Ben Gvir Says Changing Status Quo at al-Aqsa Is ‘Our Policy’ in Latest Provocative Visit to the Religious Site The Israeli minister has dismissed statements from Netanyahu that the status quo hasn't changed
White House Says US Is Prepared To Defend Israel From ‘Significant’ Attack The US and Israel expect Iran's reprisal attack to come this week
US To Keep Funding Israeli Military Unit That Killed Elderly Palestinian American Earlier reports said the US was going to sanction the unit, Netzah Yehuda, but Israeli officials lobbied against the plan
Arab Officials Say Gaza Ceasefire Deal Won’t Happen Unless US Pressures Israel Officials from the mediating countries, Qatar and Egypt, say Netanyahu has been the only obstacle to a deal
Hamas Says It Will Continue Ceasefire Talks Under Sinwar Israeli officials have said the talks are on hold until after Iran's expected reprisal attack
Hamas Names Yahya Sinwar as New Political Chief Sinwar is the leader of Hamas in Gaza and is now the group's overall leader
Netanyahu Appoints New Spokesman Who Wants Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza Omer Dostri has called for settlements to be established in areas of Gaza that are under Israel's control
Israeli Killing of Hamas Political Chief Expected To Derail Ceasefire Talks Netanyahu had been working to sabotage the talks in the weeks leading up to his trip to Washington
Israeli Lawmaker Says Raping Palestinian Prisoners Is ‘Legitimate’ Hanoch Milwidsky, a member of the Likud party, made the comments in a debate about the arrest of Israeli soldiers at the Sde Teiman prison
State Department Won’t Call Israeli Rape of Palestinian Prisoners a War Crime 'I'm not a legal expert,' said State Department spokesman Vedant Patel when asked if rape was a war crime