The chief of the Israeli military said the IDF will not withdraw any further, and he considers the current partition line in Gaza as the new border. “We have operational control over extensive parts of the Gaza Strip and we will remain on those defence lines. The...
The US Ambassador to Turkey and Syria said that Israel can “claim” to be a democracy, but should aspire towards “monarchy.” “I don’t see a democracy [in the Middle East],” US envoy Tom Barrack told the Doha forum. “Israel can claim it’s a democracy but in this region,...
Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who abruptly announced he was stepping down in October, was pushed out by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The report said that Hegseth and Holsey were at odds...
Israel is in the process of erecting a new 13-mile-long separation fence in the Jordan Valley. The wall will isolate Palestinian villages and cut off farmers from their land. According to Haaretz, the IDF is in the advanced stage of building the barrier. Last month,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel had won its war, but was in a never-ending conflict. The Israeli leader told The New York Times’ Dealbook Summit, “We won this war. But it’s never ending. It’s like if you have cancer and you take it out, it...
President Trump sent a short handwritten letter to Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the former al-Qaeda leader who took power in Damascus with his group of jihadists, known as Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), nearly one year ago. “Ahmed, you will be a great leader — and...
Israeli strikes hit near a field hospital in Gaza, killing five Palestinians. The bombs hit a tent camp, causing fires. A spokesman for the Gaza civil defense force said, “Five citizens, including two children, killed and others injured, some seriously, as a result...
The Knesset advanced legislation that approves President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza. However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his Likud party boycotted the vote. On Wednesday, legislation introduced by Israeli opposition...
