Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced Saturday that he ordered the deployment of a second aircraft carrier and its strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to show support for Israel amid its bombardment of Gaza. Austin said the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D....
Amid concerns about Israel's onslaught in Gaza escalating into a regional war, the Iranian mission to the UN said Sunday that it would only enter the fighting if Israel attacked Iran. "Iran’s armed forces will not engage, provided that the Israeli apartheid does not...
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that the US would not draw any "red lines" over Israel's alleged use of white phosphorus munitions, a chemical weapon that can cause severe burns. Human Rights Watch has said it verified videos of Israel using white...
An Israeli military spokesman said Sunday that Israeli troops are "in formation" to strike Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip as Israel is expected to launch a ground incursion into the besieged enclave. "Gaza City is where the focus and the hub of Hamas activities...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Friday that civilians in Gaza bear responsibility for the Hamas attack on southern Israel as Israeli bombs are killing scores of people in the besieged enclave. "It is an entire nation out there that is responsible," Herzog said,...
Israeli airstrikes hit Syria's Aleppo airport for the second time within three days, again knocking it out of service amid Israel's bombardment of Gaza. "At about 11:35 pm on Saturday, October 14, 2023, the Israeli enemy carried out an aerial attack from the direction...
The State Department has warned its diplomats not to call for de-escalation or an end to the violence as Israeli airstrikes relentlessly hit Gaza, killing hundreds of children. In a message circulated Friday in emails viewed by HuffPost, the State Department said that...
An Israeli minister said Thursday that Israel would not allow any humanitarian aid into Gaza unless Hamas releases Israelis it has taken into the enclave. "Humanitarian aid to Gaza?" Israeli Energy Minister Israel Katz wrote on X. "No electric switch will be turned...
Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared in Tel Aviv on Thursday that "as long as America exists," it will support Israel, a pledge that came amid a relentless Israeli bombardment of Gaza. "The message that I bring to Israel is this: You may be strong enough on your...
A new poll found that the vast majority of Israelis say the Hamas attack on southern Israel was caused by a failure in the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and a smaller majority want Netanyahu to resign once the conflict is over. In the poll released...
