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Army says Israeli hostage rescued from Gaza
Kaid Alkadi, a 52-year-old Israeli Bedouin, who was abducted by Palestinian militants during the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, was rescued.
Israeli defence minister declares 48-hour state of emergency
JERUSALEM: Defence Minister Yoav Gallant announced a 48-hour nationwide state of emergency from 06:00 am on Sunday, after the Israeli military launched what it called pre-emptive strikes in Lebanon.
"The declaration on the state of…
Hezbollah fires more than 50 rockets, hitting Israel
Tel Aviv: Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Wednesday launched more than 50 rockets, hitting a number of private homes in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights.
The attack came a day after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with fellow…
Israel recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as US and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release…
Blinken says Israel agrees to U.S.-backed proposal for cease-fire
TEL AVIV: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, and he called on Hamas to do the same, without saying whether it had…
Israeli airstrike kills 4-day-old twins and mother in Gaza while father went to register their birth
The father received a call from his neighbours, who told him that the house where his family had taken shelter had been reduced to rubble by an Israeli airstrike.
‘Welcome to hell’: What happens to Palestinians in Israeli prisons
In a report by Israeli rights group B’Tselem, a Palestinian prisoner who was lodged in the Megiddo prison is quoted as saying: "When we got off the bus, a soldier said to us: 'Welcome to hell.'"
Israel genociding Palestinians one neighbourhood at a time: UN rapporteur
Israel on Saturday bombed a school in the Gaza city which housed about 250 Palestinians, mostly women and children displaced from other parts of the war-torn region. The attack killed around 100 people, mostly children, according to Gaza…
As war fears rise, Gaza strikes kill 12, Israel stabbings kill 2.
TEL AVIV: Israeli strikes killed 12 people in Gaza, including four who were sheltering in a tent camp inside a hospital complex on Sunday, while a stabbing attack carried out by a Palestinian killed two people in a Tel Aviv suburb.…
Israel confirms death of Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif in July strike
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas’ military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. The announcement comes a day after an apparent Israeli strike in the…
Lebanon rocket attack on town in Israeli-controlled Golan Heights
TEL AVIV: A rocket attack Saturday on a soccer field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights killed at least 10 people and wounded several others, including children, Israel said, hours after an Israeli airstrike on south Lebanon killed…
Netanyahu seeks unity from US Congress divided over Gaza war
WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked for unity from lawmakers Wednesday as he addressed a US Congress divided by his military campaign in Gaza, with a rift between the nations deepening over the conflict's…
Latest Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill 15 people, including children.
DEIR AL-BALAH: Hospital officials and an Associated Press correspondent counted 15 people, including women and children, killed by Israeli airstrikes overnight in Gaza.
The new strikes occurred as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
EU Middle East envoy pledges two-state solution
Jerusalem: Despite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's staunch opposition to a Palestinian state, the EU's Middle East peace envoy believes a two-state solution is possible.
In an AFP interview, Sven Koopmans said Netanyahu's…
Yemeni Houthi militants bomb Tel Aviv, killing one and injuring 10.
TEL AVIV: An explosion rumbled through the streets of central Tel Aviv early Friday morning after an apparent drone strike caused shards of shrapnel to rain down, injuring at least 10 people and leaving one dead, authorities said.…
Far-right Israeli minister visits sensitive Jerusalem site
Ben-Gvir said he was pressuring Netanyahu not to give in to international pressure and to continue with the military campaign in Gaza.
Israeli leaders arrive in Cairo for talks on ending the fighting in Gaza
International mediators are pushing Israel and Hamas toward a phased deal that would halt the fighting and free about 120 hostages held by the militant group in Gaza.
As Gaza war rages, Palestinian culture stifled in Israel
Comedian Ayman Nahas is one of many Arab artists in Israel or annexed east Jerusalem who describe facing increasing hostility and harassment and fearing looming funding cuts or arrests.
Deadly strikes hit Gaza as war enters tenth month
The Israel - Gaza war began with Hamas's unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel that resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians.
Life and death in Gaza’s ‘safe zone’ where food is scarce and Israel attacks…
An Israeli airstrike on Wednesday hit a residential area next to a medical centre and a school-turned-shelter for displaced people, which was designated "safe zones" by the military where Palestinians from other regions were ordered to…
