Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that a date has been set to invade Rafah, Hamas' last stronghold. The prime minister insists Israel won't accept a ceasefire deal that prevents such an invasion and the achievement of total victory over Hamas.
Israel announced Sunday it has pulled a key division out of the southern Gaza Strip. It's a major shift in the war, as Israelis commemorate six months after the October 7th massacre and kidnappings.
While much of northern Israel is evacuated, Christians in south Lebanon brace for an unwanted conflict and worry about their future in the region. CBN News traveled inside Hezbollah territory for an up-close look at how believers are doing.
As someone who travels regularly between the U.S. and Israel, and who has high-level contacts in both countries, CBN News asked Jeff Ballabon from the American Center for Law and Justice to give us his perspective on the Biden administration's decision Thursday to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and to further require that Israel devote more attention to humanitarian concerns in the Gaza Strip.
The political and social unity following the shocking massacre and kidnapping of Israelis last October helped guide Israel through the first six months of the war with Hamas. That unity has shown clear signs of fraying in recent weeks, as the Biden administration and the U.S. Senate majority leader explicitly called for Israel to hold new elections,
U.S. officials have revealed President Joe Biden told Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a Thursday phone call that U.S. policy toward Israel will change unless the Israeli military does more to protect aid workers and deals with the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.
The White House is making its strongest push yet for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Israel's political and military leaders are bracing for possible retaliation from Iran after a reported Israeli strike in Damascus, Syria, this week that killed two Iranian generals. Both the Israeli Defense Forces and the Home Front Command have begun war preparations.
Israel is expressing sorrow and apologizing for a mistaken air strike that killed seven aid workers. The military says it's thoroughly investigating the incident at the highest levels. "It was a mistake that followed a misidentification at night during a war, in very complex conditions. It shouldn't have happened."
Iran is blaming Israel and threatening revenge for an airstrike on a building near the Iranian Embassy in Damascus Monday that killed senior Iranian commanders. They were meeting with terrorist leaders inside the consulate, likely planning further strikes on Israel.