Day: March 17, 2025

Israel resumed the war in Gaza with a series of massive airstrikes against what it described as Hamas targets all across the enclave overnight. The big picture: The strikes come exactly two months after the signing of the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal that the Biden administration brokered with the help of the incoming Trump administration. Last week, the Trump administration tried to extend the ceasefire and presented a proposal to the…

Israeli officials told Axios they notified the Trump administration in advance of the airstrikes and briefed it on the objectives.

This is the largest wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 19 January.

The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is over as Israeli fighter jets began striking the Gaza Strip after Hamas refused repeated hostage deal offers, officials said.

President Donald Trump is claiming that pardons recently issued by Joe Biden to lawmakers and staff on the congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have no force because, he says, Biden signed them with an autopen.

The Israeli military said it was conducting extensive strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza while medics there reported casualties in a series of the most violent airstrikes since the January 19 ceasefire began.

Monday’s visit was the first by Trump since he had himself installed as chairman of the Kennedy Center in February.

The president posted on social media that Hunter Biden would lose his security detail “effective immediately” and also identified the country he was vacationing in.

Biden had extended protection for his family members until July.