Topic: Benny Gantz

President Joe Biden says U.S. support for Israel remains "ironclad" following an attempted drone strike by Iran. Israel has been facing international pressure to reduce the intensity of its attacks on Hamas.

Israel War Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz called for parliamentary elections in September and said he notified Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.

Israel's High Court of Justice on Thursday issued a freeze on funding for ultra-Orthodox educational institutions, effectively making their students eligible for military service.

A Tuesday cabinet meeting was postponed to discuss Israel's mandatory military service relating to exemptions for those who are ultra-Orthodox amid protestors and ongoing tension over the issue as the war in Gaza rages o

Israel's Knesset approved a 2024 war budget in a contentious session Wednesday on a vote of 62-55. The war cabinet and National Unity Coalition could be dissolved as the right-wing New Hope party leaves.

The United States on Tuesday vetoed a resolution in the United Nations Security Council calling for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza, facing a near unified front for a pause in fighting.

Israel warned on Monday that it would attack the densely packed city of Rafah by the start of Ramadan next month if all of its remaining hostages are not returned.

Brazilian President Lula da Silva has compared what he called the genocide of Palestinian people with the Holocaust, hours after blasting the U.N. Security Council, leading Israel to summon Brazilian ambassador.

Israel fired a barrage of rockets into Lebanon on Tuesday in response to an attack by Beirut, threatening the current conflict in Gaza could spill over boundary lines.

Twenty-four Israeli soldiers were killed in central Gaza on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said, the worst military loss suffered by the Middle Eastern country since its war against Hamas began in October.