Israel

The United States has spent a record $17.9 billion in military aid to Israel since the outbreak of war in Gaza, which has escalated the conflict in the Middle East.

It should be considered certain that Tuesday’s attack by Iran on Israel will not go unanswered. The question with the collapsing balance isn’t “if” but “when” and “how.”

 The emergency Council for Foreign and Security Policy (CFS) meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister, has concluded amidst rising tensions in the Middle East following Iran’s aggressive attack on Israel and the anticipated Israeli response. This escalation has placed the broader southeastern Mediterranean region, including Athens, on high alert.

Israel's long-contentious relationship with the United Nations has since Oct. 7 spiralled to new depths, amid insults and accusations and even a questioning of the country's continued U.N. membership.

Addressing the U.N. General Assembly on Friday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused the world body of treating his country unfairly.

Western nations are weighing their options on how to safely get nationals out of Lebanon if a full-scale war breaks out, diplomats said, with Cyprus and possibly Turkey seen as offering sanctuary to tens of thousands of people.

Nikos Panagiotopoulos issued a message of alarm and high alert from the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives regarding the wave of migrants that will be caused by the deterioration of the war front in Lebanon.

The Minister of Immigration and Asylum said that a possible Israeli land invasion of Lebanon would bring millions of refugees to Greece and the EU.

The Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah announced today that it has fired a ballistic missile at the general headquarters of Mossad, Israel’s foreign security agency, near Tel Aviv.

Israel's Energy Minister Eli Cohen held a phone call on Thursday with the Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce and Industry George Papanastasiou, regarding the Great Sea Interconnector, calling the project a "top priority."

According to a post by Cohen on X, the two ministers "underscored the strong relationship and ongoing cooperation between Israel and Cyprus."

Tel Aviv’s municipal services will participate in tomorrow’s strike in solidarity with the Israeli hostages and their families, according to a post today on the city’s Facebook page.

The strike will take place alongside many other municipalities in Israel following the discovery of the bodies of six Israeli hostages.

Israel carried out an air strike in the occupied West Bank on Friday as its large-scale military operation entered a third day, with both sides reporting at least 16 Palestinians killed.