A group of US-based aid, advocacy, and religious groups sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urging the Pentagon to scrap plans to provide Israel with 155mm artillery rounds due to the massive civilian casualty rate in Israel's war on Gaza. The Pentagon...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said several times in recent days that the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) is the only force that can control Gaza after the war, signaling plans for a long-term military occupation. "IDF forces will remain in control of the...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that Israel should follow the "rules of war" in Gaza but would not say if he believed the Israeli military is doing so. Sullivan made the comments on CNN's "State of the Union" when he was asked if Israel needed to...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog claimed in an interview with BBC on Sunday that Israeli forces found a copy of Adolf Hitler's book "Mein Kampf" in a child's bedroom in northern Gaza in his latest attempt to justify the mass killing of Palestinian civilians. Herzog...
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown has expressed concern that Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians will help Hamas recruit more militants and cautioned against a long war in Gaza. Asked by reporters if the high civilian casualty rate will...
A senior US official said that the death toll caused by Israel's assault on Gaza is likely far higher than the over 10,000 number being reported by Gaza's Health Ministry, The Hill reported on Thursday. The comments were made by Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said late Tuesday that Israeli forces were fighting in the "heart" of Gaza City as Hamas is claiming its fighters are inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). "IDF forces are in the heart of Gaza City," Gallant...
The White House acknowledged on Monday that the US-backed Israeli onslaught on Gaza has killed "many, many thousands of innocent people" as the Biden administration continues unconditional support for Israel's war. The comments were made by White House National...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu envisions Israel taking "overall security responsibility" for the Gaza Strip indefinitely if the Israeli war to destroy Hamas is successful, the Israeli leader said in an interview with ABC News that aired late Monday. "I...
The US has nothing to show for its calls for a temporary "pause" in Israel's onslaught on Gaza as the Israeli military says it's cut off north Gaza from the south and a new phase of heavy ground fighting is expected. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was rebuffed when...
