Israelis are marking the 700th day since the Hamas kidnapping and massacre of more than 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals on October 7th, 2023, also the 700th day of captivity for the hostages, as Israel's military says it controls 40 percent of Gaza City.
In an exclusive interview with CBN News' Paul Petitte, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee discusses the importance of the Sept. 9th United Nations General Assembly gathering in New York, and why countries wanting to declare a Palestinian state is an “insane” move and a “futile effort.”
As Americans celebrated Labor Day, more than two million Israeli children headed back to school on Monday, among them, more than 23,000 living in communities surrounding the Gaza Strip, the area brutally attacked on October 7th, 2023.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to shelve a plan to apply Israeli sovereignty to the biblical lands of Judea and Samaria, also known as the West Bank. The plan was scheduled for discussion in a meeting of government ministers on Thursday.
As the war in Gaza captures headlines, there's another battle over land in the so-called "occupied" territories of Judea and Samaria, which much of the world considers the West Bank. Some in this region see their grapevines as a key weapon in their battle.
In the nearly 47 years that Iran's Islamist regime has been in power, women have stood at the forefront of the internal dissent that has erupted from time to time onto Iran's streets.
The Israeli military operation in the last Hamas stronghold of Gaza City has begun as Israel launched a new surveillance satellite to keep an eye on even more of the Middle East.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes the war in Gaza is entering a decisive stage. Although Israelis disagree about the way forward, the Israel Defense Forces called up 40,000 reservists to help capture Gaza City, as the U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio denied visas for Palestinian officials.
Hamas, the United Nations, and many in the media accuse Israel of deliberately starving the people of Gaza and creating a famine. Yet, one organization in cooperation with Israel is working to directly feed Gazans with millions of meals. CBN News had a firsthand look at the Gaza Humanitarian Fund (GHF) in action.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the recovery on Friday of two hostage bodies inside Gaza. The recoveries mean there are now 48 hostages, living and deceased, still inside Gaza. It comes as France, the U.K., and Germany began a process on Thursday to reimpose "snapback" sanctions on Iran because of its nuclear violations.