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'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 […]
A soldier was killed in Gaza on Thursday, the army said, bringing the death toll to 295 since the ground offensive in the Palestinian territory began on October 27. The war, which began with a Hamas attack on October 7, has resulted in the deaths of 1,194 people, most of them civilians, according to an […]
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 […]
The measure is not expected to become law, but it reflects continued support for Israel in Congress amid international criticism over the Middle Eastern country's operations in the Gaza Strip. Last month, the White House criticized the ICC's decision to seek the warrant. The bill is not expected to come to a vote in the […]
“But this relief came when I saw a different attitude of the administration, especially the current vice-chancellor of the university. Students have been saying repeatedly that their voices are being suppressed. By partnering with Israel or Israel-linked organisations and institutions, this UK university is complicit in Israeli occupation, apartheid and ongoing genocide,” Shahidul Alam said. […]
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 […]
Kirby said Hamas issued a statement on Sunday celebrating the deaths of two fighters in the attack, a sign that Israel was trying to strike Hamas in a “targeted, precise manner.” “The Israelis have said they used 37-pound bombs, precision-guided munitions,” Kirby said. “If that's indeed what they used, it's certainly indicative of an effort […]
The students have demanded that the university end its academic ties with Israel and divest from companies operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. The university said in a post on social media platform X that by May 29 it would sell its stakes in Airbnb, Booking.com and eDreams, worth a total of about 1 million […]
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 […]
The Israeli military said the strike on Sunday evening in the southern Rafah region targeted and killed two senior Hamas militants – but it also sparked a firestorm that Palestinians and several Arab countries condemned as a “genocide”. A US National Security Council spokesman said Israel should “take every precaution possible to protect civilians”. The […]
Gaza's health ministry says the Israeli offensive has killed more than 36,000 Palestinians. Israel launched the offensive after Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israeli communities on Oct. 7, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 250 hostages, according to Israeli figures. Israel says it wants to root out Hamas fighters holed up in Rafah and […]
