The Israeli military announced Thursday an expansion of its month-old ground operation in northern Gaza to include part of Beit Lahiya, a town that has been heavily bombed since the earliest days of the war, where Israel says Hamas militants have regrouped.

Like the Biden administration, which worked for a cease-fire in Gaza that never was, Trump wants the war there to end sooner rather than later. In a phone call ahead of the election, the president-elect told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up major military operations in Gaza before Inauguration Day.

President-elect Donald Trump‘s victory has prompted officials from Hamas and other Palestinian leaders to call for a ceasefire with Israel, aiming to shift toward a peaceful statehood solution.

The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas said Wednesday that the incoming administration of presidential election winner Donald Trump must “work seriously to stop the war” in the Gaza Strip. The declaration comes after a report emerged claiming Trump asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to wrap up the conflict by the time he gets inaugurated on Jan.

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz waits for his British and French counterparts for a meeting, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Jerusalem August 16, 2024. REUTERS/Florion Goga/File Photo JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel Katz,

The House censured the only Palestinian American in Congress, Rashida Tlaib, over her remarks on Israel and Palestine.