Brent crude soared to $87.92 a barrel, marking an increase of almost 4%, whereas U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude experienced a rise of 4.16%, reaching $86.23 a barrel.
Palestinian terrorists took dozens of Israeli civilian hostages over the weekend, holding some in Israel and dragging others, including women and children, to Gaza.
The Biden administration gave a $78,000 grant to a Palestinian activist group whose leaders attended an anniversary event celebrating the founding of a terrorist group and praised the murderer of a U.S. military attaché as a "hero fighter."
The State Department is funding a project to train Palestinian journalists that will be carried out by a charity that has partnered with terrorist groups, according to grant records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon.
Five Americans — including a family from Brooklyn — were among the eight victims of a Sunday morning mass shooting in Jerusalem, according to reports and officials.
