President Joe Biden expressed hope negotiators would secure a temporary pause in the fighting between Israel and Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip.
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The strikes are among the deepest into Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began more than four months ago.
Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, had walked up to the Israeli Embassy and began livestreaming on the video streaming platform Twitch.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said the army had presented to the War Cabinet its operational plan for Rafah.
Fighter jets hit about 18 sites across multiple locations, targeting missiles, launchers, rockets, drones and unmanned surface and underwater vehicles.
Separately, the Saudi Asharq network reported that Hamas has softened some of its key demands around a possible hostage release deal.
The action comes just weeks after a Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee announced its own antisemitism probe.
A group of Harvard alumni has sued the university, arguing that the “rampant antisemitism on campus and in classrooms” has devalued their prestigious diplomas.
A long-awaited postwar plan by Israel’s prime minister shows that his government seeks open-ended control over security and civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip.
It was the first Israeli indication of new efforts since negotiations stalled a week ago.
A suspected missile attack by Houthi terrorists set a ship ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday as Israel intercepted what appeared to be another Houthi attack near Eilat.
Many European countries have registered a rise in reported antisemitic acts and comments since the outbreak of the war in Gaza.
Iran’s oil minister made the allegations on Wednesday. Israel has not acknowledged carrying out the attack on the pipeline.
The report said the attacks were more widespread than earlier thought, taking place at a series of locations across southern Israel.
The firm response from Alan Garber signals a different tone from Claudine Gay, who as president didn’t respond for days to a letter posted by more than 30 student groups who blamed the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack solely on Israel.
