Hurry Up and Wait: Israel Pounds Gaza, Readies Evacuation of Kiryat Shmona as European Parliament Calls for Hamas To Be ‘Eliminated’

President Biden, in an Oval Office speech, pledges ‘unwavering support’ for the security of the Jewish state as the Mideast teeters on the brink of wider war.

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People carry a coffin draped with an Israeli flag during a funeral of a victim of Hamas terrorists at Tel Aviv, October 19, 2023. AP/Petros Giannakouris

On the 14th day of this unforeseen October war, tensions are high — not only in southern Israel, where terrorist targets in Gaza are firmly in the IDF’s sights, but also in the north, where Hezbollah looks to be stirring up trouble along Israel’s border with Lebanon. 

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