Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described White House statements regarding his claims that the U.S. is holding up weapons deliveries for Israel as “personal attacks.”
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Lloyd Austin visited the sailors he has ordered to remain at sea to prevent the Israel-Hamas war from becoming a wider regional conflict.
The top leader of Hamas traveled to Cairo on Wednesday for talks aimed at securing another cease-fire and swap of hostages for Palestinian prisoners.
Officials from France, once Lebanon’s colonial ruler, have visited Lebanon over the past two months, urging for calm.
An official says two Iranian asylum-seekers who were in contact with another Iranian associated with the Revolutionary Guard were arrested.
The draft resolution on the table Monday morning called for an “urgent and sustainable cessation of hostilities.” A vote, first postponed from Monday, was pushed back again until Wednesday.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated America’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas, and said he was “not here to dictate timelines or terms.”
Some leaders of Nevada’s Muslim community gathered as part of the #AbandonBiden campaign, a national effort to ditch President Joe Biden over his response to the Israel-Hamas war.
Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky was the lone House Republican who voted against a GOP resolution condemning antisemitism on university campuses.
El-Sissi recorded a landslide victory, securing 89.6 percent of the vote, the National Election Authority said. Turnout was 66.8 percent of more than 67 million registered voters.
The proposed council resolution reiterates its demand that all parties comply with international humanitarian law.
The seriousness of the attacks has led multiple shipping companies to order their ships to hold in place and not enter the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met with Israeli leaders to discuss scaling back major combat operations in Gaza but said Washington was not imposing a timetable.
“What helped me survive there was that my daughters were with me,” Doron Katz Asher said. “I had something to fight for.”
Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem are major boons for the city, where tourism accounts for 70 percent of its yearly income. But the streets are empty this season.
The entryway to the tunnel is just a few hundred yards from the heavily fortified Erez crossing and a nearby Israeli military base.
The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom and Germany called for a “sustainable” cease-fire, saying too many civilians had been killed.
A U.S. warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday, and a Royal Navy destroyer downed another drone, the British and American militaries said.
Two U.S. military leaders are traveling to Tel Aviv to advise the Israeli government on how to transition to a more limited campaign against Hamas and prevent a wider regional war.
Three Israeli hostages mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in Gaza had been waving a white flag when they were killed, a military official said.