The Pentagon said Monday that it's sending additional troops to the Middle East after Israel significantly escalated its bombing campaign in Lebanon earlier in the day. Pentagon spokesman Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said, "In light of increased tension in the Middle East and...
Gaza's Health Ministry said Sunday that Israel's assault on the enclave killed 40 more Palestinians and injured 58 in the previous 24-hour period, bringing its death toll since October 7 to 41,431 and the number of wounded to 95,818. "The Israeli occupation committed...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan that would result in the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian civilians from northern Gaza, CNN reported on Sunday. The report, citing the Israeli broadcaster Kan, said that during a closed-door meeting of the...
Sheikh Naim Kassem, the deputy leader of Hezbollah, said Sunday that the Lebanese group is in a "new phase" of its fight with Israel following a series of Israeli escalations in Lebanon. Kassem described the new phase as an "open-ended battle of reckoning" and said...
Senior US officials have concluded that a Gaza ceasefire deal will likely not be reached before President Biden's term comes to an end on January 20, 2025, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. For months, Biden administration officials have claimed that a...
Before thousands of pagers blew up in Lebanon on Tuesday, Israel informed the US that it was preparing an operation in the country but didn't say what it was, CNN reported on Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The sources said that Israeli Defense...
A group of 27 Israeli ministers and members of the Israeli Knesset have sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to expel Palestinian civilians from northern Gaza and impose a complete siege to "cleanse" the area. The Israeli ministers and...
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution calling for an end to Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories. The resolution passed in a vote of 124-14, with 43 nations abstaining. The resolution affirmed an advisory...
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that the focus of Israel's military operations was shifting to the north as part of a "new phase in the war." His comments came after Israel detonated thousands of Hezbollah pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon,...
On Wednesday, Israel blew up thousands of two-way radios used by Hezbollah in Lebanon, killing at least 20 people and wounding 450. Lebanon's official news agency also reported that solar energy systems blew up in Beirut and in the south, wounding one girl. The...
