Much of the Gaza Strip’s health infrastructure has been destroyed by the more than year-long war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas before a ceasefire took hold on Sunday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus welcomed the ceasefire, posting on social media that it would “bring great hope for millions of people whose lives […]
The three hostages released Sunday, all women, were reunited with their families and taken to a hospital in central Israel where a doctor said they were in stable condition. Hours later in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Palestinian prisoners released by Israel in exchange left Ofer prison on buses at around 1:00 am (2300 GMT Sunday), […]
Israel “only succeeded in committing war crimes that disgrace the dignity of humanity,” the group said in a statement. A ceasefire in the Gaza war will begin Sunday morning at 0630 GMT, mediator Qatar said on Saturday after Israel’s cabinet voted to approve the truce and hostage-prisoner release deal. The exact time of the ceasefire’s […]
Israel’s cabinet approved a deal with Palestinian group Hamas for a ceasefire and release of hostages in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday, a day ahead of the agreement’s scheduled start. In the early hours of Saturday after meeting for more than six hours, the government ratified the agreement that […]
Israel’s assault on Gaza is likely to define the foreign policy legacy of the outgoing Biden administration, despite a deal reached with Palestinian group Hamas on Wednesday on a ceasefire in exchange for the release of hostages. “Criminal! Why aren’t you in The Hague,” shouted Sam Husseini, an independent journalist and longtime critic of Washington’s […]
“I can announce a ceasefire and a hostage deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas,” Biden said at the White House. The deal was reached after 15 months of suffering, he said and will be followed by a surge of humanitarian aid in Gaza. “Fighting in Gaza will stop, and soon the hostages return […]
Regarding trade ties with India, he said “It takes two to tango” calling upon India to create an environment to help improve the relations. Speaking at a press conference, the deputy prime minister also shed light on trade ties with India and said ‘It takes two to tango’ calling upon India to create an environment […]
Yoav Gallant was fired from the government in November by Netanyahu, after months of disagreements over the conduct of the war against Hamas in Gaza, but kept his seat as an elected member of the Knesset. “Just as it is on the battlefield, so it is in public service. There are moments in which one […]
“With the occupation of Syrian territories by the Zionist regime, a new resistance has been born that will manifest itself in the years to come,” said Ahmadian, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, IRNA news agency reported late Monday. In a meeting with Oman’s foreign minister, Ahmadian insisted that Iran’s anti-Israel axis of […]
“The occupation forces have taken dozens of the medical staff from Kamal Adwan Hospital to a detention centre for interrogation, including the director, Hossam Abu Safiyeh,” the health ministry in Gaza said in a statement. The Gaza Civil Defence Agency also reported that Abu Safiyeh had been detained, adding that the agency’s director for the […]
