The set of remains handed over to Israel on Tuesday were those of Itay Chen, the final remaining American Israeli hostage, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Israel's military gave CBS News a rare look deep inside Gaza, where many questions still hang over the ruins of war and the future of 2 million Palestinians.

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

CAIRO - Hamas fighters holed up in the Israeli-held Rafah area of Gaza would surrender their arms in exchange for passage to other areas of the enclave under a proposal to resolve an issue seen as a risk to the month-old truce,

Aid groups call for unimpeded assistance to Gaza as displaced Palestinians turn to local community kitchens for help.

In a significant operation on October 29, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet targetted and killed Hamas terrorist Zeid Zaki Abd Al-Hadi Aqel, linked to the captivity of six Israeli hostages during earlier attacks.

JERUSALEM - The Israeli military's former chief legal officer is the subject of a criminal investigation over a leaked video that appeared to show Israeli soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee arrested during the Gaza war.

A recently freed Israeli hostage, Rom Braslavski, has publicly detailed horrific sexual assault and humiliation during his captivity by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The 21-year-old security guard described being stripped naked and subjected to abuse intended to crush his dignity.

What seemed to be a "new" statement by Zamir was in fact what he told the cabinet days ago when the issue arose. Despite a report on Army Radio which seemed to imply that IDF Chief of Staff Lt.