A new measure to bolster weapons supplies for Israel and protect it from global arms restrictions is tucked into the massive $901 billion 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which congressional leaders unveiled on Monday. Page 1,269 of the roughly...
President Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the United States on December 29, an Israeli government spokesman announced on Monday. The visit will mark the fifth time this year that Trump will host the Israeli leader, who is wanted by...
After the killing of Yasser Abu Shabab, the Israeli-backed gang leader who led the largest anti-Hamas militia in Gaza, his deputy, Ghassan al-Duhaini, has taken over as head of the group, officially known as the "Popular Forces." According to Al Jazeera, al-Duhaini's...
Israeli operatives are conducting widespread surveillance of US troops and allies at the new US base in southern Israel meant to monitor Gaza, The Guardian reported on Monday. The report said that the scale of spying was so widespread that the US commander of the...
Bassem Naim, a member of Hamas's political bureau who is based outside of Gaza, told The Associated Press on Sunday that Hamas is willing to discuss the idea of "freezing or storing" its weapons to advance the US's Gaza plan. The 20-point US plan calls for the...
In comments on Israel’s Channel 12, the Maj. Gen. Diodato Abagnara, commander of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) said that the group has seen “no evidence” that Hezbollah is in any way rebuilding its capacity south of the Litani River. That statement is...
While there are continued signs that Israel is escalating toward a new war against Lebanon, there are growing calls to avoid such a conflict and engage in direct talks. This is not just from Lebanon, which has supported diplomacy for months, but also from the United...
Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of an Israeli-backed militia in Gaza known for looting aid and its ties to ISIS, has been killed, according to media reports. Initial reports said that Abu Shabab was killed in clashes with "Gaza clans," but Israeli media later reported...
Yesterday, the US hosted a ceasefire monitoring committee meeting in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura. It was seen as historic because both Lebanese and Israeli officials attended, the first direct talks between the two nations in over 40 years. Hopes...
Egypt on Wednesday denied that it reached an understanding with Israel on a deal to open Gaza's Rafah border crossing to just allow Palestinians to exit the Strip and not return. "If an agreement is reached to open the crossing, it will be in both directions, for...
