Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the military was far from deploying troops to Gaza, casting doubt on any ...

support for the ceasefire in Gaza and troop deployments in the Middle East. Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via ...

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began Jan. 19 after Hamas supplied a list of the hostages slated for return to Israel.

A flurry of military-focused executive orders from the White House on Monday meant Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s first ... war with Russia and Israel’s ceasefire agreements with Iran ...

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Defense Secretary Hegseth was asked about the possibility of U.S. troops heading to the Gaza strip on Wednesday.

Trump has ended his predecessor's hold on sending 2,000-pound bombs to Israel, lifting a pressure point that had been meant ...

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s ... which may be on the verge of a ceasefire after 15 months of fighting. In response, Hegseth offered, “I support Israel destroying and killing ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's ...

The secretaries of defense and state will play key roles in U.S. policy on Israel, but Hegseth and Rubio faced little scrutiny on Palestinian suffering.

Pete Hegseth’s ex-sister-in-law sent an affidavit to the Senate Armed Services Committee regarding his nomination.