Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would make the call on its own on how to respond to Iran’s air assault, despite “suggestions and advice” from its allies.
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Almost nine in 10 Jewish respondents said there was more discrimination against them since the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
Mike Johnson referred to himself as a “wartime speaker” of the House and indicated in his strongest self-defense yet he would press forward with a U.S. national security aid package.
It was the first time Iran has launched a direct military strike on Israel after decades of enmity going back to Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution.
House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a complicated proposal for passing wartime aid for Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan.
President Joe Biden hosted Iraq’s leader at the White House as his administration worked to prevent an escalation in Mideast hostilities.
Israel says it plans to attack Rafah eventually to root out Hamas terrorists.
European leaders joined the U.S in pushing for Israel to restrain its response to Iran’s drone and missile attack, in a bid to allay a wider military conflict.
Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi said that Israel is still considering its steps, but he said that the Iranian strike of missiles and attack drones “will be met with a response.”
Israel’s War Cabinet met Sunday without deciding next steps against Iran as a nervous world waited for any sign of further escalation.
Tensions are at their highest since the Israel-Hamas war began six months ago after a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria killed 12.
Israel on Sunday hailed its successful air defenses in the face of an unprecedented attack by Iran, saying it and its allies thwarted 99% of the more than 300 drones and missiles launched toward its territory
The U.S. and its allies are sounding an unusually urgent alarm over Iran’s possible plans to retaliate in the coming days over Israel’s purported killing of senior Iranian officials at a diplomatic mission in Syria.
Dozens of angry Israeli settlers stormed into a Palestinian village in the West Bank.
Hamas released Aviva Siegel during a humanitarian cease-fire in November, but her husband remains captive, and she told a room of lawmakers at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday she hopes he is still alive.