As the International Criminal Court on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, Israeli leaders from across the political spectrum united to condemn the decision pronounced by a three-judge panel of the United Nations court.
The death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, one of the masterminds behind the group’s horrific 7 October 2023 attack on southern Israel, is no doubt a consequential moment in Israel’s yearlong war against Hamas.
President Joe Biden held a "direct," 30-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday, their first conversation in almost two months and a chance to confer over Israel's planned response to an Iranian ballistic missile attack.
He also greeted the people of Israel and the Jewish community across the world on their new year.
Speaking at the beginning of a security assessment meeting at the Air Force Command Center in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu said the strikes were "shifting the balance of power" between Israel and Hezbollah.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leaders to immediately engage in a dialogue, a day after the government suspended a contentious plan to overhaul the judiciary.
"For the sake of the unity of the people of Israel, for the sake of responsibility, I am calling on you to stop legislation immediately," Herzog said.
Israeli authorities said that Wednesday's operation in Nablus targeted three suspects that were planning attacks on Israel.
Israeli Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, recently said Prime Minister Modi's 'historic' visit to Israel in 2017 broke the ice between the two nations
The last round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks ended without progress due to deep differences on several key issues in March 2014, since which Washington has made no real push to renew the stalled peace process despite the recurrent violence and conflicts.
