DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — A container ship owned by an Israeli billionaire came under attack by a suspected Iranian drone in the Indian Ocean as Israel wages war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, an American defense official said Saturday.
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Hundreds of Israelis marched through the streets of Modiin on Thursday holding placards calling for the immediate release of the hostages who have been in Hamas captivity since the terrorist group’s brutal attack on Oct. 7.
Hamas on Saturday evening had earlier delayed the release of the second group of hostages, claiming that Israel had not complied with the terms of a four-day truce.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved Jacob Lew to be ambassador to Israel, moving quickly to get him in place during the country’s new war with Hamas.
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration is linking a pro-Palestinian student organization to terrorism and is ordering state universities to ban the group from campuses.
The prospect of Israeli forces launching an assault into Gaza’s dense urban neighborhoods, where terrorists use civilians as human shields, brings back searing memories of the deadly battles the U.S.-led coalition fought against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
Late Thursday, most of the law enforcement officers and a helicopter surrounding the home a relative of the suspect left after executing a search warrant and calling for anyone inside to surrender.
Officials told The Wall Street Journal that Israel has agreed to an American request to get proper air defenses in place before a ground invasion of Gaza.
Israeli officials were outraged Wednesday that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ said the Oct. 7 Hamas attack “did not happen in a vacuum.”
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