A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi terrorists struck a Liberian-flagged container ship traveling through the Gulf of Aden, authorities said Sunday.
War in Israel
Israel is already in a “multi-front war” with Iran and its proxies, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting Sunday.
An Israeli delegation led by the country’s intelligence chief flew to Egypt on Saturday seeking to make progress on long-stalled talks over a possible Gaza truce.
The shocking strike on Golan Heights has unified the Druze across the region in grief, and laid bare the complex identity of the small, insular religious minority.
International diplomats have scrambled to head off a full-fledged regional war. Iran and its regional proxies vowed to retaliate.
The Israeli prime minister says the country needs to continue its efforts until Hamas is destroyed as a military and political organization.
The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July.
Hezbollah’s leader warned the conflict with Israel has entered a “new phase,” as he addressed mourners at the funeral of a commander from the group who was killed by an Israeli airstrike.
Iran’s supreme leader vowed revenge against Israel after Hamas top political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed Wednesday in a predawn airstrike in the Iranian capital.
Israel had vowed to kill Haniyeh and other leaders of Hamas over the terrorist group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw some 250 others taken hostage.
The soldiers’ detention Monday triggered angry protests by supporters demanding their release, including members of parliament and at least two government ministers.
Israel has blamed the rocket attack Saturday in the town of Majdal Shams on the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah, which has denied any role.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations told a group in Las Vegas that Hamas must be eradicated and hostages returned before his country can end its war in Gaza.
The Israeli military said it was questioning nine soldiers after allegations of “substantial abuse” of a detainee at a shadowy facility where Israel has held Palestinian prisoners.
Israeli authorities said a rocket from Lebanon struck a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights, killing 12 children and teens.