Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza on Sunday that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months. There were no immediate reports of casualties in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January.
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The University of Southern California’s president called recent controversies roiling the campus over the Israel-Hamas war “incredibly difficult for all of us.”
Yemen’s Houthi terrorists on Saturday claimed shooting down another of the U.S. military’s MQ-9 Reaper drones.
As some students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at U.S. college campuses vowed to keep their demonstrations going, some universities moved to shut down encampments.
Students in Paris inspired by Gaza solidarity encampments at campuses in the United States peacefully evacuated a campus building at a prestigious French university.
U.N. investigators are looking into allegations against staffers from the U.N. relief agency for Palestinians who Israel claims were involved in the Oct. 7 attack.
Hamas said Saturday that it was reviewing a new Israeli proposal for a cease-fire in Gaza, as Egypt intensified efforts to broker a deal to end the months-long war.
Talks have restarted aimed at bringing top Israeli officials to Washington to discuss potential military operations in Gaza, two U.S. officials said Wednesday.
The start of Ramadan, which is expected to be around March 10, is seen as an unofficial deadline for a deal.
The tanker carried Russian-produced naphtha, a flammable oil, drawing Moscow further into a conflict that so far it had blamed on the U.S.
Nine countries have suspended their funding following Israel’s allegations that a number of Gaza staff members participated in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack that sparked the war.
A Iran’s Revolutionary Guard spokesman claimed that the Hamas-led attack in Israel on Oct. 7 was launched in retaliation for the 2020 killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Musk has faced accusations from the Anti-Defamation League of tolerating antisemitic messages on X since purchasing it last year.
An official said Blinken would “stress the need to sustain the increased flow of humanitarian assistance to Gaza,” among other priorities.
Recent attacks on commercial vessels have been conducted by Houthis, seen as part of a rise in violence in the region due to the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday. Meanwhile, the Israeli military said Monday evening that 11 hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza.
The office of the Florida governor and 2024 presidential candidate says it worked with groups to send privately funded weapons and ammunition for the war against Hamas.
The families of hostages are in a foggy limbo distinct from grieving, even as tight-knit Israel mourns the more than 1,400 people killed by terrorists.