Secretary of State Antony Blinken deleted a tweet where he said he was "encouraging" efforts to push for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Blinken made the post on X after he spoke with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan on Saturday. "I encouraged Türkiye's...
An Egyptian intelligence official has said that Israel ignored warnings that "something big" was coming amid questions about how the Hamas attack that was launched Saturday took the Israeli government by surprise, considering Gaza is under constant Israeli...
The Israeli defense minister on Monday announced a "complete siege" on Gaza and said Israeli forces were fighting "human animals" as Israeli airstrikes have been bombarding the enclave, which is home to about one million children. "I have ordered a complete siege on...
US officials said Sunday that they expect Israel to launch a ground invasion of Gaza within the next 24-48 hours after the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally declared it was at war with Hamas, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. A spokesman...
An Israeli lawmaker told Al Jazeera on Saturday that his party had been warning that Israeli policies toward Palestinians would "erupt" into the violence that Israel is experiencing in the wake of Hamas' assault. The comments were made by Ofer Cassif, a member of the...
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced on Sunday that he's ordered the deployment of an aircraft carrier strike group to the Eastern Mediterranean to show US support for Israel amid fighting in Gaza and southern Israel. The strike group is led by the aircraft...
President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday for the second time since Hamas launched an operation in southern Israel and said that more US military aid is on its way. According to the White House, President Biden "conveyed that...
Rep. Michael McCaul on Sunday said the House needed a speaker to "replenish" Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, which would involve providing Israel with more military aid. "We have to get a Speaker elected this week, so we can get things on the floor like...
At least two Syrian soldiers were wounded in an Israeli airstrike in Syria's eastern Deir Ezzor province late Monday night, Syrian state media reported. "At approximately 11:50 pm today, Monday 10/2/2023, the Israeli enemy carried out an air attack on some of our...
Saudi Arabia is determined to secure a defense pact with the US in exchange for normalizing with Israel regardless of whether or not concessions are made to the Palestinians, Reuters reported Friday, citing regional sources. Riyadh is looking for a commitment from the...
