Jerusalem: Israel and Hamas have been waging war since gunmen from the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 people and capturing 253 hostages, by Israeli tallies. Israel responded with a military offensive in Gaza in which more than 41,500 Palestinians have been killed, according to … Read more
Middle East nations and Hezbollah’s allies in the Tehran-aligned “Axis of Resistance” reacted on Saturday to the killing of Hassan Nasrallah after the Lebanon-based armed group confirmed their leader’s death in Israeli strikes. Military officials in Israel announced on Saturday morning that Nasrallah, who headed Hezbollah for more than three decades, died in bombardment targeting … Read more
Jerusalem: Israel’s army chief told soldiers on Wednesday to prepare for a possible ground offensive to fight Hezbollah in Lebanon as the air force conducted hundreds of deadly strikes around the country. “We are attacking all day, both to prepare the ground for the possibility of your entry, but also to continue striking Hezbollah,” Lieutenant … Read more
Air raid sirens had sounded in Tel Aviv and across central Israel moments before the impact Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would inflict a “heavy price” on the Iran-aligned Houthis who control northern Yemen, after they reached central Israel with a missile on Sunday for the first time. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said … Read more
Heavy investment on both sides of the border reaffirms the central role of AI in war. Israel’s military campaign in Gaza – which started after the deadly October 7 last year in which over 1,100 people were brutally killed – has entered its 10th month and over 40,000 people have died. As violence rages in … Read more
Blinken is later set to travel on Tuesday to Cairo Tel Aviv, Israel: Israel’s prime minister, under pressure at home and from abroad to reach a ceasefire deal with Hamas, on Sunday accused the Hamas operatives of obstinance in Gaza truce talks as top US diplomat Antony Blinken landed in Israel. Making his ninth trip … Read more
Gaza: A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed optimistic talk by US President Joe Biden that a Gaza truce is nearer after negotiations in the Gulf emirate of Qatar. “To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion,” Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. “We are not facing … Read more
Israeli army said it had struck around 30 Hamas military targets in the previous 24 hours Khan Younis, Gaza: Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them. … Read more
Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has presided over a transformation of the country’s prison system. The human rights group B’Tselem has described the jails as “torture camps” where abuse is systemic. The Guardian’s Jerusalem correspondent, Bethan McKernan, has spoken to some former prisoners about their experience. “Almost every detainee described similar things,” Bethan … Read more
The Israeli military on Monday ordered the evacuation of parts of the southern city. Khan Yunis: More than 180,000 Palestinians have fled fierce fighting around the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis in four days, the United Nations said Friday, after an Israeli operation to extract captives’ bodies from the area. Recent “intensified hostilities” in … Read more
