By Ali Sawafta JENIN, West Bank (Reuters) -Israeli bulldozers have demolished large areas of the now virtually empty Jenin refugee camp and appear to be carving wide roadways through its once-crowded warren of alleyways,

At least three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia during a cold snap in the Gaza Strip, the head of the Asdika al-Marid hospital, Said Saleh, said on Tuesday. The health authority controlled by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas did not initially comment on the deaths.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is kicking of a Mideast tour in Israel on Sunday as Arab leaders reel from President Donald Trump's proposal to transfer the Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip to other countries and redevelop it under U.

Since the end of the Gaza war, more than 40,000 Palestinians have been displaced by Israel's military operation in the northern West Bank towns of Jenin and Tulkarm, fueling fears that they won't be allowed back.

Hamas is set to free six more Israeli hostages Saturday from the Gaza Strip, but the exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners is shadowed by heightened tension between the adversaries that clouds the future of the fragile ceasefire deal.

After closing during the Gaza war, the BYU Jerusalem Center is reopening for a spring/summer term on April 29.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reaffirmed his goal to dismantle the rule of Palestinian militant organization Hamas in the Gaza Strip, local media reported on Sunday. Speaking to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) graduates,

Israel and the United States are determined to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions and its influence in the Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after meeting U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Red Cross ambulances have arrived in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafah in preparation for the handover of six Israeli hostages to be freed Saturday under the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. AP video showed the ambulances waiting among a crowd with a line of Hamas fighters nearby in Rafah,

Israel sends tanks into the West Bank for the first time in over 20 years:: It ordered the military to prepare for an 'extended stay' in the area to fight Palestinian militant groups :: Jenin, West Bank ::3,

More than $50 billion US will be required to rebuild Gaza after Israel's 15-month campaign against Hamas levelled it, according to a joint report released Tuesday by the United Nations, the European Union and the World Bank.