Hezbollah commander, four other jihadists killed in Syria airstrike – report

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based monitor, had reported three explosions and the presence of unidentified aircraft that day in the eastern city of Dier-ez-Zor. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 20, 2024 01:05 Updated: MARCH 20, 2024 07:19 Five commanders of Iranian-backed militias in Syria were killed in an airstrike on Tuesday, according to […]

US to pitch Israel on securing Egypt-Gaza border as alternative to ‘smashing into Rafah’

US officials tell ToI next week’s meeting with visiting Israeli delegation will be used to advance viable options to massive ground offensive in packed south Gaza city By JACOB MAGID  Today, 6:35 am   Displaced Palestinians walk next to the border fence between Gaza and Egypt, on February 16, 2024, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza […]

UN mission probing ISIS crimes in Iraq forced to shut down early

UNITAD to end investigations in country in mid-September due to souring relationship with government By TIMOUR AZHARIToday, 8:48 am   Head of the United Nations Investigative Team to promote Accountability for Crimes Committed by Daesh/ISIL (UNITAD) Christian Ritscher, speaks during an interview at his offices in the green zone of Iraq’s capital Baghdad on November 14, […]

Amid tensions with Biden: Netanyahu to speak to Senate Republicans

Prime Minister Netanyahu is tentatively scheduled to speak virtually to Senate Republicans during their regular lunch meeting on Wednesday. Israel National News   Mar 20, 2024, 4:54 AM (GMT+2) Benjamin NetanyahuGPO Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is tentatively scheduled to speak virtually to Senate Republicans during their regular lunch meeting Wednesday, Axios reported on Tuesday, citing two Senate sources […]

Canada to stop arms sale to Israel, FM Joly says

Canada plans to halt arms sales to Israel, its Foreign Minister Melanie Joly told The Toronto Start after the Canadian Parliament passed a non-binding motion that called on the government to do so. TOVAH LAZAROFF MARCH 19, 2024 21:22 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 22:27 Canada plans to halt arms sales to Israel, its Foreign Minister […]

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was an UNRWA teacher – former agency official

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh was an UNRWA teacher – former agency official UNRWA’s schools have consistently been found to use material directly inciting students to terrorism and antisemitism. By TZVI JOFFRE MARCH 19, 2024 22:45   Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh worked as a teacher for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees […]

Netanyahu: I made it clear to Biden, we must enter Rafah

Following Monday’s phone call between the two leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu emphasized the strategic significance of entering Rafah. TOVAH LAZAROFF MARCH 19, 2024 16:33 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 22:37 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed back at the Biden administration’s red lines against a major Rafah military operation, insisting that Israel had no choice if […]

For the first time: Cruise missile from Yemen fell near Eilat

IDF confirms that a cruise missile fired from Yemen on Sunday night fell near the city of Eilat. IDF investigating why the missile was not intercepted. Israel National News   Mar 20, 2024, 12:08 AM (GMT+2)   IllustrationiStock The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed on Tuesday that a cruise missile that was fired from Yemen on Sunday […]

Armenia’s PM says he must return disputed areas to Azerbaijan or face war – report

Azerbaijan has said that the return of its lands is a necessary precondition for a peace deal to end three decades of conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, which Azerbaijan retook in September. REUTERS MARCH 19, 2024 08:03 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 10:00Protesters gather near the government building, after Azerbaijan launched a military operation in the […]

Armenia’s PM warns that Azerbaijan may start war – report

REUTERS MARCH 19, 2024 08:03 Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that if Armenia refuses to compromise with Azerbaijan on the issue of border villages, Azerbaijan will start a war at the end of the week, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported on Tuesday.  This is a developing story.

US announces Blinken to visit Saudi Arabia and Egypt to discuss Gaza truce deal

By AFPToday, 6:17 am   US Secretary of State Antony Blinken speaks to the media as he tours Amkor Technology in Manila on March 19, 2024. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool/AFP) MANILA, Philippines — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia and Egypt this week to discuss efforts to secure a hostages-for-ceasefire deal in Gaza and […]

Biden: Target Hamas without major operation in Rafah

US President says he asked Netanyahu to send a team to Washington to discuss ways to target Hamas without a major ground operation in Rafah. Elad Benari   Mar 19, 2024, 3:55 AM (GMT+2)   Biden and NetanyahuHaim Zach/GPO US President Joe Biden on Monday night commented on the conversation he held with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier […]

Israeli airstrikes target Damascus countryside, Syria says

Syria’s defense ministry claims an Israeli airstrike hit Damascus’s countryside on Tuesday morning. REUTERS MARCH 19, 2024 01:35 Updated: MARCH 19, 2024 03:22 Israel early on Tuesday launched missiles at several military targets outside the Syrian capital Damascus resulting in some “material damage,” Syria’s defense ministry said. Syrian air defenses intercepted Israeli “missiles and shot […]

Israel approves national remembrance day for October 7 massacre

Knesset approved of two new ceremonies every year to honor the fallen victims. JERUSALEM POST STAFF MARCH 17, 2024 15:29 Updated: MARCH 17, 2024 18:16 Zaka personnel work at a field with destroyed cars from the October 7 massacre, near the Israel-Gaza border, November 23, 2023.(photo credit: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90) Israel’s Knesset decided unanimously on Sunday […]