The Latest | Israeli minister's visit to Jerusalem holy site puts pressure on cease-fire talks
A leading far-right figure in the Israeli government visited Jerusalemโs most sensitive holy site on Thursday, a move that threatened cease-fire talks to end the 9-month-old war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.
Fires have become the most visible sign of the conflict heating up on the Lebanon-Israel border
With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline.
Far-right minister who visited contested Jerusalem site has long history of controversy
Israelโs far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has visited Jerusalemโs most sensitive holy site in what he described as a protest against the recognition of a Palestinian state by three European countries.