Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump at the White House next week, making him the first foreign leader invited to visit Washington by the new Trump administration. Trump told reporters on Monday that he would be hosting Netanyahu...
Smotrich Says He’s Working To Enact Trump’s Idea To ‘Clean Out’ Palestinians From Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he's working to make President Trump's suggestion that Palestinians could be "cleaned out" of Gaza and moved to Egypt and Jordan a reality. Trump's idea sparked a backlash from Arab nations, including Egypt and Jordan,...
Hundreds of Thousands of Palestinians Begin Returning to North Gaza
Palestinians who were displaced from northern Gaza in the early days of Israel's genocidal war on the Strip began returning to the ruins of their homes on Monday as part of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. Despite the massive destruction in northern Gaza,...
Israeli Forces Kill Two-Year-Old Girl in West Bank’s Jenin
On Saturday, a two-year-old Palestinian girl was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, where the Israeli military launched a new offensive last week. Laila al-Khatib died after being shot in the head by IDF gunfire when she was...
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...
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...
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...
Gaza Death Toll Rises as More Bodies Are Dug Out of the Rubble
Gaza's Health Ministry said Wednesday that hospitals received another 54 bodies of people killed by Israel's onslaught as Palestinians continue to dig remains out of the rubble. The Health Ministry said that 53 of the bodies came out of the rubble, while one...