Almost everyone in the House chamber rose to applaud Netanyahu as he walked in. Several Democrats — Reps. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Marcy Kaptur of Ohio and Sylvia Garcia of Texas — remained seated and did not applaud his entrance.
Protesters carrying signs that read “arrest Netanyahu” and “end all US aid to Israel” shouted “Free, free Palestine," a day after a sit-in at a congressional office building that ended with multiple arrests.
A Canadian citizen who tried to carry out a stabbing attack in a southern Israeli town was "neutralized," Israeli authorities said on Monday. The unsuccessful attack took place at the entrance of Netiv HaAsara, a town near the border with Gaza.
Israel's military said the drone was an upgraded Iranian-made Samad-3 model that killed a 50-year-old man and injured four others in Tel Aviv. The attack threatens to widen red-hot tensions in the Middle East over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.
Netanyahu's visit to Rafah was announced hours after Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site, a move that could disrupt the delicate Gaza cease-fire talks.
India disbursed the initial instalment of USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), meeting its annual pledge of USD 5 million for the fiscal year 2024-25.
Deif is considered to be the chief architect of the Hamas-led October 7 attack that killed 1,200 people in Israel and was believed to be hiding in a tunnel in Al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. Meanwhile, a senior Hamas official said the strike showed that Israel was not interested in a ceasefire deal.
The US President said there were some "gaps to close" in the ceasefire deal he proposed in late May between Israel and Hamas. Biden's foreign policy towards Israel had drawn flak due to the rising Palestinian death count in the embattled Gaza Strip.
Dozens of people have been killed in the last 38 hours as Israel ramped up its military offensive in Gaza. Meanwhile, mediators from the US, Egypt and Qatar met Israeli officials in Doha to push for a ceasefire deal after months of negotiations.
Israeli tanks have further pushed into Gaza City and forced Palestinians to flee from eastern and central neighbourhoods. Hamas has warned that the renewed Israeli offensive in the besieged territory could bring the ongoing ceasefire talks "back to square one".
The development came as Israeli negotiators are set to resume peace talks in Qatar next week on a ceasefire and hostage exchange deal. More than 38,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in retaliation for the Hamas-led October 7 attack that killed 1,200.
The Israeli military reported that "multiple projectiles and suspicious aerial objects" had crossed into its territory from Lebanon, with many intercepted. No casualties were reported immediately.
Nasser is the highest-ranking official from the Iran-backed group to be killed since Taleb Sami Abdullah, who died in an airstrike on June 11. In a speech commemorating Abdullah, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah emphasised his pivotal role on the front lines.
Haniyeh's sister and nine members of his extended family were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City on Tuesday. Haniyeh resides in Qatar and is the face of Hamas' international diplomacy as the war continues amid stalled ceasefire talks.
Israeli PM Netanyahu's fragile ruling coalition is dependent on two ultra-Orthodox Jewish groups, who oppose conscriptions in the military. While public opinion has favoured an end to the exemptions amid conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah, it could destabilise the coalition.
Hani al-Jaafarawi, the director of Gaza's Ambulance and Emergency Department was killed in an airstrike in a medical clinic in Gaza City. The Israeli military said the strike targeted Hamas commander Mohammed Salah, who was responsible for developing the weaponry.
The US military's Central Command (CENTCOM) verified the incident, stating that Houthis allegedly targeted the Greek-owned vessel Transworld Navigator in a suspected unmanned aerial system (UAS) attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that the phase of intense fighting against Hamas in the Gaza Strip was coming to an end but that the war would not end until the Islamist group no longer controls the Palestinian enclave.
Mujahed Azmi, a Palestinian man reportedly wounded in the Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank, was strapped to the hood of a jeep. The Israeli military said this act "does not conform to the values" of the Army and the incident will be investigated and dealt with accordingly.
Prospects of another simmering regional conflict grew as Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets toward Israel in retaliation for the death of a senior commander killed in an Israeli airstrike. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said the group already has 100,000 fighters to fight a war.
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