Military Push into Gaza City Brig Gen Effie Defrin, the Israeli military’s chief spokesperson, told The New York Times on Wednesday, August 20, that Israel “has begun the next phase of the war”, with troops now edging into Gaza City’s outskirts.

Israel gave final approval Wednesday for a controversial settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two. Meanwhile, the IDF said it had begun the first stages of its planned assault to seize Gaza City.

In leaked audio recordings, the former head of Israeli military intelligence can be heard saying that the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza is “necessary and required for future generations.

Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, a senior Israeli cybersecurity official, will "vigorously defend himself" after being nabbed in a child sex sting, his attorney told Newsweek.

The State Department on Wednesday announced new sanctions on four ICC officials, including two judges and two prosecutors, who it said had been instrumental in efforts to prosecute Americans and Israelis. As a result of the sanctions, any assets the targets hold in U.S. jurisdictions are frozen.

Six months after Eliya Cohen got out of Gaza, he says he cannot begin to recover. Not while other hostages are still held there.

At least 14 terrorists attacked an IDF camp in Gaza’s Khan Younis as Israel approved a plan to conquer Gaza City and called up 60,000 reservists.

Syria’s state-run news agency says the country’s foreign minister has held a rare meeting with an Israeli delegation in Paris.