Month: December 2023

Hamas chief Sinwar’s ‘days are numbered,’ senior US official warns

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Biden administration official says terror group’s Gaza leader has the blood of 38 Americans killed on October 7 ‘on his hands’ By TOI STAFFToday, 8:58 am     Yahya Sinwar, Hamas’s Gaza chief, speaks during a meeting in Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (Mahmud Hamas/AFP) A senior Biden administration official said it is “safe to say” […]

White House ups pressure on Israel to end ‘high-intensity’ fighting in Gaza soon

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Officials say visiting Sullivan urged Israeli leaders to scale down military operations Hamas in coming weeks; Biden urges Israel ‘be more careful’ with Gaza civilians By JACOB MAGID and TOI STAFFToday, 1:44 am   5   This handout photo distributed by the Israel Defense Forces on December 14, 2023, shows troops operating in the Gaza Strip amid the war against […]

Senior US official: Sinwar’s ‘days are numbered,’ he has American blood on his hands

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By JACOB MAGID 15 December 2023, 12:23 am     FILE – Yahya Sinwar, head of Hamas in Gaza, greets his supporters upon his arrival at a meeting in a hall on the sea side of Gaza City, on April 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) A senior Biden administration official briefing reporters on US National Security Adviser […]

Gaza war must continue until Hamas is destroyed, Netanyahu tells Sullivan

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Securing the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza is one of the central objectives of the war, he said. TOVAH LAZAROFF DECEMBER 14, 2023 19:46 Updated: DECEMBER 14, 2023 21:01 The IDF must be allowed to continue its military campaign in Gaza until Hamas is destroyed and the hostages remaining there are released, […]

Hamas Using Chemical Warfare, Gassed IDF Soldiers to Death at Nahal Oz

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Hana Levi Julian2 Tevet 5784 – December 14, 2023 Photo Credit: IDF In 2019, the IDF saluted the soldiers who monitored the Gaza border from the Nahal Oz military base, and specifically one who spotted four armed terrorists infiltrating in an attempt to carry out a lethal attack that year.     An investigation into […]

Iran-backed attacks on US forces in Syria and Iraq continue

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Iran seeks to inflame Syria and Iraq and to use the war in Gaza to increase attacks on the US. Iran wants the US to leave Syria and Iraq so Iran can dominate Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Yemen. SETH J. FRANTZMAN DECEMBER 14, 2023 11:18 Updated: DECEMBER 14, 2023 11:21 Iranian-backed proxies continued to attack […]

US official confirms Iran used part of $10b given under sanctions waivers

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December 14, 2023 It’s not clear how much of that money Iran might have spent in the two transactions. By Andrew Bernard, JNS A Biden administration official acknowledged on Wednesday that Iran has made two “transactions” using money held in a bank in Oman under a sanctions waiver that was granted to the Islamic Republic […]

Senior Hamas official suggests recognizing Israel

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Mousa Abu Marzouk made the claim in an interview with Al-Monitor. JERUSALEM POST STAFF DECEMBER 14, 2023 10:42 Updated: DECEMBER 14, 2023 11:31  A senior Hamas official suggested the terror group could recognize the State of Israel in order to end the current war between Israel and the Gaza-based group. Mousa Abu Marzouk stated, in […]

Haniyeh floats idea of negotiations, says postwar Gaza without Hamas a ‘delusion’

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Terror group’s leader endorses ‘political path’ to Palestinian state, makes no mention of coexistence with Israel; senior official Abu Marzouk suggests recognition, in line with PLO By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 9:32 am     Hamas politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh makes a televised address on December 13, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright […]

Iran warns against proposed US-backed Red Sea force – ISNA

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American and French navies have strengthened their presence in the Red Sea to protect vessels from the risk of seizure or attack by the Houthis. REUTERS DECEMBER 14, 2023 10:01   Iran’s Defense Minister Mohammad Reza Ashtiani warned that a proposed US-backed multinational task force to protect shipping in the Red Sea would face “extraordinary […]

Jews are still much safer in Israel – opinion

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Now more than ever, Jews need a home where they can defend themselves. The nation is united and highly motivated to protect its families and homes. JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH DECEMBER 14, 2023 02:43 On Sunday this week, I walked to the military cemetery atop Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl, which is rapidly filling up in a new Gaza […]

Biden aide: Israel taking steps to protect civilians that even US might not have done

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US president meets hostages’ families, says working to free them * Authorities: Hostages Tal Chaimi, Joshua Mollel are dead * Hamas’s Haniyeh voices openness to talks on ending war (Screenshot) WASHINGTON — White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby suggests that some of the steps the IDF has taken to prevent civilian casualties in […]

The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained

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While Israel and the US can agree that the conflict should end with Hamas’s removal from power, they differ on what things will look like the day after bullets stop flying By RON KAMPEAS and TOI STAFF14 December 2023, 1:03 am     Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center left) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv after […]

Netanyahu to Soldiers: We Will Fight Until the Destruction of Hamas

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Hana Levi Julian2 Tevet 5784 – December 13, 2023 Photo Credit: Kobi Gideon / GPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the investigation facility of the IDF Intelligence Directorate Unit 504 and the IDF Armored Corps 460 Brigade, in southern Israel, Dec. 13, 2023     “I want you to pass along to the last soldier: […]