Nasseem was separated from his relatives amid continued heavy Israeli bombardment of Gaza Gaza: Nassem Mohra, a 10-year-old kidney patient, fears he may never see his family again after Israeli forces arrested his father while he was taking the boy to a hospital in southern Gaza for urgent dialysis treatment. A neighbour brought Nassem, who … Read more
Hamas has previously said some hostages died in Israel’s shelling of Gaza (File) Gaza Strip: Five Israeli hostages killed in Hamas captivity were recovered from an underground tunnel network in the northern Gaza Strip, the military said on Sunday, showing footage of a white-tiled bathroom and work room linked by dark concrete-lined passages. The publication … 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
The U.N. Security Council passed a new resolution that calls for speeding up humanitarian aid deliveries into Gaza, but without the original insistence on an “urgent suspension of hostilities” between Israel and Hamas. The United States and Russia abstained from Friday’s vote, which was delayed for days as diplomats sought to avoid a veto by … Read more
According to Israeli authorities, 129 hostages remain held in Gaza. Palestinian Territories: Hamas’s military wing on Thursday said Israel’s objective to eliminate the militant group in Gaza was “doomed to fail”, more than two months into war triggered by attacks on Israel. Abu Obeida, spokesman for Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, also said in an audio recording … 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
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) pressed Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, on Thursday for information about its moderation of Palestinian content amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Dozens of human rights and civil society organizations have raised concerns about Meta’s “reported suppression, filtering, and mistranslation of Palestine-related content over the past two months,” Warren … Read more
