The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza with ceasefire talks ending with success in Qatar.

The problem for Netanyahu is Netanyahu. Consumed by the desire to stay in power, he has been wedged between overwhelming public demand for the hostages to be released, and those who keep him in power—his coalition partners.

Netanyahu's office said Thursday his Cabinet won't meet to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal until Hamas backs down from what it called a "last minute crisis."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a discussion on Thursday to evaluate the Israeli military’s preparedness for the possibility of a third attack on Iran. Also on the agenda: a more aggressive U.S. policy expected from the incoming Trump administration regarding Iran.

President-elect Donald J. Trump has made big promises on Ukraine, Iran, China and crises around the globe. But he will have to make difficult choices.

Netanyahu ‘is nothing if not obsessive, and he's still trying to get us to fight Iran this day, this week,’ Columbia professor Jeffrey Sachs says in lecture - Anadolu Ajansı

In the end, the only choice Israel can make is no choice at all. After nearly 500 days of war in Gaza – nearly 100 of its citizens still trapped in Hamas terror tunnels – the time to end the fighting has come,

President Biden said in an MSNBC interview that he pushed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to prevent civilian deaths during the Gaza war. He also defended his steadfast support for Israel.

Iran's air defense units practiced defending the nuclear facility using point-defense strategies to counter various aerial threats under simulated electronic warfare conditions.

In his first public address since the ceasefire was announced, Israel's Prime Minister described the ceasefire as 'temporary'

Envoy Steve Witkoff, carrying a message from Donald Trump, broke through the impasse in long-futile cease-fire talks.