Israel pounds Iran proxies in Lebanon as US assists with Hamas hostage negotiations in Gaza

Actor and comedian Jon Lovitz blasted "idiot" John Oliver, continuing his criticism of the HBO host's rant about America's financial aid to Israel during the Jewish State's ongoing war with Hamas.

"He was just presenting a ridiculous, in my opinion, a ridiculous argument, and also stating the obvious at the same time, saying, 'Look at America. They're aligned with Israel.' And he's trying to say 'It's American ammunition, so America is killing innocent Palestinians.' That was his real point. He didn't come out and say it, but he basically did. He goes 'they're implicated in that,' Lovitz told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview.

On last week's installment of "Last Week Tonight," Oliver lectured viewers on how the U.S. has "emphatically picked a side" between Israel and Hamas, pointing to the $3.8 billion in military aid to Israel.

"And you can make geopolitical arguments for why that is or isn't a valid thing to do, but it means we're heavily implicated in everything you've just seen", Oliver told viewers.

Lovitz went viral with his rebuke of the British TV star on X.

"Yes. The United States is aligned with Israel, our Democratic ally, not Hamas, a terrorist organization who broke a two-year cease-fire, murdered at least 1,200 innocent civilians, and took 240 civilian hostages back with them," Lovitz wrote, adding "God bless America."

Fox News' Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report.

A Pennsylvania school board member has resigned after she referred to Israel's military as a "terrorist organization" and faced backlash from those within the community.

Dr. Jamina Clay, who was elected in 2021 to the Colonial Board of School Directors, announced her resignation in a post to Facebook – the same social media platform she used to make controversial remarks about the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

"As you are all aware of- I recently made a post on my facebook page where I intended to draw attention to the conflict in the middle east. Upon reflection and after having conversation with loved ones and friends, I understand that my choice of words may have caused harm to many, and the impact did not match my intent. The post has been removed," Clay wrote in a post to Facebook Thursday. "Because of the pain that my post has caused, I have resigned from my seat on the Colonial School Board effective immediately."

"I understand that the district needs to heal from the painful words that I chose, and it is best to do that in my absence," she added to the post announcing her resignation. "The board is prepared to move forward and I hope that with me no longer occupying the seat, the community is able to do so as well."

Despite her resignation from the school board, Clay said she will "continue serving as the Assistant Superintendent for the School District of Philadelphia overseeing ten schools."

Fox News' Kyle Morris contributed to this report.

An Egyptian American woman freed from an Egyptian jail with help from the Trump administration in 2017 recently took to social media to praise Hamas and called it "morally abhorrent" to condemn them in the wake of their terrorist attack on Israel that killed more than 1,200.

"I don’t condemn HAMAS and never will," Aya Hijazi posted on X on Nov. 7, a month after Hamas massacred more than 1,200 Israelis. "I don’t condemn Palestinians who exhausted every peaceful way on earth to end their occupation and save their lives."

"I condemn anyone who asks the world to condemn HAMAS," Hijazi added.

"You are morally abhorrent with reverse standards. One for the Whites and ones for everyone else. And your standards of occupation, land theft, besiegement and mass murder don’t apply to me."

Trump and his aides engaged in behind-the-scenes diplomatic efforts to secure Hijazi’s freedom in 2017 after attempts by the previous Obama administration failed. Hijazi, who was 30 years old at the time, was released after spending three years in Egyptian prison on human trafficking charges and was alleged to have ties to the radical Islamist group Muslim Brotherhood.

Fox News' Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report.

A group of House Republicans is demanding more transparency from TikTok about how content is amplified and how much insight China has into those processes as accusations mount against the social platform that it’s boosting antisemitic videos.

"On October 7, the Palestinian terrorist organization, Hamas, brutally attacked Israel and killed more than 1,400 people. Since this terrorist attack, disinformation related to the conflict has run rampant on your platform, stoking antisemitism, support, and sympathy for Hamas," they wrote to TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew.

The letter is being led by Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga. It comes just days after TikTok was under fire for facilitating a surge in viral videos expressing support for Usama bin Laden’s 2002 "Letter to America" written in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.

TikTok said the content "clearly violates our rules on supporting any form of terrorism," and that it would be removing the content. However, the company defended itself: "The number of videos on TikTok is small and reports of it trending on our platform are inaccurate. This is not unique to TikTok and has appeared across multiple platforms and the media."

Carter cited reports that content flagged as pro-Palestinian was far more widely viewed than videos supporting Israel.

"Many of the younger generations are turning to TikTok rather than search engines and other verifiable sources for their news. You have led these generations to believe that TikTok is an ‘unfiltered’ news source," the GOP lawmakers wrote.

Fox News' Elizabeth Elkind contributed to this report.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on Sunday's episode of "Life, Liberty and Levin" to discuss the latest updates with the Israeli-Hamas war.

During the interview, Netanyahu called out the Iranian government for funding terrorist activities towards Israel.

"My position that any money goes that goes to Iran basically advances Iran's war machine," Netanyahu said. "And I look what Iran is doing in the region and everywhere it's implanted itself, everywhere it controls its proxies....They've brought misery and bloodshed to those countries."

"The crazed, murderous glee of murdering human beings, beheading human beings, burning human beings, massacring human beings. That's what Iran stands for," he added.

Netanyahu said that he also recognized "resolve and courage" coming from Americans on the topic of fighting terrorism, despite pro-Hamas sentiment in parts of the U.S.

"But some [Americans] are misguided and some are woefully misguided by a media that broadcasts essentially Hamas claims...They're saying blame Israel, not Hamas," the Israeli leader explained. "Blame the allies, not the new Nazis. Blame America in this case and not bin Laden for the casualties [of the War on Terror]."

French President Emmanuel Macron called for an "immediate humanitarian truce leading to a ceasefire" in a post on X Sunday night.

The French leader stressed the seriousness of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and said that France is "doing everything" possible to achieve an end in fighting.

"Regarding humanitarian flights, three rotations of an A400M aircraft have already been carried out to Al Arish in Egypt," Macron's statement explained. "Over 100 tonnes of humanitarian aid for civilian populations have been delivered."

"I have decided to charter a new aircraft from the Air Force that will transport over 10 tonnes of medical supplies early next week," the statement added. "It will include two mobile medical units to treat approximately 500 severely injured individuals each."

The politician also noted that France is willing to take care of a select number of children injured in Gaza.

"Regarding the injured or ill children in Gaza in need of urgent care, France is mobilizing all available means, especially air transport, so that they can receive treatment in France if it is useful and necessary," he said. "Arrangements are made to receive up to 50 patients in our hospitals."

IDF Spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari released new details about the death of an Israeli hostage during a press conference on Sunday.

IDF servicemember Noa Marciano, 19, was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7.

"Noa was taken into Gaza alive, she was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza City next to the Shifa Hospital," Hagari said. "During ongoing combat, in the vicinity of where she was held captive, Noa’s Hamas captor was killed and Noa was injured."

Hagari said that Noah's injuries were "not life-threatening" and said that Hamas terrorists murdered her inside the Al-Shifa Hospital after she was wounded.

"Hamas terrorists took Noa into Shifa hospital where she was murdered quickly," he continued. "Hamas murdered Noa inside Shifa hospital. Our thoughts are with Noa’s family. We send our heartfelt condolences to Noa’s family. We did not reach Noa in time."

"This has only made the IDF more determined to do everything, everything in our power, to bring all our hostages home," Hagari added.

Fox News Digital's Dana Karni contributed to this report.

The U.S. is "closer than we have been in quite some time" to broker a deal with Israel and Hamas to release hostages being held in Gaza, deputy national security adviser Jon Finer said Sunday. 

"I believe we are closer than we have been in quite some time, maybe closer than we have been since the beginning of this process, to getting this deal done. And we are following this minute by minute, hour by hour, and have been for a number of weeks," Finer said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press." 

Finer was responding to questions regarding Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani telling reporters Sunday that negotiations for hostage releases have improved, and only "very minor" logistical hurdles stood in the way. 

Read the full article about the Israel-Hamas war by Emma Colton

GOP presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted on Sunday that antisemitism in the United States is not on the rise, arguing that it has been there all along.

Christie, appearing on NBC's "Meet the Press," responded to the controversy surrounding X owner Elon Musk and antisemitism espoused on TikTok and by American college professors since Hamas terrorists launched their October 7 attack against civilians, killing about 1,200 people and dragging some 240 more into Gaza as hostages. 

"I think that what we're seeing in this country, Kristen, and with Iran, with the incredible unmasking of antisemitism, I don't want to say it's a rise. I think it's been there," Christie told host Kristen Welker. "And I think what we're seeing now, due to what's happening in Israel at the moment, is that unmasking of that, we're seeing it all over college campuses."

Read the full article about Chris Christie by Danielle Wallace

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called out Palestinian officials who reportedly denied that Hamas attacked and killed civilians at the Re'im music festival massacre on October 7.

"Today, the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah said something utterly preposterous," Netanyahu said in a video on X on Sunday. "It denied that it was Hamas that carried out the horrible massacre at the nature festival near Gaza. It actually accused Israel of carrying out that massacre. This is a complete reversal of truth"

Netanyahu criticized Mahmood Abbas, who also goes by Abu Mazin, of denying both the Holocaust and the anti-Israeli attacks by Hamas.

"My goal is that the day after we destroy Hamas, any future civil administration in Gaza does not deny the massacre, does not educate its children to become terrorists, does not pay for terrorists and does not tell its children that their ultimate goal in life is to see the destruction and dissolution of the State of Israel," Netanyahu's statement added. "That's not acceptable and that is not the way to achieve peace."

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have released new video reportedly showing hostages being taken into Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza on October 7.

The CCTV video appears to show a group of men taking an injured man into the hospital. The group, which included armed men, appeared to run through the hospital's lobby.

Another shot of the footage shows a bleeding man in a stretcher being taken into a different room. The group of men huddled around him.

"In the documentation exposed with the assistance of the ISA, Hamas terrorists can be seen on Saturday, October 7th, forcibly transporting hostages, a Nepalese civilian and a Thai civilian, who were kidnapped from Israeli territory," IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said on X. "These findings prove that the Hamas terrorist organization used the Shifa Hospital complex on the day of the massacre as terrorist infrastructure."

"These findings add to previous evidence presented regarding Hamas’ use of the hospital area as infrastructure for its terrorist activities in a systematic and ongoing manner," he added.

In a social media post on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) honored a fallen soldier who donated his organs to save the lives of others.

Staff Sergeant Yehonatan Yitzchak Samo z"l passed away during the Israeli offensive into Gaza. The IDF said that his heroism "continues even after his death."

"SSTG Yehonatan Yitzchak Samo z"l fell on the battlefield in Gaza," the IDF's post read. "After his death, his organs were donated, and saved the lives 6 people—between them an 8-month old baby."

"Yehonatan is only one of many soldiers who have saved lives through organ donation," the tribute added. "May he rest in peace."

Israeli Defense Forces are responding to continued missile launches by Hezbollah terrorists into northern Israel on Sunday.

The Israeli military has launched attacks on Hezbollah sites in Lebanon throughout the weekend. The Iran-backed terrorist group has continued to ramp up its attacks, launching rockets and anti-tank missiles at a growing pace.

The U.S. has sought to deter Iran and its proxies from joining the war against Israel, but with little success.

In a social media post on X, the IDF said that a Hezbollah military compound, a military post and other infrastructure were targeted.

"Several anti-tank missiles and mortar shell launches toward northern Israel were identified," the IDF's statement said. "The launches were not intercepted according to protocol."

"Interceptors were launched toward a suspicious target. The IDF is striking the origins of the fire," the statement added.

Fox News Digital's Andrea Vacchiano contributed to this report.

Women’s rights groups and officials in Israel who have been working tirelessly for the past six weeks to document cases of rape and gender-based atrocities carried out by Hamas terrorists during their mass, brutal terror attack in Israel on Oct. 7., say the United Nations is ignoring them.

They have also shared much of this evidence, some of it horrifyingly graphic and all of it extremely intimate, with the United Nations and groups that protect and empower women.

The response: Silence.

"We’ve sent letters and shared graphic documentation," Sarah Weiss Maudi, a senior diplomat and legal adviser in Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Fox News Digital. "Their silence is so deafening that it’s sickening."

Fox News' Ruth Marks Eglash contributed to this report

Israeli Defense Forces revealed footage of an extensive tunnel they say stretches underneath Gaza City's Al-Shifa hospital on Sunday.

The footage comes after weeks of Israeli and U.S. intelligence stating that Hamas had placed its headquarters in tunnels underneath the hospital complex.

"IDF and ISA forces revealed a significant 55-meter-long terrorist tunnel, 10 meters underneath the Shifa Hospital complex during an intelligence-based operation," the IDF wrote in a statement. "The tunnel entrance contains various defense mechanisms, such as a blast-proof door and a firing hole, in an attempt by Hamas to block Israeli forces from entering.

"For weeks we've been telling the world about Hamas' cynical use of the residents of the Gaza and patients of Shifa Hospital as human shields," the statement continued.

Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., championed news of a possible deal to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas ahead of Thanksgiving, but rejected calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. 

Coons, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made clear that there is a difference between a cease-fire in Gaza and humanitarian pauses. 

"Well, let's draw a distinction here," Coons told "Fox News Sunday" host Shannon Bream, "between a cease-fire – some folks are calling for a cease-fire and protests across Europe and in our country, by which they mean Israel should stop fighting Hamas, should end their campaign in Gaza – or a pause that has been negotiated between Israel and Hamas to allow the release of hostages, Israeli and American and other nationality hostages, and allow them food and fuel and medicine to get into Gaza. A negotiated brief pause in the fighting, I think would be a good thing, and I would strongly support. A cease-fire, meaning an end to Israel's campaign against Hamas. I don't support and neither does the president." 

"News of a potential hostage deal, Shannon, is great news just before Thanksgiving for the 10 American families whose loved ones are being held hostage and the more than 230 others. I've met with those families, Shannon, in Tel Aviv, and in Washington, and it's heartbreaking to be with parents who don't know how their children are doing and who believe they are being held in tunnels… beneath Gaza," he said. "This is a good development today." 

The Washington Post first reported Saturday that the United States, Israel and Hamas had reached a tentative agreement to release an initial 50 or more hostages in smaller groups every 24 hours. The release could begin within the next several days, according to reports.

Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Israel is doing everything it can to avoid civilian casualties in its war against Hamas in Gaza.

Christie made the statement during a Sunday morning appearance on NBC's 'Meet the Press.' The 2024 Republican presidential candidate said he is "absolutely" confident that the Israeli Defense Forces are following international law in the conflict as well.

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo reacted to polling that shows 73% of Americans are worried about an Islamic terrorist attack on U.S. soil on ‘FOX News Sunday.’

Pompeo said the best way to prevent an attack in the U.S.--and to protect civilians in Gaza--is for Israel to speedily defeat Hamas in Gaza. The former Trump administration official stated that if Hamas is not destroyed, more attacks like the October 7 massacre are a certainty.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly trying to quell an uprising from far-right members of his government over his concession to send about two trucks of fuel per day into Gaza before securing the release of hundreds of hostages still held by Hamas. 

Nentanyhu, facing mounting pressure from President Biden and the West, reportedly agreed on Friday to send 60,000 liters of fuel, or about two trucks per day, into Gaza in order to prevent the sewer system from collapsing and deter further humanitarian crises, according to Politico. That represents just about 3.5% of the amount of fuel allowed into Gaza before the war.

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a right-wing leader, has deemed allowing fuel into Gaza "a grave mistake." He argued Netanyahu's war cabinet, which consists of three people, including the prime minister himself, should be expanded so that all seven parties in the coalition government have a seat. 

Without daily fuel deliveries, some argue the sewer system in Gaza would break down and risk the spread of infectious disease, endangering both civilians and Israeli troops. "If plague were to break out, we’d have to stop the war," National Security Council chairman Tzachi Hanegbi told reporters Friday.

But Itamar Ben Gvir, the minister overseeing Israel’s police, contended that "so long as our hostages don’t even get a visit from the Red Cross, there’s no sense in giving the enemy humanitarian gifts," according to Politico. Allowing fuel, Gvir said, "broadcasts weakness, gives oxygen to the enemy and allows [Hamas Gaza leader Yahya] Sinwar to sit comfortably in his air-conditioned bunker, watch the news and continue to manipulate Israeli society and the families of the abductees."

Fox News' Danielle Wallace contributed to this report