Rep. Wesley Bell faced constant protests and accusations during a heated town hall, where demonstrators called him a war criminal over his Israel-Gaza position.

Life comes before revenge,” Rudy Chen, the father of Itay Chen, an Israeli American soldier who was killed on Oct. 7, 2023, told NBC News.

Israelis rally because they cannot imagine abandoning their own. Hamas raids because it cannot imagine a better strategy.

It was Netanyahu's first response to a temporary ceasefire proposal put forward by Egypt and Qatar that Hamas accepted.

Haredi protesters have frequently posted outside of Beit Lid base due to the military prison within the base. Multiple intersections were closed to traffic due to mass ultra-Orthodox protests against the conscription of haredim into the IDF,

The Israeli military body in charge of humanitarian aid to Gaza said the supply of tents and other shelter equipment to the territory would resume on Sunday ahead of the mass movement of Palestinians to the south.

Polls show that close to 80% of Israelis support stopping the fighting in exchange for the return of hostages, but the government plans to expand it.

Israel said Wednesday its military had entered the first stages of a planned assault on the city, a campaign it begins while clashing publicly with major Western powers.