President Trump to visit Middle East amid US-mediated ceasefire President Trump plans to visit the Middle East to address the Israeli parliament, meet with hostage families, and lead a peace summit in Egypt as a U.S.-mediated ceasefire unfolds. Updated: 8:31 AM EDT Oct 12, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ President Donald Trump is set to travel…
The Israeli military has razed block after block of Gaza City as part of a new ground offensive in what was once the territory’s largest urban center. Israel’s war against Hamas, which began two years ago, has leveled wide swathes of the Gaza Strip, including the city of Rafah in the south and the town…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he would offer a strong response to growing recognition of a Palestinian state. TEL AVIV—The cascade of Western governments recognizing a Palestinian state this week has been met in Israel by calls from ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to permanently snuff out that idea by annexing…
The United Kingdom will formally recognise the State of Palestine on Sunday, according to multiple British media reports. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to make the announcement ahead of the UN General Assembly’s high-level week, marking a major shift in UK foreign policy. Starmer had previously stated that recognition would depend on Israel’s…
President Trump is frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The question is whether he will ever be angry enough to do anything about it. Trump has told several aides in recent weeks that Netanyahu prefers using military force to compel Hamas’s surrender, instead of the president’s preferred method of a negotiated cease-fire. His frustration…
Rubio in Israel as fallout from IDF strike on Qatar continues – CBS News Watch CBS News U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel on Sunday night despite President Trump’s unhappiness over an Israeli airstrike that targeted a Hamas negotiating team in Qatar last week. Leigh Kiniry reports from London. Source link
WASHINGTON—President Trump held a heated call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, senior U.S. administration officials said, conveying deep frustration at being blindsided by Israel’s strike on Hamas representatives in Qatar. PREMIUM A damaged building, left, in the compound targeted by an Israeli strike in Doha, Qatar. Trump told Netanyahu the decision to…
Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the commander of the northern Gaza brigade, and alleged replacement for Hamas military leader Mohammed Sinwar. (photo credit: SCREENSHOT/X/VIA SECTION 27A OF THE COPYRIGHT ACT) Inside the power struggle: Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad and Israel’s next move. The search for a Gaza ceasefire has begun to resemble the old French game…
Israel is on the brink of launching another major offensive, this time in famine-stricken Gaza City. Israeli army main battle tanks are positioned near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on August 27, 2025. Israeli military pressed operations around Gaza City on August 27, as President Donald Trump prepared to host a…
Liberman said that “time after time,” Netanyahu prevented targeted strikes against Hamas leaders, which he claimed eventually led to his departure from the government. “For years, Netanyahu nurtured Hamas, and today, we are all paying the price,” said Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman in a post on X/Twitter on Friday morning. Liberman noted in…