Arye Dery, the chair of Israel's ultra-orthodox Shas party and a key ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Monday that the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel "saved the people of Israel." "We were struck with a terrible blow, one we still haven't...
Trump Claims Iran and Israel Have Agreed to a Ceasefire
Updated on June 23, 2025, at 10:30 pm EST President Trump claimed in a post on Truth Social on Monday that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, ending what he called "The 12 Day War," an announcement that came amid heavy Israeli attacks on Tehran. Iranian...
Trump Thanks Iran for Early Notice on Retaliatory Attack on US Base in Qatar
President Trump on Monday thanked Iran for giving the US notice of its plans to launch a retaliatory attack on the US's Al Udeid base in Qatar, saying it prevented casualties. Iran's military launched the attack on the US base in response to the US bombing of three of...
Israel Says It Fired 200 Munitions at Iran in Strikes on Monday
The Israeli military said on Monday that its air force fired 200 munitions into Iran after a day of heavy attacks across the country, as the death toll in the Israeli bombing campaign is nearing 1,000, according to numbers from a US-based rights group. The Human...
Marco Rubio Says It’s ‘Irrelevant’ Whether Iran Decided To Build a Nuclear Weapon
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that whether Iran has decided to build a nuclear weapon is "irrelevant," as he was pressed on the lack of evidence that Tehran has taken steps to weaponize its nuclear program. Rubio made the comment in an interview with CBS...
Israeli Forces Kill 43 Palestinians in Gaza, Including 20 Aid Seekers
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that Israeli forces have at least 43 more Palestinians in Gaza on Monday as the daily massacres continue, while much of the world's attention is on the Israeli-US war against Iran. Among those killed on Monday were at least 20...
US Evacuates Embassy in Lebanon as Israel Steps Up Strikes
The US has ordered all non-essential personal and families to leave Lebanon, with the State Department saying the decision was based on the increasingly uncertain stability in the region. The concern with Lebanon is the risk of it getting dragged into the ongoing...
Iran Fires Missiles at US Base in Qatar
The Iranian military announced on Monday that it launched an attack on the US's Al Udeid base in Qatar in response to the US bombing of Iran's nuclear facilities. The attack was first reported by Axios reporter Barak Ravid, who cited Israeli sources that said Iran...
US Launches Two More Airstrikes in Somalia
US Africa Command announced on Saturday that its forces launched two more airstrikes in Somalia as the Trump administration continues to bomb the country at a record pace, an air campaign with virtually no media coverage of the conflict in the US. AFRICOM said that...
US and Israeli Officials Say US Bombing Didn’t Destroy Iran’s Fordow Nuclear Site
Israeli officials and a senior American official have told The New York Times that the US bombing of Iran's underground Fordow nuclear site didn't destroy the facility despite President Trump's pronouncement that the attack "completely and totally obliterated" the...