Rep. Jim Jordan, a conservative Republican, postponed a second speaker’s vote on Tuesday night as he worked behind the scenes to attempt to sway the 20 Republicans who had earlier voted against him. The Ohio Republican has set a second vote for speaker for 11 a.m. ET on Wednesday in the hopes that his support … Read more
Following the extraordinary onslaught by Hamas into Israel, the Gaza Strip has experienced its worst day in 15 years, with Israeli air strikes killing almost 300 Palestinians in 24 hours, according to Palestinian sources. According to family relatives, the dead include three-month-old twins who were slain along with their mother, three sisters, and three other … Read more
Israel bombed Gaza on Sunday as the increasing death toll threatened to ignite a big new Middle Eastern conflict after suffering its bloodiest assault in decades, in which Hamas fighters rampaged through Israeli communities murdering 600 people and kidnapped hundreds more. More least 370 people, including 20 children, were killed in Israeli airstrikes on apartment … Read more
According to the Israeli military, a “significant number” of Israeli civilians and soldiers are being held captive in Gaza by the Palestinian militant group Hamas. Some are still alive, while others are assumed dead, according to military spokesman Lt Col Jonathan Conricus. Children, women, the elderly, and the crippled were among those abducted, according to … Read more
President Joe Biden and his top aides are coping with the escalation of violence in Israel on Saturday, as well as a delicate diplomatic scenario unlike any prior war between Israelis and Palestinians. Friendships between Biden and his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, have been tested by Netanyahu’s far-right governing coalition in Israel. The Palestinians’ broken … Read more
According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry and Middle East specialists, the Islamic Republic of Iran, a significant military and strategic ally of the Palestinian Hamas terrorist outfit in the Gaza Strip, is the driving force behind the war launched Saturday against the Jewish state. Just this week, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, posted against Israel … Read more
On Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared the country “at war” after Palestinian militants in Gaza launched a deadly barrage of rockets and sent gunmen into Israeli territory, escalating the long-running conflict between the two sides. According to the Israeli military, militants launched approximately 2,200 rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip, while armed … Read more