Dozens of family members of hostages, held by Hamas, stormed a committee meeting in Israel’s parliament, on Monday, demanding a deal to win their loved ones’ release. This is coming as European Foreign Ministers joined growing international calls for Israel to negotiate the creation of a Palestinian state after the war. The developments showed the […]
Two bombs exploded, killing at least 103 people, on Wednesday, at a commemoration for a prominent Iranian general slain by the U.S. in a 2020 drone strike, Iranian officials said. This is as the Middle East remains on edge over Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the deadliest militant […]
An explosion in Beirut, on Tuesday, killed Saleh Arouri, a top official of Hamas, the Palestinian fighters group, and three others, officials with Hamas and the Lebanese group Hezbollah said. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency said the blast killed four people and that an Israeli drone triggered the blast. Israeli officials declined to comment. If […]
Israel’s war with Hamas erupted again, on Friday, hitting buildings in the Gaza Strip, minutes after a weeklong truce expired. Palestinian Health authorities reported dozens of Palestinians killed. Israel dropped leaflets over Gaza City and southern parts of the enclave, urging civilians to flee to avoid the fighting. Hamas in Gaza also resumed firing rockets into […]
Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend their cease-fire for two more days past Monday, raising the prospect of further exchanges of Hamas hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. Eleven Israeli women and children freed, entered Israel on Monday night after more than seven weeks in captivity in Gaza in the fourth swap. This is […]
Hamas group, the Military wing of the Palestinian enclave, said released a new set of 20 Israeli captives to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday night. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) confirmed Hamas transferred the hostages back to Israel through the Palestinian enclave’s border with Egypt. IDF has acknowledged the exchange, […]
The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza has resumed its detailed count of Palestinian casualties from the war, saying over 13,300 have died. The figures do not include updated numbers from hospitals in the north, where services and communication largely broke down earlier this month. The ministry says some 6,000 people are reportedly missing and are feared […]
Israel and Hamas, on Tuesday, appeared close to a deal to temporarily halt their devastating six-week war for exchange of dozens of hostages on either side. But as Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu convened his cabinet for a vote, he vowed to resume the Israeli offensive against Hamas as soon as the truce ends. “We are […]
Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries, on Saturday, called for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza. They rejected Israel’s justification of its actions against Palestinians as self-defence. The extraordinary joint Islamic-Arab summit in Riyadh urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate “war crimes and crimes against humanity that Israel is committing” in […]
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will have “overall security responsibility” in Gaza “indefinitely” after its war with Hamas. Netanyahu also expressed openness to “little pauses” in the current fight, to facilitate the release of hostages. His comments, in an interview that aired, late Monday on ABC News, offered the clearest indication yet that Israel […]