Hundreds of Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on Tuesday. Gaza City: Hundreds of Palestinians chanted anti-Hamas slogans at a protest in northern Gaza on Tuesday calling for an end to the war with Israel, witnesses said. “Hamas out” and “Hamas terrorists” were chanted by the mostly male protesters in Beit … Read more
Jerusalem: Israel on Tuesday said it had killed an Al Jazeera employee in the Gaza Strip, accusing the journalist, Hussam Shabat, of being a “sniper terrorist” for Hamas. The Qatar-based network said Shabat was killed Monday in an Israeli strike on his vehicle in northern Gaza, in an attack that media watchdog Reporters without Borders … Read more
Jerusalem: Hamas’s armed wing released a video on Monday showing two Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the Palestinian militants’ attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. The roughly three-minute video, whose exact recording date could not be verified, shows the two men sitting on the floor speaking in Hebrew to the camera, addressing a … Read more
Gaza City: An Israeli air strike on Gaza killed a journalist working with Al Jazeera, according to the network and Gaza’s civil defence rescue agency, seven days into renewed Israeli bombardment and ground operations in the Palestinian territory. Israel resumed intense air strikes across the densely populated Gaza Strip last Tuesday, with ground troops following, … Read more
Jerusalem: The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land” was attacked by settlers and arrested by the Israeli army on Monday in the occupied West Bank, according to his co-director Yuval Abraham. In a post on X, Abraham said a “group of settlers” had set upon Ballal. “They beat him and he has … Read more
Jerusalem: Israel’s military said its forces operating in Rafah in southern Gaza on Monday fired at a Red Cross building after mistakenly “identifying suspects inside and feeling a threat to the force”. “After an investigation, it was determined that the identification was incorrect and that the building belonged to the Red Cross. The force was … Read more
Gaza City: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday that at least 50,021 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since war with Israel began in October 2023. “The toll for the Israeli aggression has reached 50,021 martyrs and 113,274 wounded since October 7, 2023”, a ministry statement said, referring to the day … Read more
Unlike many families who blame Israel’s government for not getting their loved ones released from captivity in Gaza, Adi Alexander is hesitant to point fingers. Pragmatic and measured, the father of the last living American being held hostage by Hamas just wants his son to come home. “I don’t want to get into who came … Read more
An Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis killed Hamas political leader Salah al-Bardaweel on Sunday, Hamas officials said, as residents reported an escalation in the Israeli military campaign that began on Tuesday. Pro-Hamas media said the airstrike killed Bardaweel, who is a member of the group’s political office, and also killed his wife. Israeli … Read more
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
Washington: U.S. immigration officials on Friday sent an email to the legal team of Momodou Taal, a Cornell University student who has participated in pro-Palestinian protests, asking him to turn himself in, Taal’s attorneys said in a court filing. A “notice to appear” sent by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials is among the first … Read more
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen on Friday, one day after shooting down two projectiles launched by Houthi militants. Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that it fired a ballistic missile toward Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, the group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, said in … Read more