NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israel announced Thursday that it will reopen the Rafah border crossing for people to travel between Gaza and Egypt for the first time since May 2024. Israel’s Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), which oversees humanitarian and civil efforts in Gaza, said the crossing “will…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Last week, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth released the 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS), a Pentagon blueprint that elevates Israel as a “model ally” and translates President Trump’s national security doctrine into concrete military policy. “Israel has long demonstrated that it is both willing and able to…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, said Thursday they believe Hamas will disarm under a U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire plan as it enters its second phase. But as regional analysts warned the terror group has no intention of disarming and could ultimately block Trump’s…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The European Union (EU) moved Thursday to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, with Germany pledging to turn the decision into a legally binding listing as fast as possible. The move also came alongside a new round of EU sanctions targeting Iranian…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Iran will conduct live-fire military drills next week in the Strait of Hormuz after President Donald Trump announced a U.S. armada was on its way to the region amid escalating tensions with Tehran. The exercises will be carried out by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ naval forces,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Shipping in the Persian Gulf dipped sharply Wednesday as tensions with Iran intensified amid signs the U.S. was positioning military forces for a potential strike, according to maritime intelligence assessments. The U.S. Navy’s USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group entered the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ted Cruz called for the U.S. to arm Iranian protesters Tuesday as unrest continues inside the nation and Iran-backed militias issued threats against Washington. “We should be arming the protesters in Iran. NOW,” Cruz wrote in a post on X. “For the Iranian people to overthrow…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff is hailing the start of a new era in the Middle East after the return of the remains of the final Israeli hostage in Gaza. Israeli police officer Ran Gvili’s remains were returned to Israel on Monday, marking the return of all…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Israel Defense Forces conducted approximately 80 brigade-level counterterrorism operations over the past year in the West Bank — known to Israelis as Judea and Samaria — neutralizing hundreds of terrorists and seizing more than 1,300 weapons, according to data released by the military. The IDF said…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! An Iranian amateur boxer was shot and killed by Iranian security forces during ongoing anti-regime protests near Tehran, and his father spent a week searching before identifying his body in a black body bag. Harrowing footage circulating online shows his distraught father desperately searching among piles of…