As the Sahel edges deeper into crisis and global alliances shift, Israel is quietly expanding its focus on West Africa. In ...

Israeli protesters demand the government accept a hostage exchange deal to free the captives in Gaza after Israel resumed the fighting earlier in March. Getty Images Israel resumed its ground ...

By Patrick Kingsley and Ronen Bergman Reporting from Tel Aviv For weeks, Israel and Hamas had been locked in fruitless negotiations to extend the fragile cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and exchange ...