Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York said she would oppose U.S. military aid to Israel, including for defensive systems.

Israel says it's creating a "security zone" inside Lebanon, where homes will be demolished, and residents won't be allowed to return home until people in northern Israel feel safe.

Israel will destroy all homes in Lebanese villages near the border and 600,000 people who fled the south will not be allowed home until northern Israel is secure, the defence minister said on Tuesday,

U.S. President Donald Trump has said the war in the Middle East will soon reach an end. However, Iran has continued to fire on targets across the region and Israel has continued its strikes on Iran.

By Maayan Lubell and Pesha Magid JERUSALEM, March 30 (Reuters) - Israel's parliament passed a law on Monday making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinians convicted in military courts of deadly attacks,

Defence Minister Israel Katz also says houses in Lebanese villages near the Israeli border will be demolished.

The IRGC entrenched and expanded its power during the Iran-Iraq War from 1980 to 1988. With its battlefield exploits and ideological zeal, the IRGC came to embody the wartime concept of "sacred defense," Johns Hopkins University professor Vali Nasr wrote in his recent book, "Iran's Grand Strategy."

France has pushed back against criticism from the United States and Israel over military flights and arms ties, with Washington accusing Paris of blocking US planes and Israel saying it would stop