A joint operation by the Israeli military, the domestic Shin Bet security service, and the Special Police Unit in Rafah freed Fernando Simon Marman, 60, and Louis Hare, 70, the military said. The two men were kidnapped by Hamas from Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak on October 7, the military said, among some 250 people whom Israel […]
Israel is preparing for a ground incursion into the teeming city along the border with Egypt, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians have sought refuge from fighting further north. The precarious humanitarian situation in Rafah has prompted aid groups and foreign governments, including Israel’s key ally the United States, to express deep concern over […]
French street artist James Colomina’s art piece, which demanded an end to the bloodshed in Gaza and peace between Israelis and Palestinians, appeared on Barcelona’s Ramblas Boulevard on Thursday. Under the title “The Children of Peace,” it showcases statues of two youngsters holding hands, one donning a Jewish kippah and the other a Palestinian keffiyeh […]
A fifth batch of humanitarian aid, including blankets, tarpaulins, and winterized tents, was dispatched by Pakistan to Gaza on Sunday. According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) C-130 flew the shipment of humanitarian aid for the Gaza population. “The flight will land in Al-Arish, Egypt, where the Pakistani ambassador will […]
Diplomatic efforts to achieve a truce accelerated as Israel readied itself to push its war on Gaza closer to the Egyptian border, having claimed to have decimated Hamas in Khan Younis. Over 27,000 Palestinian deaths have been confirmed, according to health officials in the besieged region, and many more are believed to be under the […]
It was anticipated that Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas, would visit Cairo on Thursday to discuss a planned ceasefire in Gaza, while Israel continued its offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. After mediators convened in Paris, with international efforts toward a new pause in the horrific war gathering momentum, a source told AFP that […]
As Hamas readied itself to declare the “fate” of the three Israelis who were kidnapped by the Palestinian organization three months prior and featured in a video clip over the weekend, Israeli forces launched bombardments of targets throughout Gaza on Monday. Overnight, an Israeli bomb on a house in northern Gaza City resulted in the […]
As Israel’s aerial assault pummeled the Gaza Strip, it declared a more focused strategy to hunt down Hamas members and their commanders, compelling some displaced families to escape for their lives on donkey carts filled with children and belongings. Gaza has been destroyed by Israel’s air and ground assault. As of Thursday, the Gaza health […]
According to Lebanese and Palestinian security sources, Israel killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri on Tuesday in Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, by drone attack. This increases the possibility that the conflict in Gaza might extend well beyond the besieged Palestinian enclave. Arouri,57, was the first prominent political figure in Hamas to be killed since […]
Tuesday saw the arrival of a special Pakistani military aircraft at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt, carrying twenty tons of vital medical and humanitarian supplies for the Gaza population. The aid was turned over to the Egyptian Red Crescent Society, which would forward it to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Gaza. This was made […]
