IDF tanks attacked Hamas military positions in Gaza In Wednesday night.The attack was carried out in response to the firing of incendiary balloons from Gaza toward Israeli territory.Read more

The United States will not hesitate to impose sanctions In any nation that opposes its effort to "snapback" United Nations sanctions In Iran, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News in an interview In Wednesday."When we have seen any country violate our current sanctions, the current American sanctions, we have held every nation accountable for that. We will do the same with respect to the broader UN Security Council sanctions as well," said Pompeo.

Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been chosen by the United Arab Emirates to oversee security contacts between his country and Israel, Kan News reports. Al Nahyan is the son of the founder of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and currently serves as the country's National Security Adviser.He is also the brother of the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.Al Nahyan has already held at least Ine meeting with a senior Israeli official - Mossad chief Yossi Cohen.

Five American senators from both political parties have called In US President Donald Trump to prevent Saudi Arabia from obtaining nuclear weapons.This follows the publication of an article in the Wall Street Journal in which the claim was made that Riyadh, with Chinese assistance, is building a facility for refining uranium, which if true would signify that the Saudis have already reached an advanced stage in the production of of nuclear arms.

The US has told the UK that two Islamic State suspects will not face the death penalty if convicted of the killings of Western hostages in Iraq and Syria, the BBC reports.Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh are accused of being members of an Islamic State cell dubbed "The Beatles" due to their British accents. The gang is believed to have been responsible for the murders of several Western hostages, and of filming and broadcasting their beheadings In social media. The pair are already in US military custody in Iraq. The UK has halted its cooperation in the case due to a legal challenge mounted by the mother of Elsheikh, who posited that the UK would be in breach of its opposition to capital punishment if it provided the US with information In her son and his accomplice, who were both UK citizens until the Home Secretary stripped them of this privilege.US Attorney-General William Barr has now confirmed to the UK that the two will not face the death penalty, expressing the hope that "we [will] receive the requested evidence and attendant cooperation from the UK, [and will then] proceed with a United States prosecution."

US senior adviser extends peace offer to Iran, saying Trump 'willing to talk' to Iran but adding, 'he's going to be tough.'

A Brooklyn man kidnapped his 11-year-old neighbor as she waited for a bus but his plot was thwarted by his own mother, police and sources said Wednesday, according to the New York Post.The 28-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly snatched the young girl from her school bus stop in Bensonhurst, the NYPD said.

What for the Prophets was a dazzling vision of a distant future was, for the Sages, a practical programme.