Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem are major boons for the city, where tourism accounts for 70 percent of its yearly income. But the streets are empty this season.
War in Israel
The entryway to the tunnel is just a few hundred yards from the heavily fortified Erez crossing and a nearby Israeli military base.
The foreign ministers of the United Kingdom and Germany called for a “sustainable” cease-fire, saying too many civilians had been killed.
Antisemitism has sprung back to virulence in the U.S., deeply unsettling American Jews, many of whom had viewed it as a relic of past generations, destined to fade away.
Since Hamas operatives crossed into Israel on a killing and kidnapping spree, a society that enjoyed years of calm and rising prosperity remains haunted by scenes of slaughter.
Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip blocked traffic near Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon.
A U.S. warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday, and a Royal Navy destroyer downed another drone, the British and American militaries said.
Two U.S. military leaders are traveling to Tel Aviv to advise the Israeli government on how to transition to a more limited campaign against Hamas and prevent a wider regional war.
3 hostages mistakenly killed by Israeli troops had been holding a white flag, military official says
Three Israeli hostages mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in Gaza had been waving a white flag when they were killed, a military official said.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and one other warship to remain in the Mediterranean Sea for several more weeks.
A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels slammed into a cargo ship Friday in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait, authorities said.
A Dutch court rejected a request by a group of human rights and humanitarian organizations to order a halt to the transfer to Israel of parts for F-35 fighter jets.
“This is the true face of Poland,” the country’s U.S.-born chief rabbi, Michael Schudrich, said. “We are all together.”
The EU is the world’s biggest provider of aid to the Palestinians and has been trying to use its diplomatic leverage as a 27-nation bloc to encourage peace moves.
Jake Sullivan said that Washington won’t tolerate threats by Lebanon’s Hezbollah terrorist group.
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