Even before last month's Hamas attacks in Israel, the leader of Hungary had long promoted his country as the safest in Europe for Jews. Now the Israeli men's soccer team is taking his word and heading to a tiny Hungarian village as it prepares to play its remaining home games in the Euro 2024 qualifying tournament.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel will have "overall security responsibility" in Gaza for an indefinite period after its war with Hamas, the clearest indication yet that Israel plans to maintain control over the coastal enclave that is home to some 2.3 million Palestinians.
Israeli troops and armor pushed deeper into northern and central Gaza on Monday, as the U.N. and medical staff warned that airstrikes are hitting closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter alongside thousands of wounded.
Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into the Gaza Strip on Monday, closing in on the besieged Palestinian territory's main city as their retaliatory ground offensive against Hamas rumbled violently through a fourth consecutive day.
Animosity between Israel and other global players boiled over Wednesday as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was "shocked" by allegations he tried to justify Hamas' murder of civilians, while other prominent world leaders declared that the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group is a collection of freedom fighters, not a terrorist organization.