The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that Donald Trump championed has mostly held, but progress has slowed recently.
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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.
The Harvard Corporation said the resignation came “with great sadness” and thanked her for her “deep and unwavering commitment to Harvard and to the pursuit of academic excellence.”
Saleh Arouri, who was the most senior Hamas figure killed since the war with Israel began, was also a founder of the terrorist group’s military wing
It was sent to the Eastern Mediterranean to be within striking distance of Israel since the day after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terrorist attacks.
The troop movement could signal that fighting is being scaled back in some areas of Gaza, particularly in the northern half.
The Houthis acknowledged that 10 of their fighters were killed in the confrontation with the U.S. military and warned of consequences.
The military said Israeli forces were operating in Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, and residents reported strikes in the central region.
Yemen’s Houthi rebels show no signs of ending their “reckless” attacks on commercial ships, the top commander of U.S. naval forces in the Middle East said Saturday.
For the second time this month the Biden administration is bypassing Congress to approve an emergency weapons sale to Israel.
Iran on Friday executed four people and sentenced several others to prison for having alleged links with Israel’s Mossad security service.
President Joe Biden has called the reports of sexual violence “appalling” and has urged the world to condemn “horrific accounts of unimaginable cruelty.”
Israel’s widening campaign is now focused on the urban refugee camps of Bureij, Nuseirat and Maghazi in central Gaza.
Mia Shem opened up about the abuse she suffered at the hands of Palestinian residents of the coastal enclave.
Included in the sanctions are the head of a financial intermediary in Sana’a, Yemen, along with three exchange houses in Yemen and Turkey.
Israel’s Defense Ministry says roughly 3,000 members of the country’s security forces have been wounded since Hamas terrorists stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7.
Iran held a funeral Thursday for high-ranking Gen. Razi Mousavi of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who was killed by an alleged Israeli airstrike in Syria.