Palestinians wait to fill containers with fuel from a petrol station in Gaza city. Mohammed Asad | Anadolu | Getty Images Crude oil futures prices rose for the fourth day in a row Thursday after the U.S. killed a militant commander in Iraq and Israel rejected a ceasefire proposal by Hamas. The West Texas Intermediate … Read more
Palestinian militants carried out the deadliest single attack on Israel’s forces since the Hamas raid that triggered the conflict, killing 21 soldiers, the military said Tuesday, a significant setback that could add to mounting calls for a cease-fire. Hours later, the military announced that ground forces had encircled the southern city of Khan Younis, Gaza’s … Read more
Washington: US President Joe Biden said on Friday it was still possible Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could agree to some form of Palestinian state, after the two leaders spoke for the first time in nearly a month amid tensions over the Gaza war. Their call came a day after Netanyahu said he opposes allowing … Read more
On Jan. 2, a surprise Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese capital of Beirut suggested 2024 could open with a terrifying spiral: An expansion of the Israel-Hamas war into Lebanon that could draw in the U.S., Iran and even nuclear weapons. A few days later, that prospect seems slightly more remote, as the players involved have … Read more
Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul, delivering a landmark decision that threatens to reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country’s ongoing conflict against Hamas. The planned overhaul sparked months of mass protests, threatened to trigger a constitutional crisis between the … Read more
Hitting out at Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan over his “Hitler” remarks against him, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Erdogan is the “last person” to preach morality to Israel. He also accused Erdogan of “committing genocide” against Kurds and imprisoning journalists opposing his regime. Netanyahu further said that Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu said that the war will be a long one (File) Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Gaza war was exacting a “very heavy price” as the death count of soldiers killed in fighting with Hamas mounted. “This is a difficult morning, after a very difficult day of fighting … Read more
A group of six House Democrats with national security backgrounds this week called on President Joe Biden to pressure Israel to make “an immediate and significant shift of military strategy and tactics in Gaza,” amid renewed pressure on the country to enact a new cease-fire. The Democratic lawmakers warned that the rising civilian death toll … Read more
The Qatar-based chief of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh, on Wednesday travelled to Egypt Hopes rose Wednesday that Israel and Hamas may be inching toward another truce and hostage release deal in the Gaza war, following secret talks and as the head of the Palestinian Hamas group visited Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday told … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated Israel’s aim of achieving “total victory” against Hamas, stating that the war is not just Israel’s but also the US’s, as it is also a battle against the “Iranian axis.” He said that the Iranian axis of terror is threatening to close the maritime strait of Bab el-Mandeb … Read more
