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 death of Judith Weinstein was announced days after her husband, Gad Haggai, was also declared dead.
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.
The Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate a belt of territory the width of central Gaza, saying had located a Hamas terrorist training camp.
Houthi attacks have led to a major disruption of shipping through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was determined to press ahead with Israel’s offensive.
The killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi comes as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border between Hezbollah and Israel continue to intensify.
While in Beirut restaurants were packed and hundreds flocked to Christmas markets in the days leading up to the holiday, in the border towns houses were empty and businesses shuttered.
The military says 154 Israeli troops have been killed since the beginning of the ground offensive, which was sparked when Hamas-led terrorists stormed communities in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
With many major airlines canceling flights to Israel, few foreigners are visiting Bethlehem.
Most U.S. state legislatures will reconvene in January for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack, and they’re preparing to take action in response, both symbolic and concrete.
Fadi Sckak has already lost his father to the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza. He wants to help his mother escape that fate.
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, calling it a long and private conversation.
The air and ground campaign also continued in the north, even as Israel says it is in the final stages of clearing out Hamas terrorists there.
The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution calling for speeding up aid deliveries to civilians in Gaza but without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities.”
Kibbutz Nir Oz said the wife of an Israeli-American national killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack is being held hostage.