Antiwar.com has joined 19 other news outlets, seven press freedom organizations, and 113 journalists in a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken calling for the US to end weapons transfers to Israel to stop supporting the slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza. The...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that the number of Palestinians it has recorded killed by the Israeli onslaught has surpassed 40,000, or about 2% of the population. The number is considered a conservative estimate since it doesn't account for the 10,000 people...
On Wednesday, Hamas reiterated that it wants to implement a ceasefire proposal that was unveiled by President Biden in May instead of restarting hostage deal talks with Israel. "The movement demands a clear commitment by the [Israeli] occupation to what was agreed...
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...
