Israel-Palestinian Conflict

In a daring operation amid ongoing clashes, Israeli forces rescued a Bedouin man during an operation in wartorn Gaza, more than 10 months after Hamas abducted him in Israel, officials confirmed late Tuesday.

In an interview with Israel’s newspaper Maariv on Tuesday, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Colonel Anan Abbas, Head of Control at the Northern Command’s central operations room, disclosed that the recent operation against Hezbollah was the result of months of meticulous preparation. “Hezbollah is trying to assess the extent of the damage they’ve sustained,” he stated.

Since the war in Gaza began last October, Israel reported on Monday that 500 transport planes and 107 ships have delivered over 50,000 tons of armaments and military equipment from the United States to Israel.

Israel’s military said Monday it used a drone to attack “an operations room,” killing “five terrorists” in Tulkarm in the Palestinian enclave of the West Bank, also known by its biblical names Judaea and Samaria.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant cautioned that “Iran’s aggression has reached an all-time high” during a Monday meeting with U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown in a meeting held in Tel Aviv on Monday.

Hamas said late Sunday that it rejects new Israeli conditions put forward in Gaza ceasefire-hostage talks, raising concerns there won’t be a breakthrough in efforts to end the 10-month-old war as fears mount of a broader armed conflict in the region.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah did not rule out more massive attacks against Israel on Sunday after his group fired hundreds of rockets and drones into the Jewish nation, following Israeli air strikes in Lebanon.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Thursday that it conducted “extensive” overnight airstrikes on Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, targeting weapon depots, buildings used by the group, and a rocket launcher across 10 areas, signaling an escalation in the conflict.

While Israel continues to prepare and brace for a threatened attack by Iran, the United States has deployed a second aircraft carrier, the USS Abraham Lincoln, to the Middle East to help defend the Jewish state if necessary.

Israel Defense Forces bombed several of its arms depots in Lebanon for the second consecutive night, Hezbollah responded by firing over 50 rockets into civilian areas in northern Israel on Wednesday morning.

Continuing a campaign of terror against Israel that it began in solidarity with Hamas’ attack against the Jewish state, the Lebanese Hezbollah terror organization launched 50 rockets at the Golan Heights on Wednesday morning, with several missiles hitting homes, All Israel News (AIN) reports.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant announced the defeat of Hamas’ Rafah Brigade during his visit to troops stationed along the Egypt-Gaza Strip border, emphasizing the destruction of over 150 tunnels.

Advancing the fight against cancer, scientists at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University have developed a new way to revive natural killer (NK) cells that identify and destroy cancerous and viral cells, World Israel News (WIN) reports.

Hamas rejected the bridge proposal by the Biden Administration called on the U.S. to reverse its “partnership” with Israel and “work seriously” toward stopping the war in Gaza as it accused the U.S. of “complete bias” toward Israel.

Israeli Defense Minister Gallant stated that Israel is shifting its “center of gravity” following the destruction of several Hezbollah arms depots in Lebanon by the Israel Defense Forces on Monday night. In retaliation, Hezbollah launched 115 rockets and drones at northern Israel throughout Tuesday.

Israel’s military confirmed Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in the Hamas’ October 7 attack that started the Gaza war, but many others kidnapped remained unaccounted for.

In a breakthrough, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel accepted his proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in the Gaza Strip, and he urged Hamas to do the same.

Archaeologists excavating under Jerusalem’s Old City have uncovered 2,000-year-old artefacts that would have been used in daily life during Jesus’ time on earth, All Israel News (AIN) reports.

The United States has introduced a “bridging proposal” aimed at finalizing a deal for the release of hostages in Gaza and establishing a ceasefire in the Palestinian enclave. However, Hamas has rejected the Biden Administration’s proposal, claiming it does not guarantee a permanent ceasefire and fails to require a complete withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) from Gaza, according to the terrorist organization.

Lebanon plunged into darkness Saturday as the last operational power plant shut down following a deadly Israeli strike that prompted Hezbollah to launch a salvo of rockets at northern Israel.