Elise Stefanik, nominated by U.S. President Donald Trump for ambassador to the United Nations, stated on Tuesday that she agrees with the opinion that Israel has a "biblical right" to annex the West Bank.

The Israeli military launched a large raid in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, killing nine people and injuring 40 others, according to Palestinian health officials.

Donald Trump has rolled back sanctions on West Bank settlers while questioning whether the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza would hold.

"It is striking that Israel was not mentioned in the president's inauguration speech," a senior Hamas official told Newsweek.

Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump's reversal of sanctions imposed by the Biden administration on Israeli settler groups and individuals accused of being involved in violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.

In a major shift in U.S. policy, President Donald Trump recently removed sanctions targeting Israeli settler groups and associated entities in the occupied West Bank. These sanctions, introduced earlier by the Biden administration,

Israel has escalated its invasion and assault of the occupied West Bank this week, as the Gaza ceasefire deal has begun.

In one of his first actions as president, Donald Trump canceled sanctions targeting dozens of far-right Israeli individuals and settler organizations accused by the Biden administration of violent extremism against Palestinians.

Annexation of the West Bank is "on the table...but it will take time," Yesha Council chairman Israel Ganz told the Post.

Tuesday marks President Donald Trump's first full day in office. Keep up with the USA TODAY Network's coverage of his top priorities for Americans.