Israel’s military said Monday that it had killed the intelligence leader of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant group blamed for the worst atrocity against Jews since the Holocaust, also known as the Shoah.

A major barrage of rockets launched by Hamas militants targeted Tel Aviv and Jerusalem on Monday, halting a session of Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, Worthy News learned.

The envoy of Pope Francis for the Holy Land told Hamas militants on Monday that he is ready to be exchanged for the release of Israeli children held as hostages in the Gaza Strip.

A little over a week after the terrorist group Hamas shocked Israel with a cross-border infiltration and intense rocket fire, the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) appears to be preparing for the next stage of its war against Hamas in Gaza.

Israel struck targets in Lebanon on Sunday after Tehran warned the Iran-backed Hezbollah group would join the battle against the Jewish nation.

Israel faced a second front Saturday with the Lebanon-based Hezbollah group warning it will join the Hamas war against Israel.

Israel’s military confirmed Saturday its artillery had struck targets in Syria from where two rockets were fired toward Israeli territory, falling in open areas. The Syrian defense ministry said Israel had been targeting its Aleppo airport late Saturday.

Palestinian militant group Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by most Western countries, said Saturday that nine of the hostages it is holding have been killed in the past 24 hours in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have eliminated the head of the Hamas Air Force in Gaza City, Worthy News learned Saturday.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin warned enemies of Israel on Friday that the United States is powerful enough to support war-torn Ukraine and the Jewish nation.

Israeli parents welcomed a new life Friday amid death and destruction. Their baby was born in southern Israel, an area hit by Hamas rocket attacks and massacres, Worthy News learned.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose forces invaded neighboring Ukraine, condemned Israel on Friday for planning the same actions in Gaza.

Palestinians are massively fleeing northern Gaza by car, on the back of trucks, and on foot after an Israeli warning that civilians should move south within 24 hours.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in Israel Thursday to show support for Israel despite powerful militant groups threatening to target American military sites.

Two Israeli police officers were wounded late Thursday in “a terrorist shooting” at a police station in Jerusalem, and the suspected attacker was killed, Israeli officials said.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken vowed unending U.S. support for Israel during a visit to the country as the official death toll of Hamas attacks rose to more than 1,300. “You may be strong enough on your own to defend yourself, but as long as America exists, you will never, ever have to,” he said after talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Explosions were heard across Syria on Thursday afternoon, with local media claiming Israeli airstrikes targeted the airports of Damascus and Aleppo.

Israeli officials say they uncovered twin babies less than a year old who miraculously survived – because their young parents hid them just before being murdered by Hamas militants.

Amid the ongoing assault on Israeli citizens by the Hamas jihadist terror group in Gaza, Israel saw shelling from Syria as well on Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post reports. The Iran-backed Lebanese terror group, Hezbollah, has bases in Syria as well as southern Lebanon, from which it, too, attacks Israel.

The Israel Air Force was striking in the Gaza Strip on an “unprecedented scale” Wednesday according to senior Air Force officer Brig. Gen. Omer Tishler, as Israel focused its efforts on targeting Hamas officials.