Israel Hamas war

On Thursday, airstrikes were reported in the Yemeni capital of Sana'a. FOX News' Trey Yingst reports this may be the Israeli response or the US led coalition targeting Houthi positions. Benjamin Anthony with the Miryam Institute joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

The head of Israel’s Air Force has vowed to launch tougher retaliatory attacks on the Houthi rebels in Yemen. This comes after the terror group continues to launch rocket attacks in Tel Aviv. Firing at Houthi leaders would seem to mark an escalation by Israel, which has so far targeted port infrastructure and military sites in a handful of sorties in response to repeated launches of drones and ballistic missiles from Yemen. Mark Chandler is the Director of Government Relations at Coastal Carolina University and he’s also a former Senior Defense Intelligence Official. He joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss the latest.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels fired another ballistic missile at Israel early Tuesday morning, triggering sirens across the center of the country as well as in southern Israel, for the third time in less than a week. The Israel Defense Forces said it managed to intercept the missile before it entered Israeli airspace. According to a military source, the projectile was shot down using the long-range Arrow air defense system, which is designed to take out ballistic missiles outside of the atmosphere. Dr. Asaf Romirowsky, the Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

A Houthi missile launched from Yemen injured more than a dozen people in the Tel Aviv-Jaffa area early Saturday, after sirens sounded across central Israel. At least 16 people were hurt, according to Israeli emergency services. The injuries were minor, such as cuts from glass shards. The Israel Defense Forces said attempts to intercept the projectile were unsuccessful, and that the missile hit a playground. Mark Chandler with Coastal Carolina University joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

A series of intense Israeli air attacks shook Yemen’s capital and a port city, killing at least nine people, according to reports by Houthi-controlled media. Israel’s military said it had attacked “military targets” belonging to Houthi fighters “in the western coastal strip and deep inside Yemen” on Thursday morning, after intercepting a missile fired by the group towards Israel. Dr. Asaf Romirowsky with Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered another evacuation in central Gaza ahead of an offensive in the area. "This is an advance warning ahead of an offensive,” Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee posted on X. Dr. Asaf Romirowsky, Executive Director of Scholarships for Peace in the Middle East, joined LiveNOW from FOX to break down the latest.

Israel carried out a wave of heavy airstrikes across Syria as its troops advanced deeper into the country, a Syrian opposition war monitor said Tuesday, and the Israeli defense minister announced that his forces had destroyed Syria’s navy. Israel acknowledged pushing into a buffer zone inside Syria following the overthrow of President Bashar Assad. But it remained unclear if Israeli soldiers had gone beyond that area, which was established more than 50 years ago. Israel denied that it was advancing on the Syrian capital of Damascus. Former adviser at the office of Netanyahu, Ruthie Blum, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming Middle East envoy traveled to Qatar and Israel to kick-start efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal before he takes office on January 20, a source said, amid indications that Doha was resuming its role as a mediator in the talks. Steve Witkoff, the incoming envoy, met separately in late November with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the source said. Dr. Asaf Romirowsky, Executive Director of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

Israel threatened on Tuesday to return to war in Lebanon if its truce with Hezbollah collapses, and said this time its attacks would go deeper and target the Lebanese state itself, after the deadliest day since the ceasefire was agreed last week. In its strongest threat since the truce was agreed to end 14 months of war with Hezbollah, Israel said it would hold Lebanon responsible for failing to disarm militants who violate the ceasefire. Alex Traiman, CEO and Jerusalem Bureau Chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

Israel unleashed its largest wave of airstrikes across Lebanon since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last week, killing at least 11 people on Monday after the Lebanese militant group fired a volley of projectiles as a warning over what it said were Israeli truce violations. Distinguished lecturer with the University of Nev Haven Ken Gray, joined LiveNOW from FOX to discuss.

The Israeli military said its air force struck a facility used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets in southern Lebanon on Thursday, after both sides accused each other of breaching a ceasefire that aims to halt over a year of fighting. Israel said it also opened fire on Thursday towards what it called "suspects" with vehicles arriving at several areas in the southern zone, saying it was a breach of the truce with Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, which came into effect on Wednesday. Mark Chandler with Coastal Carolina University joined LiveNOW from FOX to break down the latest details.

Now that Hezbollah has agreed to pause fighting, the question remains of where the truce leaves Hamas and its own war with Israel. David Daoud, senior fellow if the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, joined LiveNOW from FOX to break down the latest.

A ceasefire deal that went into effect on Wednesday could end more than a year of cross-border fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah militant group, raising hopes and renewing difficult questions in a region gripped by conflict.

On Tuesday, Israel's security cabinet approved a ceasefire agreement with Lebanon's Hezbollah militants to end nearly 14 months of fighting. LiveNOW's Mike Pache breaks down the deal with Jonathan Straum, a former professor of Israeli law at Georgetown University.