US official says it's still 'premature' to discuss impact of assault that killed hundreds, but diplomacy experts see war as inevitably frustrating already-difficult path to pact

Distraught family members say they've been abandoned by the government as they search for the mostly young people still missing after Hamas terrorists attacked party

Country's ambassador to Israel says students still stuck in Kibbutz Alumim, urges authorities to extract them, denies reports some were captured by Hamas

Israel has declared a state of war. In this state of emergency – unlike anything Israel has experienced since the Yom Kippur War – Israel needs your urgent support.

Iran-backed terror group announces it targeted Israeli military sites in Mount Dov region in solidarity with Hamas attack on south; no reports of injuries

Villages destroyed and hundreds of civilians buried under the debris; UN says number of dead expected to rise

Military names 26 soldiers killed; Health Ministry says 1,854 hurt; many in south still holed up at home as military seeks to 'stabilize situation,' evacuate residents

After Hamas terrorist assault on southern Israel, defense officials say Simchat Torah celebrations could be a target; New York, France and Germany up security at Jewish sites

Student groups backed by New York chapter of socialist party organize demonstrations in approval of attack, as authorities step up protection of Jewish sites in New York and Europe

Rocket hits Ashkelon hospital, woman seriously injured; relatives of missing persons stream to police center to help with ID; security forces take control of Sderot police station, 10 terrorists killed