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Yemen government, Houthis to release more than 1,600 prisoners in conflict's largest swap

The conflict erupted after the Houthis seized the capital Sanaa in 2014, prompting a Saudi-led military intervention in support of the government the following year.

Hans Grundberg, UN Special Envoy for Yemen, poses for a photo as members of the Supervisory Committee on the Detainees Release Agreement attend the closing ceremony of a meeting between the Yemeni government and the Houthi group, in Amman, Jordan, May 14, 2026.
An Iranian nurse prepares medication at a hospital, amid a ceasefire between US and Iran, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2026.

Medical supply shortages loom in Iran as civilians bear the cost of ongoing conflict, UN warns

A woman walks near tents set up by displaced people, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.

UK to provide over $6 million in emergency funding for Lebanon aid

Maronite Father Pierre al-Raei, in an undated picture.

Lebanese Maronite priest killed by IDF tank fire targeting suspected Hezbollah terrorists


Multiple IDF sources fail to address report of arrest of Hamas Health Ministry official

Marwan Al-Hams, a senior official in the Hamas-run Health Ministry, was "abducted" by Israeli forces while on his way to visit the ICRC field hospital in northern Rafah.

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip, July 20, 2025; illustrative.

IDF gunfire wounds ICRC, Red Crescent team during rescue mission in Gaza Strip - report

The IDF told the Jerusalem Post that it is aware of reports of an ICRC and Palestinian Red Crescent worker being fired on, and the incident is being investigated.

 A Red Cross vehicle stands near missile remnants surrounded with tape, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025.

A million more Afghans could be sent back from Iran, Red Cross warns

"(We) are anticipating that an additional one million people, possibly more, may return from Iran to Afghanistan by the end of this year," said Sami Fakhouri.

 Afghan nationals with their belongings gather as they head back to Afghanistan, after Pakistan intensified its deportation campaign, forcing undocumented Afghans to leave the country, at the Torkham border crossing, Pakistan April 7, 2025.

What can be learned from the IDF inquiry into killing of medics in Gaza? – analysis

The IDF did discipline officers for their actions in the event, it also does not explain questions like how the number of terrorists is determined after a firefight.

  Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025.

IDF fires Golani commander, censures brigade chief over killing of 14 Gaza medics

The military also admitted that its initial reports on the incident, based on reports from soldiers on the ground, were false.

 Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2025

Jewish org. urges Red Cross to provide hostages with Matzah for Passover

Ayelet Hashachar, an Israeli non-profit, expressed that the organization was willing to provide the Matzah for transfer.

 Matzah

The IDF must be more transparent when innocent Gazans are killed – editorial

The IDF's zigzag on the killing of 14 Red Cross workers proves the need for transparency during the fog of the Israel-Hamas War.

 The ICRC operates in the Gaza Strip.

What happened on day 547 of the war?

IDF revises report of Red Cross medics' killing • Hamas publishes hostage video • Former hostages Omer Wenkert, Liri Albag, and Gadi Moses speak at Tel Aviv rally • IDF strikes Hezbollah terrorists

 Scenes of an impact from a Hamas rocket in Ashkelon, April 6, 2025.

IDF tries to reset narrative on mistaken killing of 14 Gazan aid workers

The Jerusalem Post was not provided with other cases in which the IDF used such a procedure to leave bodies of aid workers for the UN.

 IDF troops operating and concluding the encirclement of Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, March 23, 2025.

Red Cross 'outraged' at deaths of eight medics, killed on duty in Gaza

This incident represents the "single most deadly attack on Red Cross Red Crescent workers anywhere in the world since 2017," IFRC reported.

 Palestine Red Crescent Society first responders console each other at Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis during the return of the bodies of killed colleagues, March 30, 2025.