Israel and Hamas had agreed at the last minute to extend their truce to a seventh day, but further extensions proved more daunting.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that antisemitism in the U.S. has reached levels unseen in generations and called on his fellow Democrats to condemn it.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan met with about a dozen Democratic senators to discuss how the administration would ensure any U.S. weapons provided to Israel are used in accord with U.S. law.
The families of Americans being held hostage by Hamas called on the U.S. government to do everything it can to secure their release.
President Joe Biden told reporters that the 49-year-old woman was among the latest group of Hamas-held hostages to be released and was “safe in Egypt.”
A national nonprofit organization that fights antisemitism purchased three new billboards in Las Vegas for the coming month.
Hamas released 16 hostages from captivity on Wednesday. Israel has welcomed the releases and says it will maintain the truce if Hamas keeps freeing captives.
Hundreds gathered Tuesday night at a Summerlin temple to hear the harrowing account of an escape from the Israeli music festival last month as Hamas terrorist attacks began.
Ruth Munder, 78, told Israel’s Channel 13 that she spent the entirety of her time with her daughter, Keren, and grandson, Ohad Munder-Zichri, who celebrated his ninth birthday in captivity.
The Cambridge campus is now under the federal microscope for potential discrimination following antisemitism complaints since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Oct. 7 in southern Israel.
The 10-month-old was taken from his home in a southern Israeli kibbutz on Oct. 7, when Palestinian terrorists abducted about 240 people and dragged them to Gaza.
Nine women and a 17-year-old among 12 hostages released by Hamas as Israel releases 30 Palestinian prisoners.
An estimated 400 teens in Queens flooded the Hillcrest corridors Nov. 20 to protest the staffer, who shared a photo of herself online at a demonstration off school premises, according to viral social media videos.
Musk has faced accusations from the Anti-Defamation League of tolerating antisemitic messages on X since purchasing it last year.
The family was part of a group of 17 hostages who were exchanged for the release of 39 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel on Sunday.