The head of Israeli military intelligence, Major General Aharon Haliva said he accepted responsibility for the intelligence failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7.
Although Biden did not announce sanctions publically, several top American officials have been increasingly critical of Israel's military offensive in the besieged terrority.
Israel will make its own decisions about how to defend itself, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, as Western countries pleaded for restraint in responding to a volley of attacks from Iran.
The suspected Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Syria and Tehran's subsequent retaliation have sparked global alarm over a possible all-out war in the Middle East. Israel has warned that Iran's missile and drone attacks will be met with a response and Tehran has threatened a harsher response.
While Israeli leaders have hinted at retaliation, the government is under heavy international pressure not to further escalate the conflict — especially after the Iranian strike caused such little damage.
Israelis awaited word on how Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would respond to Iran's first-ever direct attack as international pressure for restraint grew amid fears of an escalation of the conflict in the Middle East.
Iran warned Israel and the United States of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory overnight, as Israel said: "the campaign is not over yet".
The Iron Dome is part of a larger multi-layer air-defence system that includes the Arrow, which intercepts long-range ballistic missiles, and also David’s Sling, which intercepts medium-range missiles such as those believed to be possessed by Hezbollah in Lebanon. Read the full story to know more.
According to PM Netanyahu, the rejection of the proposals showed that Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas in Gaza, did not want a deal and was trying to exploit tensions with Iran and bring about a regional escalation of the conflict.
Amid escalating tensions sparked by an Iranian threat to strike Israel, Russia, Germany, and Britain have called for restraint in the Middle East. This comes after an airstrike on Iran's embassy compound in Damascus claimed the lives of a top Iranian general and six other military officers.
These workers will be brought to Israel via an "air shuttle" to help the country's labour shortage amid the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip. An acute shortage of workers has talled several projects, causing concerns about the increasing cost of living.
Biden described Netanyahu’s approach to the war in Gaza as "a mistake" in one of his sharpest critiques of how the Israeli government is prosecuting the conflict against Hamas.
Israel has threatened a ground offensive in nearby Rafah, the last refuge for Gaza's beleaguered population, for weeks. The prospect of an operation in Rafah has sparked global alarm, including from Israel's top ally - the US - which has urged the military to protect civilians.
Ever since the war escalated in October, India extended support to Israel and repeatedly emphasised that only a two-state solution achieved through direct and meaningful negotiations between both sides on final status issues will deliver an enduring peace.
After Biden's threat of conditions on US support, Israel has approved the reopening of the Erez crossing in northern Gaza and the Ashdod port in southern Israel. The US President warned Israeli PM Netanyahu after the killings of aid workers and stressed on protection of civilians.
The White House has said the US has no plans to conduct its own investigation even as it called on Israel to do more to prevent the harming of innocent civilians and aid workers as it carries out its operations in Gaza.
Israeli officials have long complained about Al Jazeera's coverage and sought to shut it down under a legislation allowing temporary ban on foreign news networks citing threats to national security. Israel has accused the channel of inciting anti-Israel sentiments, which Al Jazeera has denied.
Netanyahu's cabinet has faced widespread criticism over the security failure of the Hamas attack on southern Israel in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage in Gaza.
According to the Israeli PMO, doctors discovered the hernia on Saturday during a routine checkup. After consultations, it said the decision was made for the premier to undergo surgery after completing his daily schedule.
The decades-old controversy has become especially sensitive as Israel's armed forces, made up mostly of teenage conscripts and older civilians mobilised for reserve duty, wage a nearly six-month-old war in Gaza to try to eliminate the Islamist Hamas movement that rules the Palestinian enclave.
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