"A Palestinian State would mean an Iranian base in Gaza and Judea and Samaria," Foreign Minister Israel Katz said in a post on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday. He added that Iran and Hamas have capitalized on the Palestinian issue and that just like they did in Lebanon, Yemen, Syria, an...
Israel, Gaza, and what happens nextGeoff Porter
Activists wash the deck of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship 'Handala' as they prepare to sail for Gaza in an attempt to break a long-standing Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Marsa, Malta August 16, 2024. (photo credit: ...
This week, Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon, Mojtaba Amani, said that Iran would retaliate for the killing of Hamas leaderIsmail Haniyehin Tehran on July 31. The comments were reported in Iranian state media. His reference to Iran’s “response” to Israel is part of a kind of drum roll by...
On the ground, along the tense border fence between Gaza and Israel there are cameras, ground-motion sensors and regular army patrols. The barbed-wire topped fence is supposed to have been a "smart barrier" to prevent exactly the sort of infiltration that has taken place in this attack. Yet...
With Israel poised for a possible ground invasion of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in response to this month's brutal terror attack, retired U.S. Army Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director, said there needs to be a vision for the post-conflict phase. Petraeus, a co-author of "...
Israel does not yet have diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia. It also needs to maintain security and military restraint over the Gaza Strip to avoid any possibility of a Hamas revival. Above all, regional relationships would need to be agreed upon. Also, while gas is less polluting than coa...
President Biden says his administration is making "another push" to end the war in Gaza after the U.S. helped broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah that took effect Wednesday. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta has more from
This is the second ceasefire in 15 months of the deadliest and most destructive war between Israel and Hamas, which controls Gaza. The first occurred over a year ago and lasted a week. The current ceasefire is longer and holds the potential to end the war, though the steps toward that are...
Hamas has reportedly demanded that Israel's withdrawal from the Strip would include the Netzarim Corridor and the Philadelphi Corridor. BySAM HALPERN View of the Philadelphi Corridor between the southern Gaza Strip and Egypt, on July 15, 2024. ...