Defense and Security
“If there were to be a full-scale war—which we don’t have and which we’re working to avoid—that’s actually not going to solve the problem,” said the U.S. secretary of state.
“It’s far past time to transfer to Israel the capabilities it needs to win,” senators Tom Cotton and Mitch McConnell wrote to President Joe Biden.
The Israeli prime minister’s remarks come amid reports that the Biden administration is spearheading a new diplomatic effort to end the fighting.
The Israel Defense Forces confirmed that at least two explosive drones were launched at the Jewish state “from the east.”
Operatives who were killed included commanders and members of “Hamas’s various combat arrays,” the IDF said.
Earlier, IDF Northern Command head Maj. Gen. Ori Gordin said that the army needs to be prepared for a ground invasion.
The Islamic Republic’s proxy forces “are trying to close in on Israel from all sides,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog told CNBC.
Graffiti artist Benzi Brofman, who created the exhibition, was painting murals at the Nova music festival in southern Israel just hours before Hamas’s invasion.
A rocket hit Kibbutz Sa’ar, injuring two construction workers, one seriously, while a woman was lightly wounded by an impact in the Bedouin village of Bir al-Maksur.
The president “is beginning to acknowledge” that the chances of a Gaza ceasefire deal are fading, his aides say.
The Palestinian terrorist gained notoriety for the 1969 hijacking of TWA flight 840 and the 1970 attempt to hijack El Al flight 219.
The Balad Party accuses Jerusalem of “insane, vengeful mentality,” and accuses the IDF of intentionally targeting civilians.
