The Financial Times reported speaking with sources who said that Israel plans to wage war on Gaza for over a year. In a little less than two months, Israel has killed at least 15,000 people, damaged 100,000 buildings, displaced 1.7 million Palestinians, and destroyed...
Israeli AI ‘Assassination Factory’ Plays Central Role in the Gaza War
Tel Aviv has been relying on an AI Program dubbed the Gospel to select targets in Gaza at a rapid pace. In past operations in Gaza, the IDF ran out of targets to strike in the besieged enclave. A statement on the IDF website says the Israeli military is using the...
IDF Chief Tells Blinken That Gaza Campaign Will Take More Than a Few Weeks
Gen. Herzi Halevi, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff, met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday and said Israel's military operations in Gaza will take "more than a few additional weeks," Axios reported. Blinken's visit to Israel marked his...
House Passes Bill to Permanently Freeze $6 Billion in Iranian Funds
The House on Thursday passed a bill that would force the president to permanently freeze $6 billion in Iranian funds that were briefly made available to Tehran as part of a prisoner swap deal. Under the deal, the US and Iran exchanged prisoners, and the US allowed the...
Report Details How Israel Intentionally Targets Civilians in Gaza
A report from +972 Magazine published on Thursday detailed how Israel is intentionally targeting civilians in Gaza as part of its war strategy even when Israeli forces know strikes will kill young children. The report, which cited current and former Israeli...
Rocket Targets US Base in Syria
A rocket strike on a US base in Syria on Wednesday was the first attack against US troops in Iraq or Syria since the truce between Israel and Hamas in Gaza took effect on November 24. A Pentagon official told The National that a single rocket targeted Mission Support...
Israel, Hamas Extend Gaza Truce for Seventh Day
Hamas and Israel agreed at the last minute on a deal to extend the Gaza truce for one more day, making Thursday the seventh day of the temporary ceasefire to facilitate the swap of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners. According to Middle East Eye, the agreement...
Israeli Minister in Charge of West Bank Says Territory Is Home to ‘2 Million Nazis’
Bezalel Smotrich, the extremist Israeli finance minister who's been given sweeping powers over the West Bank, has said the occupied territory is home to "2 million Nazis," referring to part of the Palestinian population. It's estimated that around 3 million...
US Reaffirms There Are No Conditions on Future Military Aid to Israel
Senior US officials speaking to POLITICO on Wednesday have reaffirmed that the Biden administration intends to place no conditions on future military aid to Israel despite public comments suggesting the idea was under consideration. Amid growing calls from Democrats...
Negotiations Underway in Qatar to Extend Gaza Truce
Intense negotiations are underway in Qatar aimed at extending the truce between Israel and Hamas that's due to expire on Thursday. The initial four-day truce began on Friday and was extended another two days. Despite reports of minor clashes, the pause in fighting has...