The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) quietly issued an order which transfers substantial legal powers over the occupied West Bank to Settlements Administration bureaucrats working under Israel’s extremist minister Bezalel Smotrich, The Guardian reports. This paves the way...
Netanyahu: Israel To Scale Down Operations in Gaza ‘Very Soon’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the intense phase of the Israeli operations in Gaza will end “very soon.” However, he said that Tel Aviv was not moving off its war footing and would redeploy its forces to the northern border to fight Hezbollah....
Report: Israeli Official Says ‘No Movement’ in Hamas Talks
Negotiations to end Israel’s months-long war on Gaza have all but reached a standstill, an unnamed senior Israeli official told a local media outlet. The comments come days after Hamas’ political leadership expressed a desire to continue dialogue. Speaking to Israel’s...
Russia Confirms US Drone Strikes Against Eastern Syria
Russian officials have issued a statement confirming that multiple drone strikes overnight in eastern Syria, near the Iraqi border. The strikes killed multiple, and included an attack on a cargo truck traveling through the region, killing a member of Iraq’s Sayyed...
Israeli Defense Chief Heads to US to Discuss Next Phase of Wars in Lebanon, Gaza
The Israeli defense minister Gallant is traveling to the US to discuss the next stage of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Washington is pushing for Tel Aviv to bring the conflicts to an end, while the Israeli prime minister Netanyahu is demanding more weapons from the...
Israeli Drone Strike Kills Hamas Figure in East Lebanon
Israeli drones carried out a strike against the Beqaa District on Saturday, killing Ayman Ghatma, a Hamas figure who was responsible for supplying weapons to Hamas inside Lebanon. The vehicle attack came about 25 miles from the Syrian border. The Israeli military said...
IDF Kills Over 100 Palestinians in Weekend Strikes Across Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv carried out several attacks across the Gaza Strip this weekend. On Saturday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said more than 100 Palestinians were killed, along with 169 others wounded, in 24 hours amid various strikes. This was the deadliest day in the Strip since the...
Hundreds Injured in Crimea, Russia Says Ukraine Used American Missiles
The Russian Health Ministry reports that five people were killed and over 100 injured by a Ukrainian missile barrage in Crimea. Moscow claimed American cluster munitions were used in the attack. On Sunday, Russian civilians in Crimea were hit with debris and cluster...
US Bans Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software
Effective September 29, the US Commerce Department has banned American sales of, and software update downloads for, Kaspersky Lab's globally popular cybersecurity/anti-virus software ... "because Russia." The order "will prohibit Kaspersky Lab and all of its...
Trump, Farage Say NATO Provoked Ukraine Invasion Through Expansion
Former President Donald Trump said that Ukraine's membership in the NATO alliance was a major provocation for Moscow and part of the reason Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion of the country. Trump’s remarks were echoed by Nigel Farage, a right-wing...