In a fiery speech to the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed what he said were his government’s “tremendous achievements” in the war in Gaza that “changed the face of the Middle East” and that “broke the stranglehold of the Iranian axis.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said he is ready to recognize Israel if Palestine gets recognition. Both France and Indonesia have voiced support for two-state solution for Israel-Palestine conflict.

Israel and Syria are in direct contact and have in recent weeks held face-to-face meetings aimed at calming tensions and preventing conflict in the border region between the two longtime foes, five people familiar with the matter said.

President Donald Trump believes his administration is “very close to a solution” on an Iran nuclear agreement and he has personally warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to disrupt the talks,

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wary of a diplomatic solution to curbing Iran’s nuclear program, continues to press for military action that would upend President Trump’s push for a negotiated deal.

As negotiations to end the war in Ukraine stall, the Trump administration is turning to the Middle East to fulfill the president’s vow to be a global peacemaker.

In response to several missile attacks by the Houthis, the Israeli military struck Yemen's international airport in Sanaa on Wednesday morning.

Ambassador Edward Djerejian, a Belfer Center senior fellow, says reaching a comprehensive agreement for peace and stability will require new governments in Israel and Palestine, and a strong diplomatic effort by the Trump administration.

But there is no sign Trump has abandoned Israel. While he skipped Israel on his tour of the Middle East, his rhetoric remains closely aligned with Israeli foreign policy—especially on Iran —reiterating that it must abandon ambitions for developing a nuclear weapon and calling it "destabilizing".

For decades, Israel has leveraged its special relationship with the United States to serve as a gatekeeper to Washington. From the Camp David Treaty with Egypt to the Abraham Accords brokered by Trump in his first term,

The new operation is intended to bypass both the United Nations and Hamas, but aid groups say even if it works as intended, it is dangerously inadequate.