Tag: Hamas
-
US envoy arrives in Israel for talks amid rising tensions on northern border
Hezbollah has said it has carried out more than 2,100 military operations against Israel since October 8, the day after the Hamas attack, according to a statement released by the militant group last week. Hezbollah stepped up attacks last week after an Israeli strike on the village of Jowayya on Tuesday killed its top commander,…
-
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in fierce fighting in Gaza
During a visit to the Middle East this week to advance a Gaza ceasefire plan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the “best way” to help resolve Hezbollah-Israel violence is to “resolve the conflict in Gaza and achieve a ceasefire.” This has not happened. Hamas insists on a complete withdrawal of Israeli forces from…
-
Hezbollah attacks Israel with rockets, killing commander
The pro-Hezbollah newspaper Al-Akhbar described Abdullah's killing as “a harsh blow” to the group. The paper said his killing “reflects a dangerous escalation on the part of the enemy” and “raises hopes that the confrontation will be managed differently.” On Tuesday, Hezbollah said it fired about 50 rockets at Israeli targets in the occupied Golan…
-
UN investigation: Israel accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza conflict
In its actions in Gaza, the commission found Israeli authorities responsible for war crimes such as “starvation as a method of warfare, murder or deliberate killing, deliberate attacks against civilians and civilian objects, forcible transfer, sexual violence, torture and inhuman or cruel treatment, arbitrary detention and attacks on personal dignity.” The report says starvation will…
-
Israel rescues four Gaza hostages, Hamas reports 210 Palestinians killed
Israel said its forces rescued four hostages alive on Saturday from a Gaza refugee camp, where the Hamas-run state media office said 210 Palestinians were killed and hundreds wounded in attacks. The Israeli military said all four were in “good health condition”. They were abducted from a Nova music festival during a Hamas attack on…
-
Netanyahu says Israel will not 'surrender' after hostages are freed
Netanyahu's office also released a video of his conversation with Arghamani on a mobile phone. He said he was “very excited” to return home, adding: “I haven't spoken Hebrew in so long.” Netanyahu told him: “We never lost faith in you for a moment.” Of the 251 people taken hostage by militants during their October…
-
Israeli attack on UN school in Gaza: Hamas compound attacked, 27 killed
Gaza's bloodiest war so far began with a Hamas attack on southern Israel on October 7, resulting in the deaths of 1,194 people, most of them civilians, according to an AFP count based on Israeli official figures. The militants also took 251 hostages, 120 of whom remain in Gaza, 41 of whom the military says…
-
Fighting intensifies in Rafah, Israel captures important Gaza-Egypt corridor
In Beijing, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for increased humanitarian aid to Gaza, and reiterated his country's opposition to “any attempt to force Palestinians to flee their land”. His host, Chinese leader Xi Jinping, called for a “broad-based, authoritative and effective international peace conference” to tackle the war. Hamas later said it had told…
-
145 countries recognise Palestinian state: Global effort gathers pace
He made the announcement at a meeting of the exiled Palestinian National Council in Algiers, which adopted as its goal a two-state solution in which independent Israeli and Palestinian states would exist side by side. Minutes later, Algeria became the first country to officially recognise the independent Palestinian state. Within a few weeks, dozens of…
-
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders over 'war crimes'
Israel will “never accept” ICC's “disgraceful” rulings, Netanyahu said in a message on Twitter. “We will not succumb to this.” In mid-November five countries called for an ICC investigation into the Israel–Hamas war, with Khan saying his team had gathered a “significant amount” of evidence on “relevant incidents”. But ICC teams have not been able…
-
Reactions to the death of Iran's president in a helicopter crash
“With deep sadness and deep sorrow, we received the tragic news of the demise of President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ebrahim Raisi, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian and their comrades due to the unfortunate plane crash incident. In Northern Iran, we, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic We express our heartfelt condolences…
-
US criticizes Israel's use of American weapons in Gaza conflict
UN agencies said Israeli military operations around Rafah are already having a serious impact on Gaza civilians. The United Nations said more than 100,000 people, many of whom have already been displaced from other areas of Gaza, have fled Rafah this week. Many have returned to the city of Khan Yunis, where there was intense…
-
Israel sent tanks into Rafah and captured the main crossing
Hamas said Israel was planning a large-scale attack without regard to the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza or the fate of hostages in the Hamas-run area. Israel said its “limited” and temporary Rafah evacuation order was aimed at “getting people out of harm's way”. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported “thousands” of Gazans leaving the eastern…
-
Israeli air strikes kill 16 people, including two families, in Rafah
Medics and first responders in Gaza said Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in the southern city of Rafah on Sunday, hours after Hamas rockets killed three Israeli soldiers earlier in the day. “The number of martyrs in Rafah has reached 16,” emergency first responders told AFP. He said that seven people of one family and…
-
Gaza ceasefire talks: Hamas and Israel in deep grip amid famine crisis and international pressure
Blinken said on Friday that Israel has not presented any plan to protect civilians. Without it, “we cannot support a major military operation in Rafah because the damage it would cause is beyond acceptable limits,” Blinken said. Netanyahu vowed Thursday to “do whatever is necessary to conquer and overcome our enemy, including Rafah.” At the…