Dan M. Berger is an award-winning reporter covering the Israel-Hamas War, related issues in the United States, and other foreign affairs. He has covered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his presidential campaign, and the 2022 midterm elections, including Georgia's governor and Senate races. He is a veteran of print newspapers in Florida and upstate New York and now lives in the Atlanta area.
Israel resumed its attack on Hamas on March 18 as cease-fire negotiations broke down, while the United States has stepped up pressure on Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
The prime minister’s spokesman blamed Hamas for rejecting two proposals for extending the cease-fire and said Israel’s attacks would increase in intensity.
Israel’s Jewish women are unusual among industrialized nations for their high birth rate, while modernizing Arab women have fewer babies than in the past.
It remained unclear whether a deal to release Israeli-American Edan Alexander, a Israeli-American IDF soldier captured by terrorist group Hamas, will proceed.