The signal is being seen in Washington as a sign of restraint after concerns that an Israeli strike on oil or nuclear facilities could trigger a wider war.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told the United States that Israel is willing to strike Iranian military targets and not nuclear or oil ones, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing two officials familiar with the matter.

Iranian oil is at the center of recent U.S. actions against Iran following a missile attack on Israel. In a significant move, the United States has taken action against Iran’s oil and petrochemical industries,

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is considering a plan to cut all humanitarian aid off from northern Gaza in an effort to starve out Hamas terrorists.

Mr. Secretary General, get the UNIFIL forces out of harm’s way, it should be done right now, immediately.”Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on the United Nations to pull its peacekeeping forces - a mission called UNIFIL - back from combat areas in Lebanon.

The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon says Israeli tanks forced their way into one of its positions early on Sunday morning. In a statement, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tanks destroyed the main gate of a post in Ramyah,