifteen bodies of Gaza Strip residents have been returned by Israel, officials at a hospital in the south of the enclave say.

An attack on a courthouse in Islamabad was the first major assault to hit Islamabad in more than a decade.

President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has met with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the next stages of the fragile Gaza ceasefire.

Hamas's armed wing says fighters holed up in southern Gaza will not surrender to Israel, raising fears the month-old ceasefire could crumble.

Israeli officials have received the remains of a soldier killed in Gaza in 2014, ending an 11-year ordeal for his family.

Iran's embassy in Mexico has denied claims of a plot to kill Israel's ambassador to the American nation, which a US official calls the latest in a long history.

Two ISIS brides who returned to Australia in September have paved the way for others to follow in their footsteps, with one expert believing the pair did so with ‘a lot of help’ from the Government. 

Israel have identified the latest remains of a hostage that Hamas handed over as belonging to a Tanzanian agricultural student.

Another body thought to be an Israeli hostage has been handed to the Red Cross in Gaza, as two Palestinians were killed by Israel's military in the enclave.

Israeli authorities on Monday detained the military’s former top lawyer after she was accused of leaking footage allegedly showing Israeli soldiers sexually assaulting a detainee from the Gaza Strip.

Israeli forces in Gaza have received coffins carrying the bodies of three-of-the-11 hostages whose remains Israel is seeking from Gaza.

Residents in northern Gaza have reported shelling and gunfire, as Israel continues to bombard areas of the enclave.

Hamas has handed over the bodies of two Israeli hostages as tensions spike in Gaza following deadly Israeli air strikes, casting doubt over the fragile ceasefire deal.

The IDF says it will continue to uphold a truce in the Gaza Strip but will respond firmly to ‘any violation’ after Hamas killed an Israeli soldier on Tuesday.

Hamas denied involvement in an attack on Israeli forces, saying that it remained committed to the ceasefire and accusing Israel of violating it.