Amichay Eliyahu’s comments came amid growing hunger in the territory, where Israel controls the delivery of food.

US Senator Ashley Moody (R-Florida) was in Mayport on Friday afternoon, meeting with sailors on the USS The Sullivans, which just returned home from deployment in the Middle East earlier this month.

He specializes in Middle East security issues. Research Fellow, Zineb Riboua is a research fellow with Hudson Institute’s Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East.

Tensions remain heightened between Israel and Gaza as Iran has vowed not to abandoned their nuclear enrichment program in the wake of the U.S. bombing mission last month.

President Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, was heading to the Middle East as the U.S. tries once again to reach a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a breakthrough that has eluded the administration for months as conditions worsen in Gaza.

The Druze live in pockets across the Middle East, and Israeli members of the community want Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to help their kin in Syria.

Israel's stock market does better than other Middle East countries, even with wars taking place on multiple fronts.

The United States has brokered a ceasefire in Syria after Israel intervened in support of Druze communities who came under attack

Some of Israel’s closest allies have stepped up criticism of its restrictions on aid to Gaza, where doctors and aid organizations say people are dying of starvation.