Day: January 8, 2024

Rocket barrage triggers sirens across southern, central Israel; no reports of injuries * Netanyahu and Gallant: War won’t end soon * Blinken lands in Israel * Ground op toll at 176  

By JACOB MAGID Today, 11:00 pm   4 Armed Yemenis chant slogans during a march in solidarity with the people of Gaza on November 24, 2023, in the Houthi-controlled capital Sanaa. (MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweets that Houthi attacks in the Red Sea “have disrupted or diverted nearly 20% of global shipping.” “This […]

MAARIV JANUARY 8, 2024 23:37 Updated: An Israeli security delegation reportedly arrived in Cairo on Monday to negotiate the release of the hostages, according to Israeli media reports citing the pro-Qatari Al-Arabi Al-Jadid newspaper. By REUTERS , JERUSALEM POST STAFF 01/09/2024 12:40 AM

The ICJ will hold hearings this week on a case brought by South Africa accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza war and seeking an emergency suspension of its military campaign. JERUSALEM POST STAFF REUTERS JANUARY 9, 2024 00:06 General view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands December 11, 2019.(photo […]

Today, 10:09 am   Defense Minister Yoav Gallant receives a situational assessment at the IDF’s Northern Command base on January 5, 2024. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry) Israel isn’t afraid to go to war with the Hezbollah terror group in Lebanon, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant tells the Wall Street Journal and warns the Iran-backed group that the […]

By REUTERS and TOI STAFFToday, 5:20 am     US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia later today (Monday) before heading to Israel, as he continues his Mideast tour to discuss postwar Gaza and head off a wider regional conflagration amid intensifying skirmishes between Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and […]

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps announces addition of the Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, which can sail 2000 nautical miles. Dalit HaleviJan 8, 2024, 4:59 AM (GMT+2) A new missile cruiser joined the fleet of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Saturday. The new cruiser is named the Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, after the commander of the popular militia […]