Live updates on Israel, regional security, U.S.–Israel relations, and developments affecting the Body of Christ in the Middle East.
FAA Lifts Ban on US Flights to Israel
Posted on Thursday, July 24, 2014
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted its ban on all US flights in and out of Israel late Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized and was suspicious of the ban saying it was a means by the…
Protective Edge Enters its 16th Day, Two IDF Soldiers Killed
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Over the past 24 hours some 200 terrorist targets were destroyed. Two Israeli soldiers died in overnight fighting, raising the death toll of IDF soldiers to 29 as Operation Protective Edge enters its 16th day.
UN Finds Rockets in a School for the Second Time
Posted on Wednesday, July 23, 2014
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) discovered rockets hidden in a vacant school for the second time in as many weeks in the Gaza Strip. Earlier this week, rockets found previously in a UNRWA run school…
Israel Dismantling ‘Underground’ Gaza
Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) are waging war -- underground. As tunnels are uncovered on a daily basis, an underground Gaza has emerged complicating efforts in dismantling Hamas infrastructure. Tunnels stretching over 2.5 kilometers long, and costing an estimated…
US, UN Pressing Hard for Ceasefire in Gaza
Posted on Tuesday, July 22, 2014
UN Secretary-General Ban- Ki moon is to arrive in Israel on Tuesday, and US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Monday night amid a sudden spurt of intensive efforts to broker a Gaza cease-fire, the…
Seven Soldiers Killed; Sudanese Munitions Warehouse Destroyed
Posted on Monday, July 21, 2014
Seven Israeli soldiers have been killed over the past 24 hours in Gaza. Meanwhile, multiple reports indicate that a Sudanese munitions warehouse containing rockets intended for Hamas was destroyed on Friday night.
IDF Begins Ground Operation in Gaza
Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2014
Israel sent ground forces into the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening to find and destroy terror tunnels and destroy Hamas' infrastructure, Israeli officials said.
Full Coverage: Rockets Land Far North Near Lebanon (Videos)
Posted on Sunday, July 13, 2014
While rockets landed in Tel Aviv and towns near the Lebanon border, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared his nation that Operation Protective Edge could "take time." Israel continued to build forces on the Gaza border as it…
