Irans top diplomat, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, warned in a post on X that the U.S. attacks “will have everlasting consequences” and that Tehran “reserves all options” to retaliate.
War in Israel
Israel has accepted a new U.S. proposal for a temporary ceasefire with Hamas, the White House said.
Israeli strikes have decimated Hamas’ leadership during the 19-month war, and Mohammed Sinwar was one of the last widely known leaders still alive in Gaza.
The distribution hub outside Gaza’s southernmost city of Rafah had been opened the day before by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Israel aims to take control of 75 percent of the Gaza Strip and move its 2 million inhabitants into three designated areas as part of a new military offensive in the coastal strip.
Israel is pursuing a new U.S.-backed plan to control all aid to Gaza, which the United Nations has rejected.
A group tasked with making a plan to remove weapons held by Palestinian factions in Lebanon’s refugees camps met for the first time Friday to begin hashing out a timetable and mechanism for disarming the groups.
Residents of southern Lebanon voted Saturday in the country’s municipal elections that will test support for the Hezbollah terrorist group in the predominantly Shiite areas, months after the end of the Israel-Hezbollah war.
Israel may be walking back from its plans to tightly control all aid to Gaza and prevent aid agencies long established in the territory from delivering it in the same way they have done in the past.
Jewish organization leaders called for local elected officials and civic heads to “stop tolerating hate in the guise of activism” following the fatal shooting of two Israeli Embassy employees.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu announced Thursday his decision to appoint Major General David Zini as the next head of the Shin Bet.
The statement said that both sides have agreed that Palestinian camps in Lebanon aren’t “safe havens for extremist groups.”
The delays in distributing aid pointed to the turmoil in Gaza and increased regulations from the Israeli military.
Israel announced it will allow a limited amount of humanitarian aid into Gaza after a nearly three-month blockade, days after global experts on food security warned of famine.
Israel has retrieved thousands of items belonging to the country’s most famous spy after a covert operation in Syria.
Arab leaders at an annual summit in Baghdad called Saturday for an immediate end to Israel’s attacks on the Gaza Strip.