The ceasefire took effect on January 19 after more than 15 months of war sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, the deadliest in the country’s history. Over several weeks, Gaza militants freed 25 living hostages and returned the bodies of eight others to Israel, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners held […]
A three-phase ceasefire in Gaza went into effect on January 19 and has led to the handover of 33 Israeli hostages held in Gaza and some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held by Israel. An initial six-week first phase of that ceasefire is due to expire in two days. Israel said on Thursday it was […]
Prime Minister’s office confirmed Israel had received the coffins of “four fallen hostages”, and a process to formally identify them had started. In the West Bank and Gaza, AFP journalists saw hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed by Israel arrive on buses accompanied by Red Cross vehicles. More than 600 were due to be released in […]
“Nothing justifies the appalling manner in which Israel has conducted its military operations in Gaza which consistently breached international law”, said Volker Turk, while presenting a new report on the human rights situation in Gaza, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. The report by the UN Office […]
Washington’s top Middle East envoy said talks for a second phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal remained on track. Palestinian militant group Hamas late Tuesday confirmed the release agreement, negotiated under Egyptian supervision. In Washington, US President Donald Trump’s point person on the Middle East said Israeli representatives were already en route to talks on […]
According to the party spokesperson, the meeting took place with Hamas’ Shura Council and discussed the current situation in Gaza and Palestine. Maulana Rehman reiterated Pakistan’s commitment to the Palestinian struggle for freedom, stating that Palestine is an independent state and that Israeli occupation cannot be supported. He also expressed support for the Palestinian people’s […]
Each casket was shown with a photo of a body, including Shiri Bibas, her two young sons Kfir and Ariel, and a fourth captive, Oded Lifshitz. Red Cross loaded coffins in vehicles after Hamas handed over dead hostages, an AFP journalist reported. The remains released from the Gaza Strip are of Shiri Bibas and her […]
“The current environment in Gaza, including overcrowding in shelters and severely damaged water, sanitation, and hygiene infrastructure, which facilitates fecal-oral transmission, create ideal conditions for further spread of poliovirus,” the WHO statement said. “Extensive population movement consequent to the current ceasefire is likely to exacerbate the spread of poliovirus infection,” it added. In September and […]
The plan stirred rare unity among Arab states which roundly rejected the idea, but they could still disagree over who will govern the Palestinian territory and who will pay for reconstruction. Umer Karim, an expert on Saudi foreign policy, told AFP the summit would be the “most consequential” in decades about the wider Arab world […]
Sheikh Mohammed “affirmed the UAE’s firm position rejecting any attempts aimed at displacing the Palestinian people from their land”, the Gulf state’s WAM news agency said. Rubio departed Abu Dhabi after a brief stop in the UAE, the final leg of his first Middle East tour, which included discussions on a proposal by US President […]
