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Israel seeking to ramp up military spending: Report

Israel is likely to boost its military spending by more than $8 billion next year as the war in the Gaza Strip continues, Bloomberg has reported.

Report: Protracted war with Hamas could cause food crisis in Israel

The Food Industries Association of Israel (FIAI) has warned that a dragged-out war with Hamas may threaten Israel's food security if the Israeli government fails to implement a clear strategy to prevent such a scenario.

Hamas calls on ICC to hold Israel accountable over ‘crimes’ in Gaza

Palestinian group Hamas has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to overcome political pressure and hold Israel accountable over its “crimes” in the Gaza Strip.

Yemen’s Houthis caution US militarization in Red Sea endangering maritime navigation

Mohammed Abdul-Salam, a spokesman for Yemen’s Houthi group, has warned that the Red Sea will become a “flaming battleground” if the United States and its allies stick to their “aggressive behavior” and fuel tensions in the strategic maritime route.

Netanyahu denounces report suggesting Biden persuaded him to cancel a strike against Hezbollah

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed that a Wall Street Journal report claiming that he called off a preemptive attack against Hezbollah at the behest of US President Joe Biden was false.

Report: Some Israelis caught in crossfire on October 7

An investigation published by the New York Times has outlined in-depth details of Hamas' attack on Kibbutz Be'eri in early October, a community in southern Israel.

Israel claims to have located around 1,500 tunnel shafts in Gaza since start of war

The Israeli military claims that it has located around 1,500 tunnel shafts and underground passages in the Gaza Strip since its military operation started in early October.

Israel signals readiness for new temporary truce in Gaza Strip

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has stated Tel Aviv is willing to agree to a new temporary truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip to secure the release of more captives held by the Palestinian group.

Yemen says to turn Red Sea into ‘graveyard’

Yemen’s Defense Minister Major General Mohammad al-Atifi has denounced the formation of a US-led maritime task force in the Red Sea to protect the passage of merchant vessels bound for the Israeli-occupied territories, cautioning the Western alliance that any assault on Yemeni soil would have dire consequences.

Hamas video shows Israeli captives pleading for release

Gaza-based Palestinian group, Hamas, has posted a video of three elderly Israeli hostages pleading for their immediate release.

Tens of thousands of Israelis internally displaced near Lebanon borders: Report

Border clashes between Lebanese Hezbollah movement and Israel, has left tens of thousands of Israelis internally displaced near borders, Axios has reported.

Hamas says no prisoner swap deal with Israel under bombardment

A senior Hamas official has reaffirmed that the Palestinian movement will not enter into talks over a new prisoner exchange agreement with Israel until the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip comes to an end.

Top Iranian commander: Destroying hospitals in Gaza no remarkable feat, Iran to stand up for Palestine

“The killing of children and destruction of hospitals in Gaza is not a military feat; rather, they are crimes,” says Major General Hossein Salami, the general commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Hamas brands Netanyahu as “Hitler of era”

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as "the Hitler of our era", stressing Israel has failed and will continue to fail to achieve any of the objectives it pursued through its war on the besieged Gaza Strip.

Half of young Americans want Israel given to Hamas: Survey

Over half of US adults from ages 18 to 24 believe the ongoing crisis in the Gaza Strip should be resolved by abolishing the state of Israel and turning it over to Hamas and the Palestinian people, a new poll has shown.

Netanyahu hints new deal underway to release Hamas-held hostages

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has suggested that new negotiations are underway to release hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Israel says Hamas-held captives shot while waving white flag

Three Israeli hostages who were mistakenly killed by Israeli soldiers on Friday did everything in their power to demonstrate that they posed no threat, including holding a white flag, the chief of the general staff of Israel’s so-called Defense Forces (IDF) has announced.

Hezbollah says Israel failed to achieve its goals in war with Hamas

The Israeli army has achieved nothing in its war on Gaza and has instead drawn the ire of the international community, spokesman for the Lebanese group Hezbollah, Haji Mohammad Afif, has stated in an exclusive interview with RT.

Israeli military says accidentally killed 3 Israelis held hostage in Gaza

Israel’s so-called Defense Forces has confirmed that three Israeli captivates in the Gaza Strip were mistakenly identified as a threat and shot dead by the army troops.

Khaled Mashaal: Hamas prepared for long battle

The armed wing of Hamas is prepared for a long war with Israel, the Palestinian group's former Chief and senior leader Khaled Mashaal told a Turkish newspaper.

Yemen says struck two Israel-bound ships

The Yemeni Army  announced it has targeted two Israel-bound container ships in waters off the country’s coast, the latest of their operations to support Palestinians who are under attacks by Tel Aviv.

Poll: Half of Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu’s performance as PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's popularity continues to fall amid the Gaza war, with the latest opinion poll revealing that over half of Israelis want former Defense Minister Benny Gantz to become premier.

Iran: Israel plans to deport Palestinians to neighboring countries

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has warned of Israel's plot to deport Gaza-based Palestinians to other states after trapping them in the southern part of the enclave.

Half of Israeli munitions dropped on Gaza are imprecise “dumb bombs”: US assessment

Nearly half of the air-to-ground munitions that Israel has used in Gaza  have been unguided, otherwise known as “dumb bombs”, according to a new US intelligence assessment.

Israel cancels Mossad head’s Qatar trip to restart hostage talks

Israel has canceled a planned trip to Qatar by the head of its foreign intelligence service, Mossad, to restart negotiations on a possible second hostage release deal, a source familiar with the negotiations told CNN.

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