Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hit back at President Joe Biden after the American leader criticized the onslaught in Gaza. Netanyahu said he would order an attack on Rafah, and insisted his policies are popular among Israelis. While Biden said attacking Rafah was a...
F-35 Cleared To Carry Nuclear Weapons
The Pentagon has given the green light to equip the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter with thermonuclear weapons, a military spokesman told Breaking Defense. The latest addition to the US fighter fleet, the F-35 has faced a long line of technical issues and cost overruns. In...
Israel Plans To Keep Gaza Strip Split in Half for a Year
Israeli officials said they would keep Gaza divided by a military highway for a year. The corridor will be buffered by a “demilitarized zone” and will give Israel control over the travel of Palestinians. Tel Aviv says the regional highway will make ground raids in the...
Israel Signals Readiness To Launch Invasion of Southern Lebanon
Israeli troops carried out a logistics supply drill, with an eye launching “identical operations In the northern sector.” The drill signals part of what officials refer to as ongoing preparation for invading Lebanon. Northern commander Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin spoke of...
Biden Vows To Sign TikTok Ban Into Law
President Joe Biden has pledged to sign a bill threatening to ban TikTok should its Chinese parent firm fail to divest from the platform. The proposed crackdown enjoys bipartisan support in Congress, and is expected to be fast-tracked for a vote as soon as next week....
Biden Says He’ll Never Stop Sending Arms for Israel’s ‘Self-Defense’
President Joe Biden said he would not set any red lines for US weapons shipments to Israel, after approving 100 arms sales to Tel Aviv in the past five months. Israeli forces have committed a multitude of war crimes in Gaza, including some using US arms. In an...
Israeli Airstrike on Lebanon Kills Family of Five
A family of five, including three Hezbollah members, died Sunday when an Israeli airstrike destroyed their home in Khirbet Selm. The slain included a father, mother, two sons and a wife. The mother was reported by some sources to be pregnant. The family was not...
Biden’s Gaza Sea Port Will Take Months To Establish
President Joe Biden’s plan to deliver aid to Gaza through a sea corridor will take at least 45-60 days to develop and depends on Tel Aviv’s approval. Israel’s five-month siege and the bombing of the Strip have created a humanitarian catastrophe that is nearing famine....
Hezbollah Says Strikes Killed Israeli Soldiers on Lebanon Border
Continuing a series of tit-for-tat strikes across the northern Israeli border with Lebanon, Hezbollah reported that it struck military sites in the border town of Metula, killing an unspecified number of Israeli soldiers and wounding others. This round of strikes was...
UN Alleges Israel Tortured Staff to Generate Hamas ‘Intel’
At least some of the evidence Israeli used to allege ties between the UN Palestinian Aid Agency (UNRWA) and Hamas was obtained through the torture of the organization's staff members, according to a report by the United Nations. After the Israelis made the...