Benjamin Netanyahu

The suspension of that meeting puts a major new obstacle in the way of efforts by the U.S., concerned about a deepening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, to get Netanyahu to consider alternatives to a ground invasion of Rafah, the last relatively safe haven for Palestinian civilians.

The resolution passed 14-0 after the U.S. decided not to use its veto power and instead abstained.

This was the first time in a month that the two leaders spoke on phone.

The court's ruling in a 6-5 vote comes days after it overturned the first major piece of the overhaul in a blow to Netanyahu's government. The next parliamentary elections are expected in 2026 but could be held before then.

Those divisions were largely been put aside while the country focuses on the war, which was triggered by a bloody cross-border attack by Hamas. January 1's court decision could reignite those tensions, which sparked months of mass protests against the government and had rattled the cohesion of the powerful military.

Netanyahu spoke after returning from a visit to troops fighting inside Gaza. The comments come as Egypt is floating an ambitious proposal to end the Israel-Hamas war.

Under foreign pressure to avoid killing innocents, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the war will not stop until the remaining 129 hostages are freed and Hamas is obliterated after its fighters' slaying of 1,200 Israelis.

Highlighted India’s consistent stand in favour of early restoration of peace & stability in the region with continued humanitarian assistance for the affected," said PM Modi about his talk with Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu.

While demonstrators are pushing the Israeli PM to make the release of the hostages the top priority, the hard right, from which the government gets big support, wants Netanyahu to fulfil his promise to crush Hamas.

Benjamin Netanyahu shared a photo of himself and Elon Musk on X (formerly Twitter) and revealed that he had taken him on a tour of Gaza and shown him the atrocities committed by Hamas.

The Tesla Inc. and SpaceX chief executive officer was briefed by local and military officials in Kfar Aza, where dozens of people were killed.

The visit will include a closed-door discussion with representatives for families of hostages held in Gaza and Herzog about the need to curb online antisemitism, a spokesperson for the president’s office said in a statement.

"We are here in the Gaza Strip with our heroic soldiers. We are making every effort to return our hostages, and in the end we will return them all. We have three goals in this war: eliminate Hamas, return all of our hostages and ensure that Gaza will not go back to being a threat to the State of Israel," Netanyahu told the soldiers on the ground.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said he would not agree to a "temporary truce" with Hamas until the Islamist group releases more than 240 Israeli and foreign hostages it abducted during its October 7 attacks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office played down the report compiled by the Intelligence Ministry as a hypothetical exercise a 'concept paper.'

Israel’s government has not described what a rescue mission could look like. In a televised address late Saturday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged the agony of hostages’ families and promised their release was an "integral" part of Israel’s war effort, on par with its goal of destroying Hamas.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on October 28 that Israeli forces had unleashed the second phase of the Gaza war as they pressed ground operations against Hamas militants.

A prominent figure in Israel today as a leading political analyst and author, Uri Dromi has been a staunch voice against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's judicial reforms while supporting democracy and peace in the region.

Israel-Hamas War Highlights: President Joe Biden in his speech on Israel-Hamas war said, this attack is part of millennium- long violence and genocide against Jews and military assistance and amenities will be constantly provided to Israel to replenish the Iron Dome to make sure Israel does not run out of assets to defend its citizen

Hamas says it captured several Israeli soldiers near the border.