The Israeli military ordered residents to evacuate a belt of territory the width of central Gaza, saying had located a Hamas terrorist training camp.
War in Israel
Houthi attacks have led to a major disruption of shipping through the Suez Canal and the Red Sea.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was determined to press ahead with Israel’s offensive.
The killing of Seyed Razi Mousavi comes as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border between Hezbollah and Israel continue to intensify.
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.
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.