This siege mentality may have undermined more proactive Israeli Jewish public support for a ceasefire and ‘day-after’ concessions when the conflict finally ends.

The Gaza Health Ministry says that the Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Hamas war has climbed past 55,000.

The war began when Hamas-led fighters attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostage. They are still holding 53 captives, less than half of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefire agreements or other deals.

U.S. allies sanction far-right Israeli officials Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich over "extremist rhetoric" calling for "Palestinians to be driven from their homes."

The decision by Western governments friendly to Israel was a sharp rebuke of Israel's settlement policies in the West Bank and of settler violence.

Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway said they were taking measures against far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir.

Israel’s defense minister has ordered the military to prevent a Gaza-bound aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg from reaching its destination, citing national security concerns and a refusal to allow any breach of Israel’s blockade.

American supporters of Israel, many of them affiliated with the political right, are using recent episodes of appalling violence against Jews as an excuse

Israel and Iran bombarded each other for a third day, with international concern growing that the conflict will spread across one of the world’s key oil-producing regions.