There are no immediate plans for the military to enter Hamas-controlled Gaza, and Israel is willing to give time for the U.S. plan to move forward, Israeli officials said. Moving ahead with any war plans would be a decision to be made by Israel’s political leaders, another Israeli official said.

More than 2,500 buildings have been destroyed since the start of the cease-fire, according to a New York Times analysis. Israel says it is demilitarizing Gaza.

The Israeli leader has vowed to spend 350 billion shekels ($110 billion) on developing an independent arms industry to reduce dependency on other countries.

Sporadic clashes between the Israel Defense Forces and Gaza militants -- plus deadly IDF strikes -- continue despite the Gaza ceasefire.

Israeli forces and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas are preparing to resume fighting in the Gaza Strip, according to reports. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has drawn up plans to launch renewed military operations in Gaza in March,

The Israeli military has drawn up plans for a new ground operation inside Gaza, the Wall Street Journal is reporting, citing people briefed on the matter.

The strikes were the latest in near-daily Israeli military action since the signing of a ceasefire more than a year ago that included a Lebanese pledge to disarm the militant group Hezbollah.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed a commission with members chosen in a way that departs from existing law.

California state Sen. Scott Wiener finally caved to a woke, anti-Israel crowd — branding Israel’s war in Gaza a “genocide” after being hammered by hecklers at a heated candidate

Israel plans to begin the long-awaited privatisation of two of its largest defence companies as early as the second quarter of this year, a senior government official said.