Gaza
Hamas-Israel battle continues in S. Gaza
GAZA: Israeli forces battled Hamas in southern Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a UN warning of an "even more hellish scenario" as fighting pushes civilians into a steadily shrinking area of…
Israeli tanks move into S. Gaza
Gaza: Israel's army on Monday sent dozens of tanks into southern Gaza as part of "aggressive" action against Hamas and its allies in the besieged territory, despite global concern over…
Gaza: Israel withdraws from negotiations
GAZA: Israel has withdrawn from negotiations with Hammas followed by breakdown of temporary truce and its continued bombardment on Gaza Strip for the last two days. According to Gaza Health…
Hamas is a political party: Turkey
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday (2nd of Dec, 2023) pushed back against mounting US pressure to cut Ankara's historic ties with Hamas in the wake of the…
Gaza: UN chief regrets resumption of hostilities
GENEVA: UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said he deeply regretted the resumption of hostilities between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Friday and hoped a truce could be re-established.…
Hamas set to free 10 Israeli hostage on 30th Nov
GAZA: Hamas has informed the Media on 30th of November that (as part of the extended daylong truce, ten hostages (including two holding Russian passports) would be released. It is…
Will Israel extend the 4-day pause?
JERUSALEM: :Israel faces mounting pressure to extend a four-day pause in its war against Hamas, but military officials fear that a longer truce risks blunting its efforts to rout the…
Palestine
Hamas-Israel Conflict: Latest developments
JERUSALEM: A third group of Israeli hostages were set to be released from Gaza Sunday (26th of Nov, 2023) in exchange for Palestinian prisoners, on the third day of a…
Hamas provides list of prisoners to be freed Sunday
GAZA: Hamas has provided Israeli authorities a list of 39 prisoners to be released on Sunday (26th of November, 2023). Israeli Prison Service has acknowledged receipt of the said list…
Gaza Conflict: Israel Nabs Al-Shifa Director
GAZA: Mohammad Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital – the largest medical facility in Gaza – was arrested by the Israeli army on Thursday (23rd of Nov, 2023). Evacuation orders…
Gaza: Qatar says a humanitarian pause agreed
DOHA: Taking to the X (Twitter) the State of Qatar has announced that a humanitarian pause has been agreed on Wednesday (22nd of Nov, 2023). "The State of Qatar announces…
Israel allows two fuel tankers into Gaza daily
GAZA: Israel has agreed to allow two fuel trucks a day into Gaza, Israeli officials said Friday, after the UN warned shortages had halted aid deliveries and put people at…
Israel to commence 4-hour pauses in Gaza
WASHINGTON: Israel has agreed to daily four-hour military pauses in northern Gaza for humanitarian purposes, the White House said Thursday (9th of Nov, 2023) even as President Joe Biden said…
Reoccupation of Gaza by Israel is not the right thing to do: US
WASHINGTON: The United States has cautioned Israel against reoccupying Gaza after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that Israel could be there “for an indefinite period” after the conflict. “We’re…
Israel vows to take ‘security responsibility’ of Gaza after war
GAZA STRIP: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Monday that Israel will take control of "overall security" of besieged Gaza after the war, as the Hamas-run health ministry said the death…
S. Africa to recall all diplomats from Israel
JOHANNESBURG: The South African government said on Monday (6th of November, 2023) that it would recall all its diplomats from Israel to signal its concern over the situation in Gaza.…
Gaza: China on UNGA’s resolution
BEIJING: China hopes that the resolution that calls for humanitarian truce in Gaza, adopted by the UNGA, will be fully implemented, and regional peace and stability will be restored at…
Israel continues bombing Hamas-ruled Gaza
GAZA: Israel pounded Hamas-ruled Gaza on Sunday (29th of October, 2023) in an escalating air and ground campaign as the UN warned civil order was "starting to break down" in…
Israel arrests 100 more Palestinians in W. Bank
RAMALLAH: Israel has arrested over 100 more Palestinians in the West Bank, bringing the total number of arrested Palestinians since 7th day of Oct. to 1,050, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society…
Gaza: Israel readies for ground attack
GAZA: More than one million people have been forced from their homes in the northern Gaza Strip since Israel began its bombardment against Hamas, the UN said on Sunday, warning…
Blinken raises Hamas with MBS on ME crisis tour
RIYADH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called for pressure on Hamas during a meeting Sunday with the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia, which has warming ties with Israel…
Gaza and West Bank: 2200 Palestinians killed
GAZA/WEST BANK: The number of martyred Palestinians has risen to over twenty-two hundred and over ninety-eight hundred have been injured in Israeli air attacks on Gaza and West Bank so…
Israeli embassy employee attacked in Beijing
BEIJING: According to Israeli foreign ministry an Israeli embassy worker was attacked here on Friday (13th of Oct, 2023). “An Israeli employee of the Israeli embassy in Beijing was attacked…
Arab support for Palestinians swells
BEIRUT: In mosques, football stadiums and towns across the Arab world, pro-Palestinian sentiment has surged after a shock Hamas attack on Israel, sparking a groundswell of solidarity for the Palestinians.…