While in Beirut restaurants were packed and hundreds flocked to Christmas markets in the days leading up to the holiday, in the border towns houses were empty and businesses shuttered.
War in Israel
The military says 154 Israeli troops have been killed since the beginning of the ground offensive, which was sparked when Hamas-led terrorists stormed communities in southern Israel on Oct. 7.
With many major airlines canceling flights to Israel, few foreigners are visiting Bethlehem.
Most U.S. state legislatures will reconvene in January for the first time since the Oct. 7 attack, and they’re preparing to take action in response, both symbolic and concrete.
Fadi Sckak has already lost his father to the Israel-Hamas War in Gaza. He wants to help his mother escape that fate.
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday, calling it a long and private conversation.
The air and ground campaign also continued in the north, even as Israel says it is in the final stages of clearing out Hamas terrorists there.
The U.N. Security Council adopted a resolution calling for speeding up aid deliveries to civilians in Gaza but without the original call for an “urgent suspension of hostilities.”
Kibbutz Nir Oz said the wife of an Israeli-American national killed in the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack is being held hostage.
The video was a compilation by the IDF of mobile phone, body and dash camera footage and social media posts from both Hamas and victims of the terrorist incursion in Israel.
The principal at Hillcrest High School is out after coming under fire for the way he handled the disturbance at the school in Jamaica Hills, Queens.
U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield says the United States backs the new text, and if it is put to a vote, the U.S. will support it.
The faces of 173 hostages being held by Hamas terrorists since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel cover the wall of an entire building in Culver City.
Israel has vowed to continue the offensive until it destroys Hamas’ military capabilities and returns scores of hostages captured by Palestinian terrorists.
Israel’s foreign minister said teams are hammering out the details so that humanitarian aid shipments to the Gaza Strip can begin as soon as possible.