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March 18, 2024
White House: Israel Killed Hamas Deputy Chief
U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan confirmed on March 18 that Israeli forces killed Marwan Issa, deputy chief of Hamas military operations, in an airstrike last week. Issa,...
March 18, 2024
IDF Targets Hamas Terrorists Using Shifa Hospital as Command Center
Israeli troops arrested about 80 Hamas terrorists who were using the premises of Shifa Hospital as a command center, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on March 18. The IDF announced...
March 18, 2024
Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Gaza Via New Maritime Corridor
A ship carrying 200 tons of humanitarian aid reached northern Gaza on March 15 through a newly established humanitarian maritime corridor. The ship Open Arms carried food, water,...
March 17, 2024
Netanyahu: Halting Gaza War Means Losing It
Halting the Gaza war now would be tantamount to losing it, Israel said on March 17. In a televised statement during his weekly cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
March 15, 2024
Gaza-Born Israeli Citizen Commits Terror Attack
Gaza-born Israeli citizen Fadi Abu Latif attacked Israelis on March 14 at a café in the Beit Kama junction, about 20 miles from the Gaza border. Abu Latif stabbed Israel Defense...
March 15, 2024
IDF Strikes Terrorists in Response to Rocket Fire From Gaza
The Israeli military responded to rocket launches from Gaza with airstrikes and artillery, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on March 15. Hamas rocket fire from Gaza has significantly...
March 15, 2024
Israel Eyes Rafah Offensive, New Hostage Talks
Israel approved plans for a Rafah offensive on March 15 while signaling openness to renewed Gaza truce talks. After convening his war cabinet, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said...
March 15, 2024
South African Foreign Minister Vows to Arrest Returning Israeli Soldiers
South Africa will arrest its nationals who fight alongside the Israeli military, Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor said on March 10. Speaking at a Palestine solidarity event, Pandor,...
March 14, 2024
U.S. Grants Iran Sanctions Waiver Worth $10 Billion
The Biden administration renewed a sanctions waiver on March 13 that grants Iran access to $10 billion in previously escrowed funds. The waiver, which allows the Islamic Republic...
March 14, 2024
China, Russia, and Iran Hold Fifth Trilateral Naval Drill
The naval forces of China, Russia, and Iran are conducting a four-day trilateral drill in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean that started on March 12. The drill’s spokesperson,...
March 14, 2024
Israel Facilitates Entry of Six Aid Trucks Into Northern Gaza
Six trucks of aid from the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) entered northern Gaza on March 12 through a new land route established by the Israeli military. The convoy,...
March 13, 2024
Palestinian Teen Stabs Two Israelis at West Bank Checkpoint
A Palestinian teen stabbed two Israelis at a checkpoint along a West Bank highway leading to Jerusalem on March 13. Israeli police said in a statement that soldiers from the Israel...
March 13, 2024
Abbas Expected to Name New Prime Minister Within Days
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to appoint a new prime minister within days, according to officials who briefed Israeli media on March 12. On February...
March 13, 2024
Israel Kills Senior Hamas Terrorist in Rafah
Israel killed a senior Hamas terrorist in an airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah on March 13. Muhammad Abu Hasna, a commander in Hamas’s Operations Unit, had diverted...
March 13, 2024
IDF Strikes Hezbollah Terror Site in Syria
The Israeli military on March 12 struck two Syrian army sites where Hezbollah was operating, according to a statement by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The strike was carried out...
March 13, 2024
Israel Kills Hamas Terror Orchestrator in Lebanon
A Lebanon-based Hamas terrorist responsible for orchestrating attacks on Israeli and Jewish targets worldwide was killed in an IDF airstrike on March 13. Hadi Ali Mustafa died near...
March 12, 2024
Israel Thwarts Suicide Attack in West Bank
Israeli forces on March 11 intercepted a Palestinian man who they said was en route to commit a suicide attack in Israel. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet released a...
March 12, 2024
Iranian Official Calls to Expel Israel From Women’s Rights Conference
A senior Iranian official on March 11 called for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to expel Israel from its ranks. In a speech before the commission’s...
March 12, 2024
New Maritime Humanitarian Corridor Opens for Gaza
A ship carrying humanitarian aid set sail from Cyprus to Gaza on March 12 as the pilot run for a maritime aid corridor. The pilot ship Open Arms and an accompanying vessel departed...
March 12, 2024
Hamas Warns Gazans Against Cooperating With Israel on Aid Delivery
Palestinians cooperating with Israel to distribute aid in Gaza will be viewed as collaborators and treated with an iron fist, a Hamas-linked website said on March 11. Under Hamas...
March 12, 2024
Another Israeli-U.S. National Killed by Hamas
An Israeli soldier with dual U.S. citizenship was declared dead in absentia on March 12, more than five months after Hamas killed him and took his body to Gaza along with scores...
March 11, 2024
Top Hamas Terrorist Targeted, Fate Unclear
Israel carried out a precision airstrike on March 10 to kill the deputy chief of Hamas military operations, but his fate remains unclear. Marwan Issa, second-in-command of the Izz...
March 11, 2024
Iranian Citizen Planning to Attack Israeli Arrested in Peru
Police in Peru arrested an Iranian citizen on March 7 suspected of planning to murder an Israeli in the South American country. At least two Peruvian citizens are also implicated...
March 11, 2024
Italy Arrests Three Palestinians Planning Terror Attack
Italy arrested three Palestinians suspected of planning terrorist attacks in an unspecified country, Italian police reported on March 11. In the Italian city of L’Aquila, the suspects...
March 11, 2024
Hezbollah Escalates Drone, Rocket Attacks on Israel
Hezbollah said it launched four drones carrying explosives at northern Israel on March 11. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that sirens sounded in the Golan Heights due to a...
March 9, 2024
Mossad, CIA Chiefs Meet About Stalled Hostage Talks
CIA Director William Burns met his Mossad counterpart to discuss the stalled Gaza hostage talks, with Israel voicing hope on March 9 that progress can still be made. Israeli Prime...
March 8, 2024
Gaza Airdrop Kills Five, Highlighting Distribution Challenges
Humanitarian aid dropped from military planes into Gaza reportedly killed five Gazans and injured 10 others on March 8, apparently the result of one or more malfunctioning parachutes....
March 8, 2024
South Africa Again Attacks Israel at the International Court of Justice
South Africa on March 6 submitted an urgent request that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) order Israel to suspend its military operations in Gaza “immediately.” South...
March 7, 2024
Biden to Announce U.S.-Built Gaza Aid Pier at State of the Union
President Biden will announce during his State of the Union address on March 7 that the U.S. military will build a floating pier in the Gaza Strip. The temporary pier will allow...
March 7, 2024
Three Killed by Houthis in Gulf of Aden
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen killed three sailors on March 6 after a missile launched by the group hit a cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden. According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM),...
March 7, 2024
Cairo Truce Talks Falter as Hamas Stalls
The latest round of Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks ended fruitlessly on March 7, with Hamas failing to provide details on hostages it holds in Gaza. The Palestinian terrorist group...
March 7, 2024
U.S. Fails to Censure Iran’s Nuclear Program at IAEA Meeting
Washington failed to introduce a resolution admonishing Iran’s nonproliferation violations at a meeting of the nuclear watchdog for the United Nations that began on March 4. The...
March 7, 2024
Terrorist Rockets Target Northern Israeli Town
Terrorists in Lebanon fired 10 rockets toward the northern Israeli border area of Rosh HaNikra, Israeli media reported on March 7. “Nine rockets were intercepted and the tenth...
March 6, 2024
Hamas Rocket Chief Killed in Gaza Strike
Israeli forces killed a senior Hamas rocket commander in the central Gaza Strip on March 6, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Shin Bet said in a joint...
March 6, 2024
Teen Terrorist Injures Israeli in Jerusalem
A Palestinian teenager from eastern Jerusalem stabbed a 64-year-old Jewish man on March 6. The victim, identified as Tzvi Tal, was waiting at a bus stop in Jerusalem’s Neve Yaakov...
March 6, 2024
Iranian Rial Plunges to Historic Low
The Iranian rial plummeted to a historic all-time low on March 4, trading at about 600,000 to the U.S. dollar in the unregulated market. Amid escalating tensions in the region,...
March 6, 2024
Hezbollah Barrage of Rockets Targets Northern Israeli City
Hezbollah fired 30 rockets toward the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona on the evening of March 5. Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system intercepted 13 of the projectiles,...
March 5, 2024
Israel Open to Regular Ramadan Access at Al-Aqsa
Israel signaled readiness on March 5 to allow regular Muslim access to al-Aqsa Mosque over Ramadan despite security concerns. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened top cabinet...
March 5, 2024
Hamas Urges End to U.S. Security Assistance to Israel
Hamas said on March 5 that ending U.S. security assistance to Israel is more important than increasing humanitarian assistance for Gaza. The United States has been air-dropping aid for needy Palestinians as its regional partners, Qatar and Egypt, pursue so-far fruitless negotiations on a possible truce between Israel and Hamas that would bring more extensive relief measures over Ramadan to the Gaza Strip. ...
March 5, 2024
Prospects for War With Hezbollah Drawing ‘Closer,’ Israeli Defense Minister Says
Hezbollah’s continued attacks on Israel are bringing the two closer to war, warned Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on March 5. “We are committed to the diplomatic process....
March 5, 2024
UN Report Says Hamas Used Rape as Crime of War
The United Nations (UN) released a report on March 4 finding evidence that Hamas committed sexual crimes on October 7, including rape and gang rape. Pramila Patten, the UN’s special...
March 5, 2024
More Than 450 UNRWA Staff Are Terrorists, Israel Says
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employs more than 450 “military operatives” from Hamas and Islamic Jihad, Israel announced on March 4. In a briefing, Israel...
March 5, 2024
Israeli Forces Demolish Largest Terror Tunnel in Northern Gaza
Israeli troops demolished the largest terror tunnel they have found in northern Gaza since October 7, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on March 5. The tunnel stretched for more...
March 5, 2024
Jordan Asks Israel to Extend Water-for-Energy Deal
Jordan asked Israel on March 3 to extend a water-for-energy deal by an additional year that the two countries signed in 2021. Brokered in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the agreement...
March 4, 2024
Suspected Terrorists Arrested in Israel’s Largest Operation in Ramallah in Years
Israeli forces arrested two wanted individuals during a counter-terrorism raid in Ramallah on March 4. The six-hour-long operation in the al-Am’ari refugee camp was the largest...
March 4, 2024
Houthis Sink First Commercial Ship in Red Sea
A commercial ship sank in the Red Sea on March 2 about two weeks after Iran-backed Houthi rebels struck it with an anti-ship ballistic missile, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said....
March 4, 2024
Hezbollah Attack on Northern Israel Kills One, Injures Nine
A Hezbollah attack on northern Israel on March 4 killed one person and injured at least nine others. The attack targeted Moshav Margaliot, a community near the Israel-Lebanon border....
March 3, 2024
New Zealand Designates Hamas as a Terrorist Group
New Zealand fully designated Hamas as a terrorist organization on February 29, having previously sanctioned only its military wing in 2010. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Chris...
March 2, 2024
Israel Demands Clarity from Hamas on Hostages
Hamas is holding up negotiations by being unclear about the number of hostages that would go free under a possible Gaza truce, Israeli officials said on March 2. Egyptian media said...
March 2, 2024
Iran Failed to Declare New Nuclear Facility, IAEA Reports
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed on February 26 that Iran violated a mandatory obligation to inform the agency of plans to construct a new nuclear facility....
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