Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vetoed further hostage deal talks without consulting his war cabinet, infuriating families of Israeli hostages in Gaza, The Times of Israel reported. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, a group representing relatives...
The US has given Israel the green light to kill civilians in Rafah despite public comments from US officials calling for Israel to come up with a plan to protect civilians in the city, which is packed with an estimated 1.5 million Palestinians. US officials told...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected an outline for a potential hostage deal with Hamas that was drawn up by Israel's Mossad spy agency, the Shin Bet security agency, and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). According to The Times of Israel, the proposal...
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir said on Sunday that Israeli forces should shoot Palestinian women and children in Gaza if they get too close to the Israeli border. "We cannot have women and children getting close to the border... anyone who gets...
Israel has proposed creating US-funded tent cities in Gaza as part of an evacuation plan for Rafah as Israeli forces are preparing to invade the city, Egyptian officials told The Wall Street Journal. It's estimated that 1.5 million Palestinians are packed into Rafah,...
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich is blocking a US-funded flour shipment into Gaza that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously vowed would be allowed into the Strip, Axios reported on Tuesday. Officials said that Netanyahu personally made the commitment...
In an impassioned speech on the Senate floor on Monday, Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) called the Israelis "war criminals" for intentionally withholding food from Gaza as children are starving. But on Tuesday morning, Van Hollen voted "yes" on a $95 billion foreign...
The Senate on Tuesday morning passed the $95 billion foreign military aid bill that includes money for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan after a rare overnight session where Republican opponents of the legislation argued against it. The bill passed in a vote of 70-29, with...
CIA Director William Burns is headed to Egypt, where he will meet with Egyptian and Qatari intelligence officials to discuss work on a potential hostage deal between Israel and Hamas. Israel has been resisting the idea of more hostage negotiations since Hamas' latest...
A Dutch court ruled on Monday that the Netherlands must halt the export of spare parts for F-35 fighter jets to Israel since they're likely to be used to kill civilians in Gaza. The Netherlands hosts a warehouse of US-owned F-35 parts and exports them to countries...
