Jerusalem, Feb. 16, ’25 (Reuters) Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, the Defence Ministry said on Sunday. This is coming after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by predecessor Joe Biden. The MK-84 is an unguided 2,000-pound bomb, which can rip through […]
New York City, Jan. 20, ’25 (NYPost/TNZ) Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners about seven hours after the first hostages held in Gaza for the past 15 months were freed. Large white buses carried the detainees out from Israel’s Ofer prison, which is just outside the West Bank city of Ramallah, as Palestinians in the streets […]
Doha/Cairo/Jerusalem, Jan. 14 ‘25 (Reuters/TNZ) Negotiators try to clinch an agreement on Tuesday on the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza after marathon talks in Qatar. Mediators and the warring sides both said a deal was closer than ever. However, after more than eight hours of talks, a senior Hamas official told Reuters […]
At least 50 people have died in Israeli air strikes across Gaza, Palestinian medics say, as Israeli tanks push into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in southern Gaza. Medics said 20 people died and others wounded in an Israeli attack on Wednesday in al-Mawasi near Khan Younis. The Palestinian Civil Defence said the […]
By Abdulfatah Babatunde President Bola Tinubu on Monday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia called for an end to Israeli aggression in Palestine. TheNewsZenith reports that Tinubu warned that the conflict in Palestine ”has persisted for far too long, inflicting immeasurable suffering”. He was addressing the extraordinary Arab-Islamic Summit, convened to address the current situation in the […]
Turkiye’s Foreign Minister told his Lebanese counterpart, on Wednesday, that Ankara stood with Lebanon against attacks by Israel targeting the Hezbollah group in Lebanon, a Turkish diplomatic source said, Reuters reports. A NATO member, Turkiye has denounced Israel’s devastating military offensive in Gaza prompted by Palestinian group Hamas’ cross-border attack on Oct. 7 last year. Turkiye […]
The Israeli military has killed four people and injured more after bombing a kindergarten hosting displaced Palestinians in the town of Az-Zawayda near Deir el-Balah in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports. The deceased and the injured were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah. We will bring you more information on […]
The two-day public hearing in South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) begins on Thursday. The South African government brought the case against Israel on Dec. 29, accusing it of “genocidal acts” in its assaults on Gaza. Palestinians and pro-Palestine campaigners around the world are hoping the ICJ might […]
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 […]
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 […]