Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has said Israel would stop its military operations only if "hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians are removed from Gaza and Syria is partitioned, among other conditions, The Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. "With God’s...
Israel’s Ben Gvir Gets Meetings With Four GOP Lawmakers on Capitol Hill
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, leader of the far-right Jewish Power party, landed meetings with four Republican members of Congress on Monday during a visit to Capitol Hill. Ben Gvir, an outspoken proponent of the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, told...
Netanyahu Vows Israel Will Maintain Military Control of Gaza
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed that Israel would maintain military control of Gaza and said he wouldn't allow the Palestinian Authority to replace Hamas. "Hamas will not be there. We’re not going to put the PA there - why replace one regime...
US Navy Loses F/A-18 Fighter Jet During Houthi Attack in Red Sea
A US official has told CNN that the US Navy lost a F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet that fell off the aircraft carrier USS Harry Truman in the Red Sea during a Houthi attack on the US warship. The Navy said in a statement that the $60 million jet was "actively under...
Israeli Attacks on Gaza Kill 57 Palestinians Over 24 Hours
Gaza's Health Ministry said Monday that Israeli attacks killed 57 Palestinians and wounded 153 more over the previous 24-hour period as US-backed Israeli strikes continue to pound the Strip. The Health Ministry said that the bodies of 14 Palestinians killed in...
Putin Declares Three-Day Ukraine Ceasefire That Will Start on May 8
On Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that would begin May 8 at midnight Moscow time to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory against Nazi Germany in World War II. "By order of Supreme...
Sixty-Eight Reported Killed by US Airstrike on African Migrant Facility in Yemen
Sixty-eight people were killed by a US airstrike on a detention facility for African migrants in Yemen's northwestern Saada province, Yemen's Al Masirah TV has reported. Another 47 were injured by the US attack, which hit the facility early Monday morning. Footage and...
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Attends Pope Francis’s Funeral
Julian Assange and his family traveled to Rome over the weekend and were among hundreds of thousands of people at the Vatican attending the funeral of Pope Francis, who was a supporter of the WikiLeaks founder. "Now Julian is free, we have all come to Rome to express...
Eight Reported Killed by US Airstrikes on Yemen’s Capital
A correspondent for Yemen's Al Masirah TV has reported that US airstrikes on the Yemeni capital of Sanaa struck three homes on Sunday night, killing at least eight people, including women and children. Details of the US attack are still emerging, and other US strikes...
Trump Says US Will Be ‘Leading the Pack’ in Any Attack on Iran
President Trump has said that the US would be "leading the pack" in an attack on Iran if a deal isn't reached on Tehran's nuclear program. Trump made the comment in an interview with Time Magazine that was published on Friday, when asked about the possibility of...