Benjamin Netanyahu

The big question now is whether Israel will invade Rafah, despite international calls for restraint. ‘This is a war against civilians, not against Hamas,’ says one Gazan who escaped the southern city fearing an Israeli ground invasion

The restrained Israeli response allows both countries to save face and claim achievements in deterring the enemy, in a sort of return to the covert war they had been waging until the bombing of Damascus that triggered the escalation

Nir Oz, one of the communities hardest hit by Hamas, symbolically celebrates Jewish Passover in honor of the captives and demands the Netanyahu government secure their release

U.S. and Israeli representatives discuss plans for that city, the only one ground troops have not entered, as military retaliation against Iran remains up in the air

Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control targeted 16 people and two entities in Iran that produce engines that power the drones used in the April 13 attack on Israeli territory

The Israeli armed forces have called up thousands of reservists and are preparing ‘operational activities’ in the last refuge in Gaza. Netanyahu can now frame the ground offensive as punishment for Tehran’s actions

Anti-aircraft batteries and jets from the U.S., the U.K. and Jordan shot down 170 drones and 30 cruise missiles. Only a few of the over 120 ballistic missiles fired in the attack reached Israeli territory

The nation’s dependence on the United States and its distrust of Tehran outweighed the protests, sparked by the invasion of Gaza, over its peace agreement with the Jewish state

The town where a projectile hit at the weekend, seriously injuring a seven-year-old, is under permanent threat of demolition by the authorities, which consider it illegal

U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby: ‘We are not involved in their decision-making process about a potential response’

The attack on Israel came after successive assassinations of senior Revolutionary Guard officers. Tehran intends to restore the deterrence that these undermined, according to experts

U.S. Rep. Summer Lee, a first-term lawmaker who has aligned herself with the “squad,” is facing a primary challenge from Bhavini Patel and the war has become a flashpoint in the race

Analysts say Iran sent a message that it would be willing to escalate and change its rules of engagement in its shadow war with Israel

The country is reopening its airspace after the unprecedented early morning attack. All eyes are now on Netanyahu’s expected retaliation and the role the United States will play

The Israeli military said over 100 drones had been fired toward its territory but that its air defenses were prepared for the attack. The U.S., with its large troop presence in the region, said it would provide unspecified support to Israel

Indications that a direct attack against Israel would trigger a resounding retaliation by Biden and Netanyahu are deterring Tehran from action, experts say

Lufthansa has stopped flying to Iran for security reasons after an Israeli attack in Damascus last week triggered an announcement by the Ayatollah Khamenei that punishment is imminent

Iran has raised the tone of its threats after the attack on its Syrian consulate. Israel ‘will be punished,’ said Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Nearly six in 10 buildings in the Strip have been damaged or destroyed by Israeli attacks and its largest medical complex is an ‘empty shell,’ according to the WHO

The bureau chief of Al Jazeera television in the Strip, who lost his wife and three of his sons in bombings, tells EL PAÍS that Israel is ‘deliberately killing journalists in Gaza’ to prevent them reporting on the war

The Israeli government has also not yet allowed the landing of humanitarian supplies for the Strip in the nearby port of Ashdod

Netanyahu’s objectives continue to fail, the risk of conflict with Iran is growing, there are 130,000 evacuees with no prospects of returning, and the country’s prestige is in tatters. Tens of thousands of protesters are now calling for the prime minister to resign

Former speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi leads the signatures on an open letter from Democratic representatives calling on Joe Biden to halt weapons deliveries