White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters that Secretary of State Antony Blinken made US concerns about the planned operation clear to Israeli officials he met with yesterday. “Any major military operation in Rafah at
Israeli forces are "peeling back" Hamas infrastructure in Khan Younis, more than two months after entering the Gaza Strip's main southern city, and believe the Palestinian faction's Gaza chief is hiding there, a senior military
A $95.34 billion bill that includes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan advanced in the U.S. Senate on Thursday after Republicans blocked compromise legislation that included a long-sought overhaul of immigration policy. Senators backed a
According to the source, there are many young haredi men who are not studying in yeshivot, and can provide much needed manpower for the IDF without it even having to draft yeshiva students. Haredim who
The IDF revealed plans on Wednesday to increase the length of both mandatory and reservist service in the military due to the needs presented by the war and troop losses. The planned changes are to
Jerusalem won’t offer counter-proposal, instead seeking to put pressure on Qatar via the US to soften terror group’s terms, says Israeli source. Israel is working to pressure Hamas to withdraw its “delusional” terms for a
“We will have to replace UNRWA. I directed that this process be started and I informed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken about it today,” Netanyahu said. Israel has begun the process of replacing the
Since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas war, the number of at-risk youths in Israel has increased, according to Shimon Abuchatzeira, the head of the Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF)’s Department for At-Risk Youth. For
A senior Lebanon-based official in Palestinian militant group Hamas said Wednesday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s continued pursuit of war in Gaza showed the goal was “genocide” against Palestinians. Netanyahu’s “insistence on continuing the
The United Nations has called for “massive psychological support” for children in Gaza who will suffer “traumatic and long-lasting” effects from the war. “The rights of children living under the state of Israel’s effective control
