Wearing traditional keffiyeh scarves, the freed prisoners were hoisted on the crowd’s shoulders and hugged relatives before heading to a quick health checkup, the journalist reported. Earlier, buses carrying hundreds of Palestinian prisoners freed under the Gaza ceasefire deal left a jail in Israel’s Negev desert heading to the Gaza Strip on Saturday. Shortly thereafter, […]
The three were led onto a stage with fighters armed with automatic rifles standing on each side of them at the site in Khan Younis, live footage showed. The three are being returned in exchange for 369 Palestinian prisoners and detainees, a swap which eases fears that the agreement could collapse before the end of […]
Draft ideas will be discussed at a meeting in Riyadh this month of countries including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, and the United Arab Emirates. Proposals may involve a Gulf-led reconstruction fund and a deal to sideline Hamas, five of the people said. Saudi Arabia and its Arab allies were aghast at Trump’s plan to “clean […]
Israel and Hamas have traded accusations of violating the January 19 ceasefire, with the Palestinian group saying it would pause releases and Israel threatening the resumption of war in the Gaza Strip. But on Friday both sides signaled that the hostage release scheduled for Saturday would go ahead. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Speaking alongside the Arab country’s ruler in the White House, Trump signaled he would not budge on his idea that involves moving the Gaza Strip’s shell-shocked residents and transforming the war-ravaged territory into what he billed a “Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump has infuriated the Arab world by saying that Palestinians would not be […]
Trump cautioned that Israel might want to override him on the issue and said he might speak to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But in a wide-ranging session with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump expressed frustration with the condition of the last group of hostages freed by Hamas and by the announcement by the […]
Indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas on the next stage of the ceasefire are set to start this week following Netanyahu’s visit to the United States last week. However, a source in Netanyahu’s office said the Israeli delegation at this point will only discuss technical issues, rather than the bigger matters that […]
“We’ve moved over 10,000 trucks in the two weeks since the ceasefire, a massive surge,” Tom Fletcher said on X. The UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator added that he was “about to cross into northern Gaza with a convoy of aid”. “Thank you to the many people making it possible to […]
Trump said Tuesday the United States would rebuild the Gaza Strip and turn it into “the Riviera of the Middle East”, without detailing how nearly two million Palestinians might be moved out of the territory. Muslim-majority Malaysia has no diplomatic relations with Israel and many in the Southeast Asian country support the Palestinians. “Malaysia strongly […]
In a shock announcement, Trump said on Tuesday the U.S. would take over the war-ravaged Gaza Strip after Palestinians are resettled elsewhere and develop it economically. He was speaking at a joint press conference with visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The statement from the Saudi foreign ministry said Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman […]
