Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said “it may be just and moral” to starve 2 million Gaza residents until Israeli hostages are returned, but “no one in the world would let us.”

Israeli minister says it may be ‘moral’ to starve 2 million Gazans, but ‘no one in the world would let us’

The Israeli military says it has recovered the bodies of five Israelis taken back to Gaza as hostages during Hamas’s attack on southern Israel on 7 October. The bodies of kindergarten teacher Maya Goren as well as the soldiers Sergeant Major Ravid Aryeh Katz, Master Sergeant Oren Goldin, Staff Sergeant Tomer Ahimas and Sergeant Kiril Brodski were found in a Hamas tunnel in the southern city of Khan Younis on Wednesday.

Israeli military recovers five hostages' bodies in Gaza

The Independent

The leaders of France, Germany and Britain have endorsed calls for a cease-fire in Gaza, the return of scores of hostages held by Hamas and the “unfettered” delivery of humanitarian aid.In a joint statement released Monday, they endorsed the latest push by the United States, Qatar and Egypt to broker an agreement to end the 10-month-old Israel-Hamas war.The mediators have spent months trying to get the sides to agree to a three-phase plan in which Hamas would release the remaining hostages captured in its Oct. 7 attack in exchange for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and Israel would withdraw from Gaza.“The...

Israel-Hamas war latest: Leaders of France, Germany and Britain endorse calls for cease-fire in Gaza

The Guardian

Israel’s seemingly endless war is forcing the world to become accustomed to an obscene level of death and suffering, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

A new terror has entered the Gaza war: that it is ushering in an age of total immorality | Nesrine Malik

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Detroit, MI

 Vice President Kamala Harris pushed back against pro-Palestine protesters in Detroit, her first major hurdle amid an otherwise positive rollout of her presidential campaign. Harris was visiting Detroit as part of a tour with her newly-minted running mate Tim Walz. The two had held a large and raucous outdoor rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin earlier in the day.But Michigan, which has a large Arab-American population located in Dearborn outside of Detroit, has long been a hotbed of criticism for the Biden administration’s support for Israel in its war against Gaza.  Earlier this year, roughly 13 percent of the...

Kamala Harris slams protesters disrupting Detroit rally: ‘If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that’

The New Republic

Nicknaming President Joe Biden “Sleepy Joe” doesn’t seem to be looking so good for Donald Trump now that he’s the old man in the race.A Morning Consult poll published Monday revealed that voters are suddenly viewing Trump as the decrepit candidate after Biden dropped his campaign. Americans are apparently far more likely to describe Vice President Kamala Harris as healthy, mentally fit, and a strong leader than the 78-year-old Republican presidential nominee.According to the poll, 71 percent of respondents agreed that Harris was “in good health,” while 52 percent said the same about Trump—6 percent fewer than believed the same...

Trump Just Got an Embarrassing Wake-Up Call From a Stunning New Poll

CBS News

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel. "I think we are hours, maybe days — not weeks — away from Lebanese Hezbollah entering this fight." "The are the largest non-state military entity in the world," McKenzie told Brennan. Tensions have been rising in the Middle East, where fears of an expanding regional war have been growing a week after Israel killed a top Hamas leader in Iran and two Hezbollah commanders.

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie believes Lebanese Hezbollah close to entering Middle East conflict

The Hill

The Biden administration unleashed a torrent of criticism against Israel’s polarizing finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, on Friday after he referred to cease-fire negotiations with Hamas as a “dangerous trap.”. White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said a lengthy statement posted by Smotrich to the social platform...

White House slams ‘outrageous’ statement from Israeli minister on cease-fire deal

Business Insider

"I actually started off supporting Donald, and then I got to know him better," Cuban told Vivek Ramaswamy in an interview.

Mark Cuban says he once supported Trump. Then he got to know him: 'He was unethical then, and he's still unethical.'

Fox News

The U.S. has reportedly warned Iran that a retaliatory attack on Israel for the recent killing of a Hamas leader in Tehran would pose a “serious risk" to the country's stability.

US issues warning to Iran of 'serious risk' if it carries out retaliatory attack against Israel: report

HuffPost

A post from the Israeli military acknowledged that Ismail al-Ghoul was a journalist – and also accused him, without evidence, of being a terrorist.

‘ELIMINATED’: Israel Brags Of Killing Noted Al Jazeera Journalist In Gaza

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Senior Crisis Conflict Researcher Belkis Wille joins FRANCE 24's Mark Owen to present their independent, fact-based report on October 7th's surprise attack on southern Israel and the numerous atrocities committed against civilians that left over 1000 dead and more than 200 taken hostage. According to HRW's just-released report, Hamas led four other 'well-trained' Palestinian armed groups in committing hundreds of war crimes in the deadliest attack in Israel's history, setting off a brutal war in Gaza that has claimed the lives of more than 38,0000 people. Hamas reacted with fury to one of the most in-depth international studies on the unprecedented incursion into southern Israel, demanding that HRW withdraw the report and "apologise". The report set out a host of crimes under international law that it says Hamas and its allies breached.

'Evidence couldn't be clearer': Hamas, allies committed 'hundreds' of war crimes in attack on Israel

The CIA has assessed that the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, is coming under increased pressure from his own military commanders to accept a ceasefire deal and end the war with Israel, CIA Director Bill Burns told a closed-door conference on Saturday, according to a source who attended.

CIA director says Hamas leader is facing growing pressure from his own commanders to end Gaza war

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan threatened military intervention in Israel in a move to stop its war in Gaza as Palestinian casualties mount and Israel faces mounting aggression by Islamic extremists.

Turkey's Erdogan threatens to invade Israel over war in Gaza as regional tensions grow

Using his sleeve to wipe tear gas from his burning eyes, 25-year-old Mugdho weaves through the crowd, handing out bottles of water to the protesters whose demands for reform would soon topple Bangladesh’s leader.

This student was handing out bottles of water to protesters. Minutes later, he was dead

This liveblog is no longer being updated. Israel's army chief vowed on Wednesday to pursue and eliminate Yahya Sinwar, who was named leader of Hamas following the killing of his predecessor in Tehran last week. Israeli forces raided the Balata refugee camp near the city of Nablus and destroyed the...

Israel vows to kill new Hamas chief Sinwar as US warns against escalation

Vice Adm. George Wikoff, the commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, said the solution to the conflict won't come from a weapon system.

The US Navy says it can't stop the Houthi attacks on shipping with force alone

Retired Col. Cedric Leighton joins CNN’s Brianna Keilar to discuss Ukrainian troops that are now in control of dozens of Russian villages and large swathes of land a week into Kyiv’s surprise cross-border incursion.

Hear why retired colonel says this Ukraine incursion is ‘taking its toll on Putin’

Ret. Lt. General Mark Hertling explains why he thinks US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s decision to announce he ordered a guided-missile submarine to the Middle East is “unusual.”

‘Extremely unusual’: Retired US general reacts to Defense Sec. Austin announcing guided-missile submarine to the Middle East

Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza Strip, says it can no longer provide drinking water after running out of fuelSee all our Israel-Gaza war coverage

Israel-Gaza war: Gaza municipality says it can no longer provide 700,000 people in area with drinking water – as it happened

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Hungry and displaced Gazans see their misery continuing with Hamas’ new leadership

Hamas’ choice of a hardline political leader did little to comfort Gazans displaced, hungry, and seeking a way out of their misery after nearly 10 months...

Hungry and displaced Gazans see their misery continuing with Hamas’ new leadership

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