Human Rights Watch released a report on Monday that said Israel is committing a war crime in Gaza by using starvation as a weapon of war against civilians. HRW said Israeli forces are "deliberately blocking the delivery of water, food, and fuel, while willfully...
Pressure Mounts on Netanyahu to Reach New Deal With Hamas After IDF Killed 3 Israeli Hostages
The Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under increasing domestic pressure to reach a new hostage deal with Hamas after the Israeli military mistakenly killed three Israelis who escaped from captivity in Gaza. Israeli troops in Gaza shot...
Netanyahu Says He’s ‘Proud’ of Preventing a Palestinian State
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that he's "proud" of preventing the creation of a Palestinian state. "I'm proud that I prevented the establishment of a Palestinian state because today everybody understands what that Palestinian state could have...
Israeli Town Council Head Says Israel Should Make Gaza Look Like Auschwitz
David Azoulai, the council head of the northern Israeli town of Metula, has called for Israel to make the Gaza Strip look like the infamous Nazi-operated Auschwitz concentration camp. According to The Jerusalem Post, Azoulai said Gaza should be emptied of Palestinians...
Pope Francis Condemns Israeli ‘Terrorism’ After IDF Kills 2 Women at Catholic Church in Gaza
Pope Francis on Sunday condemned an Israeli attack on the only Catholic church in Gaza as "terrorism." The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Catholic authority in the region, said Saturday that the Holy Family Church's compound in Gaza City was under Israeli...
Senate to Return Next Week to Work on Border Deal to Get Ukraine Aid
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has decided to keep senators in town next week to continue negotiations on a border deal that will unlock a massive $111 billion spending package that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. The Senate's...
Hamas Official Signals Interest in Negotiating a Lasting Ceasefire With Israel
Ismail Haniyeh, chief of Hamas's political bureau who is based in Qatar, signaled on Wednesday that he was interested in negotiating a sustainable ceasefire with Israel. "We are open to discuss any arrangement or initiative that could end the (Israeli) aggression,"...
Nearly Half of All Israeli Munitions Dropped on Gaza are Imprecise ‘Dumb’ Bombs
Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions Israel has dropped on the Gaza Strip are unguided or "dumb" bombs, CNN reported Thursday, citing a US intelligence assessment. The report said Israel had used 29,000 air-to-ground munitions in its bombardment of Gaza, a total...
Israeli Defense Minister Tells Jake Sullivan Gaza Onslaught Will Last ‘More Than Several Months’
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday told US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan in televised remarks that Israel's brutal assault on Gaza will continue for "more than several months." Sullivan traveled to Israel to discuss the "timetable" of the war,...
US Has No Plans to Restrict Military Aid to Israel Despite Biden Calling Gaza Bombing ‘Indiscriminate’
The US has no plans to restrict military aid to Israel or draw any red lines on Israel's use of US-provided munitions despite President Biden labeling Israel's bombing of Gaza "indiscriminate" and the massive civilian death toll, US officials told CNN. One official...