President Joe Biden addressed U.S. student protests over the Israel-Hamas war, telling graduates of Morehouse College that he heard their voices and that scenes from the conflict in Gaza break his heart, too.
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Elise Stefanik delivered a speech before Israel’s parliament in which she criticized President Joe Biden’s approach to the war in Gaza.
Pro-Palestinian protesters set up a new encampment at Drexel University in Philadelphia over the weekend, prompting a lockdown of school buildings.
President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss what the kingdom described as the “semi-final” version of a security agreement.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, a hard-line protégé of the country’s supreme leader who led the country as it enriched uranium near weapons-grade levels, has died. He was 63.
“It’s the best thing in my life,” said 1st Sgt. Omer Glikstal of the team’s twice-weekly practices at a stadium in the Tel Aviv suburb of Ramat Gan.
Friday’s vote produced a seldom-seen outcome in the typically hyper-partisan House, with Democrats helping Republican Speaker Mike Johnson’s plan advance overwhelmingly 316-94. Final House approval could come this weekend, when the package would be sent to the Senate.
Israel has long considered Iran to be its greatest enemy — citing the Islamic Republic’s calls for Israel’s destruction, its controversial nuclear program and its support for hostile terrorist proxies across the Middle East.
Thousands of Palestinian patients, medical staff and displaced people were trapped inside the sprawling complex Tuesday, as heavy fighting between troops and Hamas terrorists raged in nearby districts.
Israeli forces said terrorists fired on troops from within the compound at the Gaza City hospital. A senior commander in Gaza’s Hamas-led police forces was killed.
The White House has been skeptical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to carry out an operation where about 1.5 million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
The Security Council is expected to vote Tuesday morning on the Arab-backed draft resolution circulated by Algeria.
The Israeli military released a video Monday showing what is believed to be the youngest hostage soon after his kidnapping on Oct. 7.
A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists damaged a Belize-flagged ship traveling through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait that connects the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.
The comments by Gadi Eisenkot, a former army chief, marked the latest sign of disagreement among top Israeli officials over the direction of the war against Hamas terrorists, now in its fourth month.
