Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Israel confirmed Sunday it had struck the Houthis-run Hodeidah Port in Yemen after the Iran-backed group claimed responsibility for a deadly drone strike on Tel Aviv, Israel’s second-largest city.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned a nonbinding opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) after it said Friday that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian-occupied territories is “unlawful.”

Early on Friday morning, a drone loaded with explosives and manufactured in Iran, launched by the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen, struck an apartment building in central Tel Aviv near the U.S. consulate. The attack killed an Israeli man and injured at least eight others.

Israel’s parliament (the Knesset) has voted overwhelmingly to reject a Palestinian state, even if that state were part of a negotiated settlement with the Jewish nation, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

Senior representatives from the US, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority met in Tel Aviv last week for secret talks on reopening the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza as part of a hostage and ceasefire deal, the Axios news outlet reports exclusively.

US President Joe Biden said this week that Saudi Arabia wants to “fully recognize” Israel in exchange for American weaponry should it need to defend itself against other Arab nations or Iran, the Times of Israel (TOI) reported. 

Archaeologists excavating in central Israel have uncovered 3,200-year-old artifacts, which they believe provide evidence that the Biblical story recounting the arrival of the Israelites in the Promised Land following their Exodus from Egypt is true.

Nearly 40% of French Jews are considering immigration to Israel after a far-left, pro-Hamas party won the most seats in France’s recent elections, Israel’s Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and Diaspora Affairs has been told.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House as Israel prepares for a possible all-out war with Lebanon-based Hezbollah and faces ongoing military challenges in Gaza to crush Hamas and threats from other nations.

The International Court of Justice (also known as the World Court) has announced it will deliver its requested opinion on the “Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory” on July 19, Reuters reports. 

Amid ongoing concern that deadly rocket attacks by Iran-backed Hezbollah on northern Israel will escalate into a full-blown war, the Israel Electric Company (IEC) on Tuesday launched a drill to prepare the country for outages that may be caused by incoming missiles, Ynet News reports.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are ‘ready and preparing for the next stage in Lebanon,’ stated Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi on Sunday evening. Earlier today, Israel struck multiple Hezbollah targets across Lebanon. Over the past week, the IDF conducted an intensive drill to prepare for conflict with the terrorist organization.

The Palestinian Authority, which governs parts of the West Bank, has accused the Hamas terror group of hiding among Gaza civilians to protect itself in its ongoing war against Israel, the Times of Israel (TOI) reports.

Israel’s military confirmed Sunday that it struck “a Syrian military command center and infrastructure sites” after Syria targeted Israel with drones.

Israel said Saturday it targeted the Hamas leadership in an attack in southern Gaza that killed at least 90 people, including children, according to Hamas-linked officials.

Israel was anxiously anticipating the arrival of desperately needed American ammunition on Thursday after U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration ordered the release of around half the heavy bombs it held up due to worries over civilian casualties during Israel’s military action in Gaza’s southern city of Rafah.

The U.S. military’s humanitarian pier off the coast of wartorn Gaza will close, U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration confirmed Thursday, following an outcry over the $230 million project.

Israel’s Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said Wednesday that most fighters of Hamas have been killed or injured since the “terrorist group” invaded the Jewish nation last year, massacring some 1,200 people and injuring many others.

Two people were killed when Hezbollah fired dozens of rockets at the Golan Heights on Tuesday in retaliation for the killing of the ex-bodyguard of its leader in an Israeli strike, Israeli police said.

Top US officials are in Cairo with senior Israeli and Egyptian security officials to discuss a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and the release of around 120 hostages taken by Hamas from Israel to Gaza during the October 7 massacre, Axios reports.