Israel at War

While Harris' positions have largely mirrored Biden's for years, her rhetoric on Israel is coming under increasing scrutiny.

"There's a lot of concern about whether we'll ever get the hostages back, a lot of concern about the victims," Leon Panetta said.

"We have asked the international community to oblige Israel to fulfill its obligations," a senior Hamas official said.

"In consideration of humanitarian and environmental concerns, Ansarullah has consented to this request," Iranian officials told Newsweek.

The Pentagon says the U.S. military remains "well postured" to defend Israel and American forces in the region.

Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued from Rahat by the IDF and ISA on Tuesday.

"Washington is practicing a campaign of media pressure on the resistance," senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Newsweek.

"I have no interest in speaking with Vice President Harris or President Joe Biden," Nadia Ahmad told Newsweek.

The incident came as thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters marched in Chicago on the DNC's opening day in a show of anger against the Biden administration.

In a statement to Newsweek, Hamas said that "the U.S. administration and the international community must put an end to this recklessness."

A group of pro-Palestinian activists put pressure on the vice president's policies surrounding Israel during a panel Monday night.

"I wouldn't take anything too seriously," a senior Biden administration official said of Hamas' reactions to the talks.

Senior Hamas official Basem Naim told Newsweek the group has agreed to the U.S. proposal but Israel "added new conditions."

"The ultimate goal here has to be regime change in Iran," Israeli Foreign Ministry special envoy Fleur Hassan-Nahoum told Newsweek.

These are the university presidents who have resigned amid campus protests about the ongoing war in Gaza.

The deal reportedly includes F-15 fighter jets and tank ammunition.

Tim Walz's team has denied a relationship between the governor and Asad Zaman, a Muslim leader who has reportedly promoted antisemitic views.

Iraqi factions warned their response would be "without upper limits" if the U.S. strikes Iraq or uses the country to attack Iran.

Americans should be concerned because their elected officials—save for the president—are now effectively on the sidelines for the most important decision a congressperson should make—when to send our brave men and women to war.

Fadel Naeem, director of al-Ahli hospital, said, "We received some of the most serious injuries we encountered during the war."

"Iran and its allies see the trap that Netanyahu has laid in front of them," a former U.N. official told Newsweek.

Harris told the hecklers, "Let me say, I have been clear. Now is the time to get a ceasefire deal and get the hostage deal done."

No policy choice is cost-free. Not even when the benefits are clear.

Syria's U.N. Mission told Newsweek that Israel will bear the "consequences" of its attacks in Syria, Gaza, Lebanon and beyond.

An IDF official told Newsweek Israel hoped to avoid "a wider escalation, but at the same time, we need to protect ourselves."

AIPAC vowed to spend as much as $100 million this year to unseat members of the progressive U.S. House group.

"We believe that both sides need to do the final bit of work here to come to a conclusion on this thing," John Kirby said.

Bilha Yinon's children had presumed she had died alongside her husband, as Israeli authorities have now confirmed.

"Five U.S. Servicemembers and two U.S. contractors were injured in the attack," a U.S. defense official told Newsweek.

"We tend during this period to speak little and act a lot," a senior Ansar Allah official told Newsweek.