Day: January 22, 2026

“If they don’t do it, they’ll be blown away very quickly. They’ll be blown away,” Trump said at an aside during Davos. Hamas terrorists in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER)ByREUTERSJANUARY 21, 2026 17:47Updated: JANUARY 22, 2026 09:51 US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said it should be known within three weeks whether Hamas will agree to give up its weapons, and threatened action if the group does not. “That’s what they agreed to. They’ve got to do it. And we’re going to know … over the next two or three days – certainly over the next three …

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Official says move is ‘posture change’; Tehran signals fast trials and executions for protesters as official death toll in crackdown passes 2,500, though actual number may be much higher By Agencies, Lazar Berman Followand ToI Staff14 January 2026, 4:52 pm File: A US Air Force B-52 Stratofortress aircraft from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, arrives at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar on April 9, 2016. (Staff Sgt. Corey Hook/U.S. Air Force via AP) Amid concerns of a new round of fighting with Iran, some personnel were advised to leave the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Wednesday and Israel’s official state …

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Israeli police have allowed Jewish visitors to bring printed prayer texts onto the Temple Mount for the first time, marking a notable shift at the highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site i24NEWS January 21, 2026 at 06:51 AM ■ latest revision January 21, 2026 at 06:54 AM Israeli police have, for the first time, permitted Jewish visitors to enter the Temple Mount carrying printed prayer materials, marking a notable shift in the management of one of Jerusalem’s most sensitive religious sites.  According to multiple reports, Jewish worshippers were handed liturgical leaflets on Wednesday morning ahead of their ascent to the compound. The leaflets reportedly …

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Zamir visits air base that welcomed three new F-35s into IAF arsenal; at Home Front Command earlier in week, IDF chief said Israel preparing for ‘surprise war’ By Emanuel Fabian, FollowToI Staff and AP21 January 2026, 5:55 pm  IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks to Israeli Air Force pilots and air personnel at the Nevatim Airbase in southern Israel, January 21, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces) IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on Wednesday said the military was prepared to act against any enemy posing a threat to the country amid ongoing tensions with Iran. During a visit to the …

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