Basel Adra, who worked with Ballal on the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land”, posted a photo of Ballal on X after his release with blood stains on his shirt. “After I won the Oscar, I did not expect to be exposed to such attacks,” Ballal said in a video by AFPTV. “It was a very […]
The proposal, made last week, follows an escalation in violence after Israel resumed air and ground operations against Hamas on March 18, ending two months of relative calm after 15 months of war. Gaza health officials said Israeli airstrikes and shelling have killed nearly 700 Palestinians since then, including at least 400 women and children. […]
According to the United Nations, some 40,000 residents have been displaced since January 21, when the Israeli army launched an operation targeting Palestinian armed groups in the north of the territory. The West Bank, occupied by Israel since 1967, is home to about three million Palestinians as well as nearly 500,000 Israelis living in settlements […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Any resettlement plans, the idea that the citizens of Gaza will be expelled from there to Egypt or Jordan, is unacceptable,” Scholz said, referring at a campaign event in Berlin to Trump’s comments. He reiterated his support for a two-state solution where Israelis and Palestinians live peacefully side by side, adding that it must be […]
A day after a second exchange of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, the holdup underlined the risks hanging over the truce between Hamas and Israel, longtime adversaries in a series of Gaza wars. U.S. President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will travel to Israel on Wednesday to […]
Seven were killed in a strike on the port of Salif and the rest in two strikes on the Ras Issa oil facility, said Al Masirah, both located in the western province of Hodeidah. The strikes also targeted two central power stations south and north of the capital, Sanaa, it added. In a statement, Israel’s […]
Under the plan, which needs Abbas’s approval, the committee would be composed of 10 to 15 non-partisan figures with authority on matters related to the economy, education, health, humanitarian aid, and reconstruction, according to a draft of the proposal seen by AFP. Following talks in Cairo brokered by Egypt, the two rival factions agreed the […]
The two have frequently clashed over Israel’s retaliatory military offensive against Hamas following the Palestinian militant group’s deadly attack on Israel on October 7 last year. “Amid a war, more than ever, full trust between the prime minister and the defence minister is required,” Netanyahu said in a statement issued by his office. “Although in […]
