CAIRO (AP) — Egypt sent a high-level delegation to Israel on Friday with the hope of brokering a cease-fire agreement with Hamas in Gaza, two officials said. At the same time, it warned that a possible Israeli offensive focused on Gaza‘s city of Rafah — on the border with Egypt — could have catastrophic consequences […]
President Biden on Wednesday hailed the Senate’s passage of a $95 billion package that would send aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Mr. Biden spoke from the White House moments after he signed the measure to unlock the aid for America’s allies. “It’s an investment in our own security because when our allies are stronger […]
Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press appear to show a new compound of tents being built near Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as the Israeli military continues to signal it plans an offensive on the city of Rafah. Khan Younis has been targeted by repeated Israeli military operations over recent weeks. Israel […]
Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Monday, drawing retaliatory strikes. The Israeli military said 35 projectiles were launched at one of its bases, striking the sources of the rocket fire, without causing any casualties. Hezbollah said its attack was in response to recent Israeli strikes on towns and villages in southern Lebanon. […]
The Senate is expected to easily pass the House’s $95 billion foreign aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan this week but not before several senators who oppose the bundle have their say. Lawmakers will take up the package Tuesday during what was supposed to be a recess week, and Senate Democratic leader Charles E. […]
UNITED NATIONS — An independent review of the neutrality of the U.N. agency helping Palestinian refugees found that Israel never expressed concern about anyone on the staff lists it has received annually since 2011. The review was carried out after Israel alleged that a dozen employees of the agency known as UNRWA had participated in […]
RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Sabreen Jouda came into the world seconds after her mother left it. Their home was hit by an Israeli airstrike shortly before midnight Saturday. Until that moment, the family was like so many other Palestinians trying to shelter from the war in Gaza‘s southernmost city of Rafah. Sabreen’s father was killed. […]
JERUSALEM — Israeli leaders on Sunday harshly criticized an expected decision by the U.S. to impose sanctions on a unit of ultra-Orthodox soldiers in the Israeli military. The decision, expected as soon as Monday, would mark the first time the U.S. has ever imposed sanctions on a unit inside the Israeli military and further strains […]
The Israel Defense Forces used a locally produced air-to-surface missile dubbed the Rampage in its strike last week on an airfield near the city of Isfahan in central Iran, according to media in Israel. Israel Aerospace Industries, a government-owned defense contractor, developed the long-range, supersonic Rampage. The missile was identified from photos and the scope […]
JERUSALEM — Iran‘s supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that despite launching a massive assault, few projectiles actually made through to their targets. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‘s comments before senior military leaders didn’t not touch on the apparent Israeli retaliatory strike […]
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