Defense and Security
Ofir Engel, 19, recounts being taken captive during the Oct. 7, 2023 massacre and held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza for 54 days.
“We don’t believe the leaders of a vicious terrorist organization should be living comfortably anywhere, and that certainly includes in a major city of one of our key allies and partners,” said U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller.
The number of Russian weapons found by Israeli forces has sparked concern that Moscow’s relationship with Hezbollah may be closer than previously assumed.
Israel’s foreign minister sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council warning that the attacks could “further drag the region in a very dangerous escalation.”
“Unfortunately, there are certain neighborhoods where predominantly Arab-descended people live, who also have sympathies for terrorist groups,” said Barbara Slowik.
The war being waged by Israel on seven fronts “has one source—Iran,” said the premier during a Knesset committee meeting.
Hezbollah has launched some 16,000 rockets, missiles and drones from Lebanon at Israel since joining the war in support of Hamas.
Language removed from the draft following U.S. pressure would have triggered Chapter VII of the U.N. Charter, which empowers the UNSC to take collective action, including the use of force.
The attacks came just hours after a rocket wounded five people, one seriously, in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
Amos Hochstein’s visit comes following Lebanon’s written response to the latest U.S. proposal, which according to a spokesman for Lebanon’s Hezbollah-affiliated Parliament speaker included “comments” presented “in a positive atmosphere.”
We must be allowed to fight until the end. And we believe that fighting until the end will force Hamas to bring us back our hostages,” said Tzvika Mor, whose son Eitan, 23, was taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
UNDOF claims the IDF’s construction of a barrier along the Alpha Line violates the ceasefire with Syria.
