Iran warned Saturday of the threat of an “uncontrollable explosion” of the situation in the Middle East, after the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war. Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the top diplomat of the Islamic republic, also appealed for the immediate opening of the Rafah border […]
In the seaside haven of Nahariya, the shock still lingers on Daniel Bussidan’s face. A recent rocket attack killed his friend’s father, and now this Israeli beach town, the closest to Lebanon, stands on edge. “I’m scared from the attack,” said the 26-year-old who works in his father’s pastry shop on the Mediterranean resort’s […]
The United Nations (UN) security council will vote on urging an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after two months of war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group. The council is expected to cast their votes on Friday after facing immense pressure from Antonio Guterres, UN secretary-general. In a rare move, Guterres invoked Article […]
Israeli forces have killed at least 17,177, people, including 7,112 children and 4,885 women, in Gaza since 7 October, according to a statement from the health ministry in Gaza on Thursday. It added that from Wednesday to Thursday morning, 350 Palestinians have been killed. More than half of the said casualties were women and […]
Israeli troops battled Hamas militants Thursday in the heart of southern Gaza’s main city where a suspected mastermind of the October 7 attacks is believed to be hiding, while pressing their offensive across the besieged territory. Breaking through Hamas’s defences of Gaza’s second largest city, Israeli troops, tanks, armoured personnel carriers and bulldozers rolled […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned Israeli authorities not to pursue Hamas members on Turkish territory. “If they dare to take such a step against Turkey, they will pay the price in a way that they will not be able to recover,’’ Erdoğan told reporters on his return flight from Qatar on Wednesday. […]
Israeli forces battled Hamas militants in Gaza’s main southern city on Wednesday in some of the most intense combat of the two-month-old war sparked by the October 7 attacks. The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory’s south following fierce fighting and bombardment that reduced much of the north to rubble […]
Israeli forces were encircling southern Gaza’s main city on Wednesday, battling Hamas militants through streets and buildings in some of the most intense combat of the two-month war. The focus of the conflict has shifted into the besieged territory’s south following fierce fighting and bombardment that reduced much of the north to rubble and […]
Communication services have been cut off again leaving Gaza in a ‘near total blackout’ as Israel relentlessly attacks the southern city. Recall, that the telecommunication services were cut off in Gaza in late October as a result of Israel’s bombardment on the Strip which caused the wide-scale blackout that left most people in Gaza […]
Israel said Monday it was not seeking to force Palestinian civilians to permanently leave their homes, even as it acknowledged conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip were “tough.” Any suggestion of Palestinian dispersal is highly contentious in the Arab world, as the war that led to Israel’s creation 75 years ago gave rise to […]
