The White House is considering options for how to respond if Israel defies President Joe Biden’s repeated warnings against launching a military invasion of Rafah without a credible plan to protect Palestinian civilians, according to
The White House on Tuesday urged Hamas militants in Gaza to release women, elderly and wounded hostages and accept a temporary ceasefire in the fighting with Israel in order to secure a more lasting one.
More of President Joe Biden’s top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
The White House says a temporary ceasefire in Gaza is essential to a hostage deal and calls on Hamas to accept the terms currently on the table, as talks to secure a truce proceed in
The White House continues to warn Israel against expanding its offensive into Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip. National Security Spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday that if Israel’s military doesn’t properly account for
The United States has confirmed any future Palestinian state will be demilitarized. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in past statements when seemingly accepting a Palestinian state eventually, has always insisted any future state be demilitarized.
The White House pressed Israel to work toward a pause in the Gaza conflict to win freedom for more hostages held by Hamas and rapidly increase the flow of humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians. John
Legislation providing $17.6 billion in new military assistance to Israel as it wages war against Hamas was unveiled on Saturday in the U.S. House of Representatives. The funding bill, offered by a House Appropriations panel,
The United States has conducted a wave of air strikes on Iran-aligned targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for an attack that killed American soldiers in Jordan. On Saturday, Iraq said 16 people, including
White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan met on Wednesday with top Israeli official Ron Dermer in Washington to discuss the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and the status of efforts to get hostages
