President Trump has released a hold on a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs to Israel that was paused by the Biden administration, Axios reported on Saturday. The report said the shipment of 1,800 MK-84 bombs, which are in storage in the US, will be shipped to Israel in...
Trump Floats Plan To ‘Clean Out’ Palestinians From Gaza, Raising Fears of Ethnic Cleansing
On Saturday, President Trump suggested the idea of "cleaning out" Palestinians from Gaza and sending them to Egypt and Jordan, raising fears that the US may support the ethnic cleansing of the territory. The president told reporters on Air Force One that moving...
Israeli Troops Kill Dozens and Wound Scores as Civilians Try to Return Home to Southern Lebanon
Sunday was meant to be the end of the 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Numerous displaced civilians from southern Lebanon appeared to believe this also meant an end to Israeli orders not to attempt to return home. Unfortunately, as Israel decided to stay,...
Israel Confirms Troops Not Leaving Lebanon By Monday Deadline
Surprising few people except perhaps Amos Hochstein, who guaranteed this wouldn’t happen, Israel confirmed Friday that they will, in fact, not be withdrawing from Lebanon by the deadline set out in the ceasefire, which was 60 days and arrives overnight Sunday into...
Shin Bet Says Israel’s ‘Multi-Front’ War Is Now Focused on the West Bank
The head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency said Thursday that Israel's "multi-front war" is now focused on the occupied West Bank amid a new Israeli siege on the northern Palestinian city of Jenin. "We are in a multi-front war, and now it is the turn of Samaria,"...
Gaza Hospitals Receive 122 More Bodies, Raising Death Toll
Gaza's Health Ministry said Thursday that hospitals received 122 more bodies as Palestinians continue to dig the remains of people killed by Israel's bombing campaign out of the rubble on the fifth day of the ceasefire. The Health Ministry said that 120 of the bodies...
US Private Security Contractors To Operate Checkpoint in Gaza
Armed US private security contractors will begin operating a checkpoint in Gaza in the coming days, Axios reported on Thursday, citing Israeli officials. The report said the US contractors will be deployed to Gaza as part of a multinational group that's been...
Israel Wants to Extend Troops’ Stay in Lebanon Another 30 Days
Just one day after Israel’s Foreign Minister was saying they are “committed” to the ceasefire in Lebanon, multiple media reports say that Israel is now seeking an additional 30 days to keep troops in Lebanon, beyond the 60-day deadline for the pullout currently in...
Trump Envoy Says It’s ‘Good’ Hamas Wants Talks With the US
President Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Wednesday that it was "good" that Hamas was open to talks with the United States. Witkoff was asked in an interview with Fox News about comments from Mousa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas official based in Qatar. "We’re...
Israel ‘Committed’ to Ceasefire But Continues Burning South Lebanon Homes
The visit from UN Special Coordinator Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert to Israel has resulted in Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar declaring that Israel is “committed” to the ceasefire with Lebanon. The ceasefire calls for an Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon within 60...