As of Jan. 1, there were 517,407 Jews living in the area, not including eastern Jerusalem.

Eyes on northern border with Lebanon as Hezbollah escalates missile attacks.

“I don’t need help navigating our relationship with the US,” said the Israeli premier, after Itamar Ben-Gvir criticized Biden’s handling of the war.

“The more public this effort is, the more distant it is. The more discreet it is, the greater are its chances for success,” said the Israeli prime minister.

The Israeli defense minister likened the prospect to the security paradigm in Judea and Samaria.

Troops have reportedly killed some 3,000 out of 4,000 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis.

“We both agreed to support the Islamic resistance in Palestine,” the Iranian president said following a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Around two-thirds said the Hamas terror attacks in southern Israel were a “legitimate resistance operation.”

The combat in the Hamas stronghold is expected to last at least several days.

Earlier this week, the Israeli defense minister signaled the impending end to heavy combat operations in Gaza.