The World Monuments Fund list seeks to raise awareness and funds to help preserve the sites it spotlights. Africa's Swahili Coast, Maine's lighthouses and Buddhist grottoes in China are also in peril.

The deal would secure release of a third of the approximately 100 hostages who remain in Gaza, including two dual U.S.-Israeli nationals. In return, Israel would release some Palestinian prisoners.

The Moon and Gaza have been named as being among the 25 cultural sites at risk by a global foundation. The World Monuments Fund (WMF) on Wednesday named 25 sites of cultural importance at risk from war,

It's unclear whether the ceasefire deal is at risk or whether the Israeli prime minister is jockeying to keep his coalition together.

Mohammed Samaana has said Palestinians may never heal from the destruction of the last 15 months, but hoped the rebuilding of Gaza could now begin

W.A. Bean & Sons owners have a plan to save red snappers, which have been made using the dye that will be banned two years from now.

Dr. Barbara Zind, a Grand Junction Pediatrician, was in Gaza when the Israel-Hamas War broke out in October 2023.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tapping the brakes on claims of success by President Biden, President-elect Trump and partners in the Middle East that a ceasefire and hostage release deal has been achieved to pause 15 months of war. Netanyahu has so far delayed a vote in Israel’s security Cabinet to accept the ceasefire…

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Israel has continued to bomb the enclave as it prepares to implement a cease-fire. Civil Defense said Gaza City had the highest toll with more than 80 killed.

Israel's security cabinet has voted to approve a ceasefire deal to end the fighting in Gaza. Full cabinet approval is expected later today.

Palestinians in Gaza are eager to leave miserable tent camps and return to their homes if a long-awaited cease-fire agreement halts the Israel-Hamas war.