US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced a significant boost in military assistance to Israel, with approximately USD 4 billion in aid set to be expedited.
Israel Ambassador to India Reuven Azar praised PM Modi's leadership saying that he was the first to call after the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel by terrorist organisation Hamas.
According to Lebanese media reports, the strikes took place in the southern Lebanese area of Tyre. The IDF said some of the launchers posed an "imminent threat."
Israel accused the terrorist organisation Hamas of breaching the ceasefire deal after finding that the body returned by Hamas on Thursday was not that of Shiri Bibas. In a statement posted on X on Friday (21st February), the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that it was revealed during the identification of the four bodies that the body of Shiri Bibas was not among them.
Ramia Abdo Sultan even advised her co-religionists not to trust anyone and avoid any social media interactions on the Israel-Palestine conflict or on the issue of Muslim hate for Jews as she claims these conversations are meant to entrap Muslims and use the same against them.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of backtracking on the ceasefire agreement and is refusing to convene the Cabinet to discuss it