Netanyahu's speech quickly took on a darker tone as he defended his country but also derided those protesting the war, gesturing to demonstrations happening as he spoke on the streets outside
Netanyahu arrived in Washington Monday for a several-day visit that includes meetings with President Joe Biden and a Wednesday speech before a joint session of Congress
Netanyahu is scheduled to address a joint session of the US Congress on Wednesday
Netanyahu is scheduled to deliver an address to Congress on Wednesday. He is also expected to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris, who is now seeking the Democratic Party's nomination
Netanyahu's visit to Rafah was announced hours after Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, visited Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site
The announcement followed a landmark Supreme Court order for young religious men to begin enlisting for military service
Near the border with Gaza, Israeli protestors released 1,500 black and yellow balloons to symbolise those fellow citizens who were killed and abducted
The official spoke after a half-hour phone meeting between President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Israel's goals continue to include freeing the remaining hostages held in Gaza and ensuring the area never constitutes a threat to Israel again, Netanyahu said at the start of a weekly cabinet meeting
Netanyahu's Likud party said the Supreme Court's ruling was 'perplexing', given ongoing efforts in parliament to agree on a new conscription law that would address the problem
Israel's retaliatory war has killed more than 37,000 Palestinians, according to the Health Ministry in the Hamas-ruled territory
The comments threatened to further heighten the tensions between Israel and Hezbollah
Netanyahu has not specified what weapons were being held up by the US
Netanyahu told the Cabinet that he was driven to release a video in English last week after weeks of unsuccessful pleas with American officials to speed up deliveries
This business of destroying Hamas, making Hamas disappear it's simply throwing sand in the eyes of the public, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, the military spokesperson, told Israel's Channel 13 TV
The move was widely expected following the departure earlier this month of Benny Gantz
Gantz's decision comes at a time when the war between Israel and Hamas is in its eighth month, and the situation in West Asia remains fragile
Israel and Hamas weigh a US proposal for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining captives. Both sides face renewed pressure to make a deal
It is the most recent show of wartime support for the longtime ally despite mounting political divisions over Israel's military assault on Hamas in Gaza
The Israeli military said that Hamas militants were operating from within the school