Israel has ordered fresh forced evacuation in Rafah, southern Gaza, as the military announced it plans to expand its renewed assault on the enclave. Avichay Adraee, the military’s Arabic language spokesperson, revealed this on X on Monday morning. He noted that the army was returning to “fight with great force” in Rafah, which is one […]
The Israeli government is preparing to receive the bodies of four hostages from Gaza on Thursday and is working on bringing back six living captives on Saturday, an Israeli security official said on Monday. If the two handovers are successful, only four hostages, all presumed dead, would remain in Gaza out of the 33 due […]
A spokesman for the armed wing of Hamas says the group is postponing the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages, blaming what he says are Israeli violations of the ceasefire deal. Three hostages held in Gaza are due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners held in Israel. Israel’s Defence Minister […]
The Federal Government of Nigeria and the State of Israel are considering the formation of a joint commission aimed at deepening their bilateral relations across various sectors. This initiative comes as Israel expressed its willingness to enhance trade and collaborate with Nigeria in areas such as security, agriculture, health, education, and film production. Ambassador Bianca […]
Ten Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the town of Tammoun, southeast of Tubas in the occupied West Bank, late on Wednesday, Palestinian health officials said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said ten bodies and several wounded people were taken to Tubas Governmental Hospital after the strike. Meanwhile, the Israeli […]
Hamas official Taher al-Nunu told AFP on Tuesday that four Israeli women hostages will be freed in return for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday, in the second such release under a ceasefire deal. Nunu said the Palestinian Islamist movement would release “four Israeli female detainees in exchange” for a second group of Palestinian prisoners. Meanwhile, Qatar […]
Israel’s security cabinet was set to meet Friday after final details of a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal were ironed out, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said, with the United States “confident” the truce would begin as planned this weekend. If approved by Israel’s cabinet, the ceasefire agreement would take effect Sunday and involve […]
Israel’s defence minister has for the first time acknowledged that Israel killed Hamas’s political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran in July. Israel Katz made the comments in a speech vowing to target the heads of the Iran-backed Houthi movement in Yemen, which has been firing missiles and drones at Israel. Haniyeh was killed in a […]
Israel has confirmed it carried out attacks on Syria’s naval fleet, as part of its efforts to neutralise military assets in the country after the fall of the Assad regime. In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said its ships struck the ports at Al-Bayda and Latakia on Monday night, where 15 vessels were […]
Hamas issued a warning in an internal statement, threatening to neutralise hostages if Israel carries out a rescue operation similar to one conducted in Gaza’s Nuseirat camp in June. The statement, dated November 22, stated that Israel intended to launch such a mission and made clear that Hamas operatives should follow orders without concern for potential consequences. […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would bring a US-brokered proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah in Lebanon to his government for approval as soon as Tuesday evening. In a televised address, Netanyahu said he would put “a ceasefire outline” to ministers “this evening”. He did not say how long the truce would last, […]
Israel and Lebanon appear to be close to a ceasefire deal, with the Israeli cabinet set to meet on Tuesday to discuss it, Israeli and US officials say. A 60-day truce is being proposed to end fighting between Israel and the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah. It is said to include the withdrawal of Israeli forces […]
Hezbollah militants fired about 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel on Sunday in response to an Israeli attack on Beirut the day before that killed at least 29 people. Some of the Hezbollah strikes reached the Tel Aviv area in the heart of Israel and wounded seven people. The assault was one of the […]
Three people have been arrested in the United Arab Emirates in connection with the alleged murder of an Israeli citizen, the Emirati interior ministry said on Sunday. The ministry statement did not give details on the suspects or say if they had been charged, but said all legal powers would be used “to respond decisively […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced on Thursday the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for him and his former defence minister Yoav Gallant, calling the ruling “anti-Semitic”. “Israel rejects with disgust the absurd and false actions leveled against it by ICC,” his office said in a statement, adding that Netanyahu won’t “give in to […]
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas’s military commander. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. A warrant was also issued for Mohammed […]
A senior Hamas official has called for an immediate end to Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip and a plan to achieve Palestinian statehood following the election victory of Donald Trump as the United States, US, President. Hamas Political Bureau spokesperson, Basem Naim, made the call during an interview with Newsweek. Naim expressed hope that […]
The Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza reported on Sunday that the death toll in the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict has reached 43,341. This figure includes an additional 27 fatalities recorded in the past 24 hours as violence persists. Since the conflict’s outbreak on October 7, 2023, when Hamas militants launched a surprise assault on Israel, the […]
At least, no fewer than seven people were killed on Thursday in one of Hezbollah’s deadliest rocket attacks in recent months targeting northern Israel. The casualties included an Israeli farmer and four Thai agricultural workers near Metula, a town bordering Lebanon, according to Israeli and Thai authorities. The Israeli military reported detecting two projectiles from […]
A senior Hezbollah official, Wafiq Safa has escaped an Israeli assassination attempt in Beirut, Lebanon, Reuters reports. Safa heads Hezbollah’s liaison and coordination unit responsible for working with Lebanese security agencies. He was targeted by Israel on Thursday night but survived, the report said, citing security sources. According to the report, Israeli strikes killed 22 […]
