Middle East latest: Israel launches a major West Bank operation, days after Gaza ceasefire
Palestinians chase humanitarian aid trucks that arrived through the Kerem Shalom crossing from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, in Rafah, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. Credit: AP/Jehad Alshrafi
Israel launched a major military operation Tuesday in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin that killed at least nine Palestinians and left at least 40 more people wounded, Palestinian health officials said, as Israel’s fragile ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza entered its third day.
In Tel Aviv, four people were wounded in a stabbing attack and the suspect was killed by security forces, according to Israeli police. Authorities only identified the attacker as a 28-year-old “foreign national” but believe the stabbings were a terrorist act.
Israel’s top general resigned Tuesday, taking responsibility for security failures tied to Hamas’ surprise attack in October 2023 that triggered the war in Gaza. The resignation adds to pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has delayed any public inquiry that could potentially implicate his leadership.
Despite 15 months of war with Israel, Hamas remains firmly in control of Gaza. Many Palestinians in Gaza are now left picking through the rubble of their former homes amid a landscape of devastation.
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'It's definitely a destination' NewsdayTV's Doug Geed takes us "Out East," and shows us the Long Island Aquarium, a comfort food restaurant in Baiting Hollow, a Riverhead greenhouse and Albert Einstein's connections to the East End.
