A rocket strike Saturday at a soccer field killed at least 11 children and teens, Israeli authorities said, in the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country’s northern border.
War in Israel
Israel and Hamas are in agreement on the basic framework of the three-phase deal as it was presented by President Joe Biden in late May, according to senior Biden administration officials.
Asked by journalists if his U.S. trip was making progress toward a Gaza cease-fire at home, the Israeli prime minister said, “I hope so.”
In his address to Congress, Netanyahu defended Israel’s conduct during the war, as thousands of demonstrators massed near the Capitol.
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday said she urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a cease-fire deal soon with Hamas.
Israel has now pronounced dead more than a third of the roughly 110 hostages who remain in Hamas captivity.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing speech to Congress Wednesday.
Netanyahu arrived in Washington Monday for a several-day visit that includes meetings with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday speech before a joint session of Congress.
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah agreed in Beijing to form a government together, the groups said Tuesday.
He reiterated the Israeli military will continue its attacks on the Iran-backed Islamist group, which is considered a terrorist organization in the U.S., Canada and the European Union.
There are approximately 120 hostages still being held in Gaza, though Israel believes more than 40 are no longer alive.
The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen early Sunday, hours after Israeli warplanes struck several Houthi targets in the Arabian Peninsula.
Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist group said it fired rockets to northern Israel Saturday, targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike.
The Israeli army said Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the terrorist group in Tel Aviv the previous day.
An Iranian-made drone sent by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists struck Tel Aviv on Friday, leaving one person dead and at least 10 wounded.