The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
Middle East Peace
The vote was a crucial next step for the fragile ceasefire and efforts to outline Gaza’s future following two years of war between Israel and Hamas.
The remains of four hostages are still in Gaza after Palestinian militants released the remains of another on Sunday.
With Monday’s return, the bodies of 270 Palestinians have been handed back since the start of the ceasefire.
Since the ceasefire in Gaza took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants had released the remains of 17 hostages, with 11 remaining in Gaza.
Had President Donald Trump not been re-elected, terrorist entities would try to “wipe out” the State of Israel, Sen. Rick Scott told a packed crowd in Las Vegas.
Hamas has begun to resurface in areas where Israel withdrew the bulk of its forces a month ago, deploying police officers and making salary payments to some of its civil servants.
The Israeli military said it was the fifth time during the war that it has deployed the Arrow — a system developed with the U.S. to intercept long-range missiles.
The insistence on large-scale prisoner releases and an end to the fighting in Gaza put the terrorist group at odds with the multistage proposal that officials from Egypt, Israel, Qatar and the United States put forth this week.
Britain’s top diplomat said Thursday that his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of talks on two-state solution.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday it’s time to further disable Iran-backed militias that have struck at U.S. forces and ships in the Middle East.
Iran threatened to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic after the U.S. said it held Tehran responsible.
The Israeli prime minister told the group of eight visiting ambassadors that an alternative and impartial aid provider should be found.
Biden plans to attend the dignified transfer to mark the fallen troops’ return to U.S. soil on Friday and answered in the affirmative when asked if he’d decided on a response.
“We will not end this war without achieving all of our goals,” he said at an event Tuesday in the West Bank.
Those who gathered in Kfar Aza, Israel, on Monday, called for a cease-fire deal to return their loved ones.
As the enemy drone was flying in at a low altitude, a U.S. drone was returning to the small military installation, according to a preliminary report cited by two officials.
Spc. Kennedy Sanders, of Georgia, was killed by a weekend drone strike on a base in Jordan near the Syrian border.
An Israeli document obtained Monday spelled out allegations against a dozen U.N. employees the country says took part in Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attack.
U.S. negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages.
Israel said “significant gaps” remain after cease-fire talks on Sunday with the United States, Qatar and Egypt, but called them constructive.