Israel-Palestinian Conflict

Israel’s defense minister suggested Thursday that an invasion of Gaza was imminent, telling troops, “You will soon see Gaza from the inside.”

Nearly half a million Israelis have been internally displaced since the brutal surprise attack on civilians in southern Israel by the Hamas Palestinian terror group on October 7, i24News reports. The size of the state of New Jersey in the US, Israel has a population of under 10 million people, including 2.1 million Arab Israelis.

The US Defense Department is deploying the USS Mount Whitney, the command-and-control ship for the U.S. 6th Fleet, to the eastern Mediterranean as an addition to its increasing military presence amid the war between Israel and Hamas, the Washington Times reports.

British Prime Minister Rushi Sunak said Thursday that Britain stands with Israel in its “darkest hour” and wants the Jewish nation to win its declared war against Hamas. “I am proud to stand here with you in Israel’s darkest hour as your friend,” he told his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, the capital. “We will stand with you in solidarity, we will stand with your people, and we also want you to win,” Sunak stressed.

With sirens wailing in northern Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said Wednesday that “nine rocket launches from Lebanon” were detected.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Israel had agreed to let “life-saving” humanitarian aid into Gaza, but the Jewish nation’s government made clear it was limited in scope and would be allowed only to enter from Egypt.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) warned Wednesday that a number of Palestinian terrorists may still be hiding in the Negev region of southern Israel after infiltrating during the brutal surprise attack on Israeli citizens by up to 2,000 members of the Hamas terror group on October 7, i24News reports.

The Palestinian Authority led by President Mahmoud Abbas will pay the families of Hamas terrorists killed by Israel an estimated combined total payment of $2.8 million under a “pay-for-slay” system, the Jerusalem Post reports. The PA governs the West Bank, and is a political rival of Hamas, but it is still expected to reward the families of Hamas terrorists who kill Israelis.

As rocket sirens wailed in some areas Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden landed in Israel, where he praised Israeli “bravery” and assured the Jewish nation that the United States supported its battle against the enemy.

As the eleventh day of the war between Israel and Hamas concludes, Jerusalem is preparing for the arrival of American President Joe Biden on Wednesday. At a press conference on Tuesday, Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen expressed gratitude to President Biden, the Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz, Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, and all the European officials that have visited or will visit the country.

Israel’s military said Tuesday that a Gaza Strip hospital was hit by a “failed Islamic Jihad rocket,” killing many people.

Israeli scientists have discovered a new way to fight charcoal rot, a prevalent crop disease that affects cotton cultivation not only in Israel but around the world, Ynet News reports.

Israel will begin evacuating residents living near Lebanon as threats to the country’s north continue, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a tweet on Monday.

Hamas spokesperson, Abu Obeida, on Monday announced there are currently between 200 and 250 hostages being held in Gaza following the terror group’s brutal attack on October 7.

U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on early Tuesday morning.

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.