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'Apocalyptic wasteland': Biden admin. blocked warning on deteriorating Gaza situation after Oct. 7

Three months after the October 7, 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel's entry into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid out in gruesome detail scenes observed by United Nations staff.

Buildings lie in ruins amid the rubble in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, December 8, 2025.
Brig.-Gen. Amir Vahidi, the new IRGC deputy commander-in-chief.

Iran appoints US-sanctioned general wanted for role in AMIA bombing as new IRGC deputy

People take part in a rally in support of Palestinians and to condemn Israeli forces' interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla vessels aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel's naval blockade, in Istanbul, Turkey, October 5, 2025.

Between PA and Turkey, Gaza’s peacekeeping future could reshape Israel’s borders - analysis

Former hostage Eli Sharabi with former US President Joe Biden.

Former hostage Eli Sharabi meets former US president Biden at Philadelphia football game


Blinken’s parting words: No hostage deal? Blame Hamas, not Netanyahu - analysis

Blinken's comments in the interview Saturday were not all that predictable when nearly 20 minutes of the 50-minute conversation turned toward Israel, Hamas, and Gaza.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends an interview, in Brussels, Belgium December 4, 2024.

US proposes $8b. arms deal with Israel, including fighter jet munitions

The deal would need approval from House and Senate committees and includes artillery shells and air-to-air missiles for fighter jets to defend against threats such as drones.

 US President Joe Biden (Illustrative)

Biden's Jewish liaison Shelley Greenspan shares parting Shabbat message

President-elect Donald Trump has yet to announce if he'll fill Greenspan's role upon returning to the White House. 

 US PRESIDENT Joe Biden speaks at the White House after Syrian rebels announced that they had ousted Bashar al-Assad as president last Sunday.

'A feeling of a lost opportunity': Did Europe’s passivity cost lives in Hamas war? - opinion

“As an international community, we could have forced Hamas out and started working already on a future for the Gaza Strip," said a Biden aide.

 US SECRETARY of State Antony Blinken (left) is greeted by then-EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell in Brussels last month.

Brother of Hamas leader Khaled Mashal unexpectedly released from US prison - report

The US has not confirmed the release of Mashaal, but the news has been widely reported in Arab media.

 Mofid Abdel Kader Mashaal

US to work with partners in Syria to manage risk after Assad toppled, Biden says

Biden said US forces on Sunday conducted a dozen precision strikes within Syria targeting camps and operatives of the terrorist group Islamic State.

US President Joe Biden holds a press conference about his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping before the start of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Woodside, California, US, November 15, 2023.

US Supreme Court to weigh bid to sue Palestinian authorities over attacks against Americans

The law is called the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act.

 The US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., is pictured on July 30, 2024.

White House puts pressure on Turkey to restrain Syrian rebels - report

The US noted that President Bashar al-Assad's "regime" has been part of an ongoing refusal to "engage in a political process," which has "created the conditions now unfolding."

 A Syrian rebel holds his weapon as he stands near Nubl's city in Nubl, north of Aleppo, Syria December 2, 2024.

Biden says he is pardoning his son, Hunter Biden

The White House had said repeatedly that Biden would not pardon or commute the sentences of his son.

 U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Hunter Biden and Beau Jr., walks out of a bookstore in downtown Nantucket, Massachusetts, U.S., November 29, 2024.

Biden announces Israel's truce with Lebanon with hope of paving pathway for Gaza ceasefire

The US President said that the deal will let Israel retain the right to defend itself while still giving the Lebanese government sovereignty.

 US President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House