Paris: The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain called late Friday for an “immediate return” to a Gaza ceasefire, as Israel’s military pressed its renewed offensive in the Palestinian territory. Israel on Tuesday began a fresh assault on the war-battered enclave, shattering the relative calm since a January 19 ceasefire. “The resumption of Israeli … Read more
Israeli military said on Friday it killed the head of Hamas’ military intelligence in southern Gaza. Jerusalem: The Israeli military said on Friday it killed the head of Hamas’ military intelligence in southern Gaza on Thursday. In a statement, the military named the Hamas leader as Osama Tabash. It said he was also the head … Read more
Gaza City: Hamas on Thursday called on Arab and Muslim nations to take urgent action to halt Israel’s renewed offensive on Gaza, saying they had a “direct moral and political responsibility” to “end the genocide”. Israel resumed its air campaign early Tuesday with a wave of deadly strikes, shattering a relative calm that had pervaded … Read more
New Delhi: The military campaign will continue in Gaza till there is a Gaza free of Hamas, Israeli Ambassador Reuven Azar told NDTV World today. The 42-day temporary ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas is now over and Hamas has gone back on its promise of releasing the hostages kidnapped by the terrorist organisation. This, … Read more
The Israeli military on Tuesday said it was conducting “extensive strikes” on Hamas targets in Gaza as truce talks stalled, with medics saying at least 66 people were killed in the attack, the biggest since the ceasefire began on January 19. Rescuers said the air strikes, which took place during the month of Ramadan, also injured … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said it was conducting extensive strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza while medics there reported casualties in a series of the most violent airstrikes since the January 19 ceasefire began. The army did not provide more details about the strikes. Three houses were hit in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, a … Read more
Cairo: A senior Hamas official said that a fresh round of Gaza ceasefire talks began on Tuesday in the Qatari capital Doha, with the Palestinian movement approaching the negotiations “positively and responsibly”. “A new round of ceasefire negotiations began today,” Abdul Rahman Shadid said in a statement. “Our movement is dealing with these negotiations positively … Read more
Gaza: Hamas has accused Israel of “blackmail” and called on Egyptian and Qatari mediators to intervene after Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s office announced their decision to block the entry of all aid and supplies into Gaza, as a standoff over the truce that has halted fighting for the past six weeks escalated. The Palestinian group … Read more
Jerusalem: Israel said Sunday it endorsed a proposal to temporarily extend the truce in Gaza as a bridging measure after the first phase of its ceasefire with Hamas drew to a close. The proposal, put forward by US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, would cover Ramzan, due to end late March, and … Read more
Gaza City: The bodies of four Israeli hostages were handed over by Hamas early Thursday, authorities confirmed, followed soon after by the return of another group of freed Palestinian prisoners to the occupied West Bank. The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed they had received the coffins of “four fallen hostages”, and a process … Read more
Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that freeing Palestinian prisoners under the Gaza ceasefire deal will be delayed until Hamas ends its “humiliating ceremonies” while releasing Israeli hostages. Since the ceasefire came into effect on January 19, Hamas has released 25 Israeli hostages in well-rehearsed handovers, with masked operatives parading the captives on … Read more
Jerusalem: Israel prepared on Saturday to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees, after accusations over the return of a misidentified body this week threatened to derail a fragile truce. The six, the last living hostages from a group of 33 due to be freed in the … Read more