There is growing support among Israeli officials to launch an offensive in Lebanon against Hezbollah, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report comes as Israel is anticipating a major response from Hezbollah to the assassination of Fuad Shukr, a...
On Tuesday, the State Department approved a series of potential weapons sales to Israel worth over $20 billion that includes F-15 fighter jets and tank munitions. The approval comes as Israeli airstrikes continue to slaughter civilians in Gaza, including newborn twins...
Documents obtained by The New York Times confirmed that Israel added new demands to the ceasefire proposal unveiled by President Biden back in May, an effort by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to sabotage the chances of a deal. The Times report said that Israeli...
On Monday, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's calls for "total victory" in Gaza "nonsense," prompting a rebuke from Netanyahu. Gallant made the comments at a hearing of the Israeli Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense...
Hamas's military wing, the al-Qassam Brigade, said Monday that one Israeli hostage in Gaza was killed and two others were wounded in "two separate incidents" involving Hamas guards. Abu Obeida, al-Qassam's spokesman, said two Hamas recruits fatally shot one male...
On Sunday, Hamas released a statement calling for the implementation of a hostage and ceasefire deal with Israel that was previously unveiled by President Biden. President Biden unveiled the proposal on May 31, and it was backed by the UN Security Council in a...
The State Department said Friday that the US will continue providing military aid to an Israeli military unit that was responsible for the death of 78-year-old Palestinian American Omar Assad. In January 2022, Assad was detained by soldiers with the Netzah Yehuda...
US Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel will boycott Friday's memorial service in Nagasaki commemorating the 79th anniversary of the US dropping a nuclear bomb on the city because Israel was not invited to attend. Emanuel said the ceremony had become "politicized" by the...
A Hamas official has said the Palestinian group will continue ceasefire negotiations with Israel after it appointed Yahya Sinwar as the head of the political bureau following the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Sinwar is Hamas's leader in Gaza, and...
On Tuesday, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar, the group's leader in Gaza, to head the political bureau after the Israeli killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Before he was killed last week, Haniyeh served as the highest-level Hamas official outside of Gaza and was the public...
