Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Most Christmas events were canceled in the Biblical birthplace of Jesus, with authorities saying the Israel-Hamas war gives no reason to celebrate the “Prince of Peace.”

Following a week of vote delays and intense negotiations to circumvent a United States veto, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) approved a resolution that called for the boosting of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and called for urgent steps “to create the conditions for a sustainable cessation of hostilities.”

As the war continues into its 3rd month in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claims that it has eliminated 8,000 Hamas terrorists and 2,000 since the beginning of October, IDF spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said.

A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll shows that, since the Oct. 7 genocidal attack on Israel by Hamas, over 50% of American young adults believe Israel should be erased and the land it is on given to Hamas and the Palestinians, Israel365 News report.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are reportedly close to completing their ground offensive in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, having significantly dismantled the presence of Hamas battalions in the region, according to IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari.

Israel came closer Wednesday to an all-out war with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group, which it views as a terrorist organization backed by Iran, as hostilities escalated.

A young German Evangelical Christian has been killed fighting Hamas in Gaza as a volunteer combat soldier with the Israeli Defense Forces, the Jerusalem Post reports. A member of the Maglan Special Forces unit of the IDF’s Nahal Brigade, 20 year-old Sgt.-Maj. Urija Bayer died on Sunday after being critically wounded in the southern Gaza Strip on December 14.

The Syrian defense ministry, in a statement relayed by state media, reported that Israeli air strikes targeting areas near Damascus resulted in injuries to two Syrian soldiers on Sunday.

Israel’s military has confirmed an “incident” at the last Catholic Church in Gaza after accusations from the Vatican that troops shot and killed two Christian women in what Pope Francis called an act of terrorism.

Lebanon-based Hezbollah, condemned as a terrorist organization by Israel, has claimed responsibility for killing an Israeli reservist soldier and injuring two others, one seriously.

Three Israeli hostages killed mistakenly in Gaza by Israeli forces had been holding up a white flag, according to an initial inquiry into the incident, the military said Saturday.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will “go to the end, to victory” despite “international pressures” to halt the military operation and a mounting death toll among Israeli troops.

Before the outbreak of war on October 7, the Biden administration had plans to establish a two-state solution. These steps were intended to facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian state, a key element in the potential agreement for the normalization of relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel.

As heavy fighting continues in Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced that ten of its soldiers died in battle, including two senior commanders. Since the ground incursion into Gaza, the death toll has risen to 115.

Israel’s military has started the process of flooding Hamas’ tunnel network in Gaza with seawater to destroy the massive underground infrastructure the terrorist organization uses to wage war against Israel, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

Israel came under more world pressure Wednesday after the United Nations General Assembly and even its ally, the United States, criticized the Jewish nation’s military operations against Hamas in Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed opposition to the United States’ proposals to install a reformed Palestinian Authority in Gaza following the completion of Israel’s military operation to remove Hamas from the Strip.

Israel has made clear it is preparing for war against the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its military operations against Hamas in Gaza have ended.

Israel’s prime minister has condemned Russia’s close cooperation with Iran, which publicly seeks the destruction of Israel, and Moscow’s refusal so far to condemn the Hamas massacres in the Jewish nation.