Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich Vowed on Tuesday that there "will be Jewish settlements in Gaza" despite the ceasefire deal that Israel signed last week. The Israeli minister, who also holds a position in the Defense Ministry that gives him power to expand...
US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met directly with senior Hamas officials in Egypt on Wednesday to seal the Gaza ceasefire deal, Middle East Eye reported on Monday. Leading the Hamas officials was Khalil al-Hayya, the...
President Trump told the Israeli Knesset on Monday that Israel has used US-supplied weapons “very well,” remarks that follow two years of Israeli bombardments in Gaza that have killed tens of thousands of women and children. "We make the best weapons in the world, and...
President Trump on Monday suggested that Miriam Adelson, one of his biggest donors during his 2024 campaign, "loves" Israel more than the United States, comments he made during an address to the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem. "I'm gonna get her in trouble with this...
President Trump on Sunday departed the US for the Middle East, where he will visit Israel and Egypt, as the first phase of the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal appears to be holding. During his visit to Israel, Trump will deliver a speech to the Israeli Knesset, making him...
Hamas agreed to the terms of the current Gaza ceasefire deal more than a year ago, but at the time, the potential agreement was rejected by both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-US President Joe Biden, according to an Israeli involved in the...
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Sunday that the Israeli military would destroy tunnels in Gaza after the remaining Israeli captives are released by Hamas, which is expected to happen on Monday. "Israel's great challenge after the phase of returning the...
Rescue workers in Gaza have recovered more than 200 bodies of Palestinians killed by the IDF from the rubble and from areas they were previously unable to access since the ceasefire went into effect on Friday, and Israeli troops pulled back from certain areas. Gaza's...
Israeli drones have carried out another drone attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers in southern Lebanon this weekend, wounding one of the personnel when they dropped a grenade on their position near Kfar Kela. This was the second incident of Israel dropping a grenade on...
Israel attacks south Lebanon on an almost daily basis, but this morning the strike was one of the heaviest in weeks, targeting a heavy machinery store in the village of Msayleh. The strikes did enormous damage to infrastructure to be used in post-war reconstruction,...
