IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rockets
The Israeli Air Force struck three Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday-Thursday, in retaliation for a volley of rockets fired at Israel from the Hamas-controlled enclave.
Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Soleimani Says Iran Is Ready to Back Palestinian Forces
Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani says his nation is ready to support Palestinian forces in the Gaza Strip, days after the U.S. recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
After Iron Dome shoots down rocket fired at Ashkelon, IDF hits Gaza targets
Israeli forces attacked Hamas targets in the northern Gaza Strip early Tuesday after Palestinians fired a rocket toward the southern city of Ashkelon, the army said. The rocket was intercepted by an Iron Dome anti-missile battery.
Palestinian leader Abbas in Cairo, Istanbul to rally region over Jerusalem
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday intensified efforts to rally Middle Eastern countries against US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, setting up talks with Arab leaders beginning in Cairo.
Netanyahu faces pressure in Europe amid Jerusalem protests
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces renewed pressure from Europe on Monday to reboot the Middle East’s moribund peace process following widespread criticism of the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the Jewish state’s capital.
Israel gears up for second day of violent protests over Jerusalem
Israel was preparing Saturday for fresh riots and demonstrations across the West Bank and Gaza Strip over US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, amid calls from Hamas for wide-scale confrontation.
Abbas to boycott Pence as protests over Jerusalem continue
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not meet with US Vice President Mike Pence when he visits the West Bank this month, a senior Palestinian official said Saturday as protests continued due to the US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital.
Europe, Arabs to unite against Israel at UN Security Council
European countries, Egypt and Russia are slated to rail against US President Donald Trump’s declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital, when the United Nations Security Council holds a meeting on the matter in New York on Friday.
IDF retaliates against Hamas for rocket attacks
The IDF confirmed it struck two terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said. The IDF confirmed the use of a tank and an IAF to strike Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital fulfills campaign promise broken by predecessors
In a dramatic shift from his predecessors, President Trump announced Wednesday that the U.S. is recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and ordered plans to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the ancient, divided city.
Trump presses ahead with plan to move Israel embassy to Jerusalem despite uproar
President Trump will announce Wednesday that the U.S. government recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, a risky and diplomatically fraught decision that will put in motion his plans to move the U.S. embassy to the divided ancient city over the heated objections of the Palestinians and other leaders across the Arab world and in Europe.
Israeli jets reported to strike Syrian military site near Damascus
Israel’s military struck a Syrian military installation on the outskirts of Damascus late Monday night, according to initial reports.
Is Trump eyeing a plan to expand a Palestinian state into Sinai?
US President Donald Trump could be eyeing an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that would include transferring sections of the Sinai Desert from Egypt to a newly created Palestinian state, the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm reported on Saturday.
Arab League warns Trump against recognizing Jerusalem as Israeli capital
The Arab League chief said on Sunday a decision by US President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital would boost fanaticism and violence, and not serve the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Netanyahu at Saban Forum: Iran, Like Nazi Germany, Has ‘Ruthless Commitment to Murdering Jews’
Prime Minister Benjaminm Netanyahu raised concerns over the threat posed against Israel by Iran while addressing the Saban Forum taking place in Washington, D.C. via satellite from his office in Jerusalem.
Trump said to announce US embassy move, recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
Israeli officials are reportedly expecting US President Donald Trump to make a landmark announcement in the coming days regarding the move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and recognizing the highly-sensitive holy city as Israel’s capital, according to a local TV report on Wednesday.
Pence, commemorating Israel’s birth, says Trump ‘actively’ seeks to move U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that President Trump is ‘actively considering’ moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to the divided city of Jerusalem.
Iran-backed militia in Syria says it’s ‘fully prepared’ to battle Israel
The head of a large Iranian-backed Iraqi militia that has been fighting in Syria said his group was ‘fully prepared’ to fight Israel if Damascus asked it to.
Israel’s Iron Dome system deployed on ships for first time
Israel’s military has for the first time deployed its Iron Dome rocket defense system aboard a ship.
Iran army chief vows next war will see ‘eradication’ of Israel
Major General Mohammad Ali Jafari, the chief commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), issued new threats against Israel on Thursday, vowing that any future conflict will be the Jewish state’s last.