A year since the start of the war in Gaza, Israel is still blocking a ceasefire agreement despite Hamas' flexibility, Hamas chief negotiator and deputy Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya said in a speech shown on Hamas' Aqsa television on Sunday.

Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi said that after a year of fighting since the October 7 attack, the Palestinian terror group had been demolished, even as troops in northern Gaza continue to operate against what the military said were Hamas attempts to rebuild.

Fire and smoke rose from Beirut’s southern suburbs, which have been the focus of Israeli airstrikes. The IDF says the area contains Hezbollah targets.

An Israeli strike on a mosque in the Gaza Strip early Sunday killed at least 19 people, Palestinian officials said, as Israel intensified its bombardment of northern Gaza and southern Beirut in a widening war with Iran-allied militant groups across the region.

Several protests and rallies marking Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel and the ongoing war in Gaza have been planned in Southern California for this weekend and the days ahead.

Sunday marks the eve of one year since the brutal Hamas attacks on Israel, and in the west Valley, Jewish organizations are coming together for a time of remembrance and to display unity.

A fireball lit up the sky and smoke billowed over Beirut on Sunday as Israel unleashed intense strikes targeting Hezbollah, almost a year since the Hamas attack that sparked war