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The US State Department is planning to sell $8 billion in arms to Israel, marking what will likely be the Biden administration's last weapons sale to its ally.

Officials in Israel say the risks of an Iran attack include potentially triggering World War III.

“Amnesty International is free to operate in Israel, but Amnesty Israel isn’t free to operate within Amnesty International,” snarks Commentary’s Seth Mandel.

Joining, or at least supporting, Israel in destroying Iran’s nuclear facilities means Trump will achieve what his predecessors promised to do but didn’t: end the threat of a nuclear-armed terrorist state.

Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel's military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave "very serious and shameful."

“The flames of Gaza will not stop there, they will find us all if we don’t stop them…None of us are spared in the eye of the empire,” Fatima Mousa Mohammed eerily wrote on X this week.

The secretary of state urged Israel to move forward with the current cease-fire and hostage deal on the table.

“We do whatever we can in order for peace to prevail in the region. We will spare no effort in order for the prisoners to be released,” Pezeshkian said when asked about the ongoing negotiations between Israel and Hamas.

News that 33 hostages will be freed by Hamas as part of the a Gaza cease-fire deal between Israel and the terrorists' leaders is nothing short of thrilling — though it poses major risks.

Multiple insiders and officials in both Israel and the US told The Post that it was Trump's impending inauguration that finally solved a problem that had proved intractable for President Biden and his team.

“Bring them home” has been the slogan of the hostage families in Israel since October 7, 2023.

Khalil al-Hayya also said the slaughter "will remain a source of pride for our people."

Hamas warned Israel that the ongoing airstrikes in Gaza could kill the remaining captives before the break-through cease-fire and hostage exchange deal even begins.

President-elect Donald Trump’s tough diplomacy lingered large over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s swift action on Thursday.

The cease-fire-hostage deal between Israel and Hamas is set to go into effect at 8:30 a.m. local time Sunday, the Qatari foreign ministry said.

Incoming President Trump warned “all hell will break out” if the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas slated to go into effect Sunday collapses.

Three female hostages were set to be released from Gaza on Sunday -- with the terror group supposed to have provided their names on Saturday, according to Israeli officials.

Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas for over a year have been freed as the cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect despite an 11th-hour snag threatening to upend the fragile accord.

Israel confirmed Sunday Sagui Dekel-Chen, Keith Siegel, and the entire Bibas family were on the list of Gaza-held captives that will be freed.

Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher, the first three Hamas hostages to be released, have been reunited with their families after 15 months of captivity. The women were delivered safely to Israel following a deviation from the cease-fire...