Aid groups and officials are criticizing the US for dropping humanitarian assistance into Gaza by airplane instead of pressuring Israel to allow more aid trucks to enter the Strip, where the entire population is facing "crisis" levels of food insecurity. On Saturday,...
Israeli Airstrike Kills Seven Hezbollah Members in Southern Lebanon
Update 3/3/24, 1:00 pm EST: The grandson of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed in the Israeli drone strike against a vehicle in the Naqoura region (reported below), Arabic media outlets reported on Sunday. Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in...
Israel Kills Three, Including Iranian Adviser, in Attack on Syrian Port
In a pre-dawn attack on Friday, Israel destroyed a villa in the northwestern Syrian port city of Baniyas, killing three people. The slain included Reza Zarei, an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy member, who was reportedly in Syria acting as one of the...
Biden Campaign Taking ‘Extraordinary Steps’ To Prevent Pro-Palestinian Protests at Events
The Joe Biden reelection campaign has taken several severe steps to curtail pro-Palestinian supporters from interrupting his speeches. The campaign has gone as far as keeping rallies small, avoiding colleges, and not informing the public of the location of events....
Netanyahu Breaks Off Hostage Talks With Hamas
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Qatari and Egyptian officials that Israeli officials will not engage in another round of talks until Hamas provides a full list of living Israeli hostages in Gaza. This news is a blow to President Joe Biden, who predicted a deal...
US Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israel for Flour Massacre
The US vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for a massacre of civilians surrounding an aid convoy in Gaza, a motion supported by all other member states. The Israel Defense Forces has acknowledged its soldiers fired on the crowd. On Thursday,...
Macron Doubles Down on Remarks About NATO Sending Troops to Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday stood behind his comments about NATO not ruling out sending troops to Ukraine despite the uproar it caused and the warning it drew from Russia. "These are sufficiently serious issues; every one of the words that I say on...
Biden Walks Back Prediction That a Gaza Ceasefire Will Be Reached By Monday
President Biden on Thursday walked back a prediction he made earlier this week that a ceasefire in Gaza could be reached by Monday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Hamas's demands "delusional," signaling a hostage deal is not close. "Hope springs...
Putin Warns West Russia’s Nuclear Arsenal Is On ‘Full Combat Alert’
Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a speech on Thursday that Russia's nuclear arsenal is in "full combat alert," a warning that comes after French President Emmanuel Macron said the idea of NATO deploying troops to Ukraine was not ruled out. "The strategic...
US Officials Expect Israel to Launch Ground Invasion of Lebanon
US officials believe that Israel is planning to launch a ground invasion into Lebanon in late spring or early summer if a diplomatic solution is not reached, CNN reported on Thursday. "We are operating in the assumption that an Israeli military operation is in the...