Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar on Monday emphasised that the government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is willing to extend the ceasefire agreement with Hamas in exchange for more freed hostages.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz on Sunday ordered the military to prepare for a yearlong presence in refugee camps in the West Bank as Israel escalates the ongoing large-scale military campaign in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Soros has been a funder of the Democratic Party in the US and has self-confessedly supported causes that are inherently liberal and pro-democracy, through his muchbandied Open Society Foundation that operates in over 120 countries.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday voiced concerns over whether Israel would completely withdraw from southern Lebanon on Tuesday.
Israel's Minister of Economy Nir Barkat said that the governments of India and Israel are aligned to make "very strong successful business to business relationships." He stated that Israel is scaling rapidly to becoming a dominant global power.
A year has gone by since the dastardly Hamas attack on Israel that ignited the ongoing war, leaving not only the region but the world in turmoil.
The evolving crisis in West Asia continues to test the limits of US diplomacy, particularly as tensions between Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah intensify.
A senior Iranian military commander on Friday warned that Iran would strike all of Israel's refineries and gas fields should it "make any mistake," the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.
The response from Iran is also troubling, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement.
The recent missile barrage launched by Iran against Israel marks a significant escalation in a region already fraught with volatility.
