GAZA/JERUSALEM—Hostilities between Israel and Hamas escalated on Tuesday, raising the death toll in two days to 32 Palestinians and three people in Israel, with Israel carrying out multiple air strikes in Gaza and the terrorist group firing rockets at Tel Aviv. A pipeline belonging to an Israeli state-owned energy company was hit in a rocket…
Dozens Dead as Hamas, Israel Escalate Aerial Bombardments
GAZA/JERUSALEM—Hostilities between Hamas and Israel escalated on Tuesday, raising the death toll in two days to 32 Palestinians and three people in Israel, with the terrorist group firing rockets at Tel Aviv and Israel carrying out multiple air strikes in Gaza. A pipeline belonging to an Israeli state-owned energy company was hit in a rocket attack…
Israel Kills High-Level Hamas Commander During Airstrike: IDF
The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed it killed a high-level Hamas commander during an airstrike against the designated terrorist group. “We just killed the commander of the Hamas anti-tank missile unit, Iyad Fathi Faik Sharir. He was in charge of carrying out anti-tank missile attacks on Israel. Our aircraft are currently striking additional terror targets in…
Palestinian Rocket Fire, Israeli Strikes in Gaza Run Into Second Day
GAZA/JERUSALEM—Palestinians fired uninterrupted barrages of rockets into Israel, as its military pounded Gaza with air strikes through the early hours of Tuesday, in a dramatic escalation of clashes in Jerusalem. Explosions shook buildings throughout Gaza and rocket sirens sent Israelis in many southern towns scurrying for shelter overnight. Two Palestinians were killed and more than…
US State Department Eases Travel Advisories for UK, Israel
WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department said on Monday it has eased travel advisory ratings for the United Kingdom and Israel after raising both countries to its highest warning level last month amid COVID-19 concerns. The State Department lowered the UK to a “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” rating and lowered Israel to “Level 2—Exercise Increased Caution.” It…
Hamas Fires Rockets on Israel, 9 Dead in Gaza
JERUSALEM/GAZA—Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward the Jerusalem area and southern Israel on Monday, carrying out a threat to punish Israel for violent confrontations with Palestinians in Jerusalem. The Gaza health ministry said nine Palestinians, including three children, were killed “in a series of strikes in northern Gaza.” It did not explicitly…
Netanyahu Fails in Latest Attempt to Form Israeli Government
JERUSALEM—Benjamin Netanyahu’s deadline for forming a new Israeli government expired early on Wednesday, with the country’s longest-serving prime minister having failed to break more than two years of political deadlock. There was also no guarantee that, after the conservative incumbent was unable to assemble a new coalition, parties outside his caretaker government could bridge their…
US Citizens Among Dozens Killed in Israeli Stampede
Multiple U.S. citizens were among the dozens killed and injured in a stampede at a religious festival in Israel, the U.S. Embassy said on Saturday. Forty-five people were crushed to death and more than 100 injured at the ultra-Orthodox Jewish festival on the slopes of Israel’s Mount Meron, held overnight between Thursday and Friday. Six…
Reviving Obama’s Iran Nuclear Deal Means War, Not Peace
Commentary April 27 was an explosive Tuesday for the Middle East, explosive diplomatically in Vienna and Washington, but literally explosive in one incident: the drone boat attack on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea oil port of Yanbu. In Vienna, Austria, talks involving Iran, Britain, France, Germany, China, and Russia resumed, with the United States participating “indirectly.”…
John Kerry Denies Allegations That He Tipped Off Iran About Israeli Attacks
U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry on Monday denied allegations stemming from leaked audio that suggested he disclosed the number of Israeli attacks on Iranian targets to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. “I can tell you that this story and these allegations are unequivocally false. This never happened—either when I was Secretary of State or…
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