One service member is in critical condition and in an Israeli hospital, an official says.

Three U.S. troops suffered non-combat injuries during pier operations. One suffered a sprained ankle, the other a hurt back, the U.S. military says.

#priorities

One of 13 students not able to graduate because they participated in pro-Palestinian protests raises his fist during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., May 23, 2024. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

MOSCOW, May 23 (Reuters) - Donald Trump has posted on social media that he will use his relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin to get Wall Street reporter Evan Gershkovich freed from a Russian prison.

A pro-Palestinian protester lingers outside of a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing as U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

JERUSALEM, May 22 (Reuters) - The Israeli military has approved permission for Israelis to return to three former West Bank settlements they had been banned from entering since an evacuation ordered in 2005, the defence ministry said on Wednesday.

A Palestinian girl carries cans to collect water as she walks by houses which were destroyed in an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, May 22, 2024. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

DUBLIN/OSLO/MADRID, May 22 (Reuters) - Ireland, Spain and Norway announced on Wednesday that they would recognise a Palestinian state on May 28, saying they hoped other Western countries would follow suit, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors.

Irish government to announce on Wednesday it is recognizing Palestinian state -source familiar with the matter tells Reuters.

JERUSALEM, May 21 (Reuters) - The Israeli authorities confiscated camera equipment belonging to the Associated Press on Tuesday, before reversing course in the face of widespread condemnation from media groups and criticism even from its closest ally, the United States.

May 21 (Reuters)-Israeli forces raided the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday, killing seven Palestinians, including a doctor and a teenager, during a major operation that involved dozens of vehicles and continued into the night, witnesses and Palestinian health authorities said.

May 21 (Reuters) - The United Nations is planning new routes to distribute aid from a U.S.-built pier in Gaza, a spokesperson said, after crowds of needy residents intercepted trucks, causing a halt to deliveries that continued for a third day on Tuesday.

A pro-Palestinian protester being carried off by police shouts at U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken as he testifies before a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., May 21, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

May 21 (Reuters) - More than 35,647 Palestinians have been killed and 79,852 injured in the Israeli military offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

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Pretty amazing that Iran had to reach out to its adversary, the United States, for assistance and relied on help from a NATO country, Turkey, to actually locate the wreckage.

The U.S. State Department says Washington was asked for assistance by the Iranian government, but was unable to provide it for logistical reasons.

Austin says the United States had no part to play in the helicopter crash.

The top U.S. general says there are no plans to send U.S. military trainers into Ukraine.