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Israeli Defence Minister threatens to assassinate Iran’s Khamenei
Tel Aviv: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has issued a direct threat to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei if Tehran continues to endanger Israel’s security. The statement was made during…
- Middle East
Houthis declare all Israel-linked foreign ships as targets
Sanaa: Yemen’s Houthi armed group said in a statement that it will begin targeting “all foreign ships linked to Israel… regardless of their destination,” citing retaliation for what it called Israel’s “blockade…
- Middle East
Israel again intercepts Gaza-bound ship carrying activists, humanitarian aid
Tel Aviv: The Israeli military has intercepted a Gaza-bound aid ship seeking to break the Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory, detaining 21 international activists and journalists and seizing all cargo, including…
- Middle East
Israel begins daily 10-hour pause in three areas of Gaza to boost aid delivery
Gaza Strip: The Israeli military on Sunday, July 27, began a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for 10 hours a day, part of a series of steps…
- Middle East
Israel to temporarily pause fighting in Gaza
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decided to temporarily pause Israel’s fighting in Gaza throughout Sunday, Israeli media outlets reported. According to Israel’s state-owned Kan TV News, the decision was made after…
- Middle East
Israel claims killing of Hamas counter-intelligence chief in Gaza strike
Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that it had killed a Hamas counter-intelligence commander in a strike in the northern Gaza Strip. Amjad Muhammad Hassan Shaer, head of the counter-intelligence…
- Middle East
Hunger crisis in Gaza claims lives of dozens of children in a month
Deir al-Balah: Five starving children at a Gaza City hospital were wasting away, and nothing the doctors tried was working. The basic treatments for malnourishment that could save them had run out…
- Middle East
Israeli parliament approves motion to annex West Bank
Tel Aviv: Israel’s parliament has passed a non-binding motion supporting the annexation of the occupied West Bank, a move that has drawn strong criticism from Palestinian leaders and countries across the Middle…
- Middle East
Hamas submits truce proposal; Israel says terms are ‘workable’
Tel Aviv: Israel said it received Hamas’ latest ceasefire proposal, with an Israeli official calling it “workable,” although no details were provided. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were…
- Middle East
Israel kills another Palestinian journalist in Gaza, death toll rises to 231
Gaza Strip: Palestinian journalist Walaa al-Jabari was tragically killed at dawn on Wednesday, July 23, when an Israeli airstrike targeted her home in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, southwest of Gaza City. According…
- Middle East
AFP journalists sound alarm about dire conditions faced by hungry colleagues in Gaza
Washington: A group of journalists at the Agence France-Presse news agency is sounding the alarm about conditions faced by colleagues working in Gaza, saying that “without immediate intervention, the last reporters in…
- Middle East
Israel says ‘full victory’ needed in Gaza as ceasefire talks continue
Tel Aviv: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said that Israel must act for a complete victory in the war in Gaza. Katz spoke on Tuesday, at a multi-front situation assessment with Israeli…
- World
US envoy emphasises diplomatic efforts in Lebanon-Israel ceasefire
Beirut: US special envoy Thomas Barrack underscored Washington’s diplomatic efforts to support Lebanon’s sovereignty and peace process, noting that it cannot force Israel to do anything. “The US has no business in…
- Middle East
Israel claims strike on Houthi facilities at Yemen’s Hodeidah port
Jerusalem: The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday, July 21, said it carried out airstrikes targeting what it described as Houthi military infrastructure in Yemen’s Red Sea port city of Hodeidah. In…
- Middle East
Israel issues new evacuation orders in central Gaza amid stalled ceasefire talks
Gaza Strip: The Israeli military published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza on Sunday, in one of the few areas the military has rarely operated with ground troops. The evacuation…
