Israel's current ground operation in Gaza is in line with the advice the US has been giving, a US official told The Times of Israel. The official said Israel had launched a "limited" ground incursion, which is what the US recommended to avoid harming hostages, as...
The Gaza-based Palestinian Health Ministry released the names of thousands of Palestinians killed during Israel's onslaught since October 7 after President Biden questioned the death toll. According to the Health Ministry, at least 7,028 Palestinians have been killed,...
The Israeli military said Thursday that Israeli tanks and troops briefly entered the Gaza Strip overnight in a limited raid to "prepare the battlefield" as Israel is expected to launch a full-scale invasion soon. The military said the raiding force engaged with Hamas...
The international charity group Oxfam has said Israel is using starvation as a "weapon of war" against Palestinian civilians living in Gaza, as barely any food is being delivered to the besieged enclave. Gaza has been under blockade since 2007, and Israel imposed a...
Israel has agreed to a request from the US to delay its ground invasion of Gaza so the US can send more missile defense systems to the region to prepare for an expected escalation of attacks on US troops, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The report said the...
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that Israel will continue to hurt "innocent civilians" in its onslaught on Gaza. "This is war. It is combat. It is bloody, ugly and it's going to be messy and innocent civilians are going to be...
French President Emmanuel Macron was in Israel on Tuesday and said the US-led anti-ISIS coalition based in Iraq and Syria should also fight Hamas. "France is ready for the coalition, which is fighting in Iraq and Syria against ISIS, to also fight against Hamas,"...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a group of Israeli soldiers on Tuesday that the strikes Israel launched on Gaza on Monday were the hardest yet. "We are striking our enemies with tremendous force," Netanyahu said, according to his office. "Yesterday,...
The US has sent military officers to Israel to serve as advisors amid preparations for an Israeli ground invasion of Gaza, demonstrating the deep US involvement in Israel's war. Leading the officers is Lt. Gen. James Glynn, a three-star Marine Corps general who...
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said Monday that Israel will decide on its Gaza strategy in response to media reports that said the US was urging a delay to the ground invasion of Gaza. The New York Times reported that the US advised...
