Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince at the start of his fifth visit to the Middle East since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.
War in Israel
A drone attack on a base housing U.S. troops in eastern Syria killed six allied Kurdish fighters.
A minister in Israel’s government has criticized President Joe Biden and said that having Donald Trump in power would allow more freedom to fight Hamas terrorists.
Iran issued a warning Sunday to the U.S. over potentially targeting two cargo ships in the Mideast long suspected of serving as forwarding operating bases for Iranian commandos.
Hamas has begun to resurface in areas where Israel withdrew the bulk of its forces a month ago, deploying police officers and making salary payments to some of its civil servants.
The Israeli military said it was the fifth time during the war that it has deployed the Arrow — a system developed with the U.S. to intercept long-range missiles.
The insistence on large-scale prisoner releases and an end to the fighting in Gaza put the terrorist group at odds with the multistage proposal that officials from Egypt, Israel, Qatar and the United States put forth this week.
Britain’s top diplomat said Thursday that his country could officially recognize a Palestinian state after a cease-fire in Gaza without waiting for the outcome of talks on two-state solution.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday it’s time to further disable Iran-backed militias that have struck at U.S. forces and ships in the Middle East.
Iran threatened to “decisively respond” to any U.S. attack on the Islamic Republic after the U.S. said it held Tehran responsible.
The Israeli prime minister told the group of eight visiting ambassadors that an alternative and impartial aid provider should be found.
Biden plans to attend the dignified transfer to mark the fallen troops’ return to U.S. soil on Friday and answered in the affirmative when asked if he’d decided on a response.
“We will not end this war without achieving all of our goals,” he said at an event Tuesday in the West Bank.
Six UNRWA employees infiltrated Israeli territory during the deadly Oct. 7 Hamas invasion, according to Israeli intelligence.
Those who gathered in Kfar Aza, Israel, on Monday, called for a cease-fire deal to return their loved ones.
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