United States President, Donald Trump, has told Israel to stop bombing Gaza after Hamas agreed to release hostages under a United States peace plan, even as Israeli forces pressed ahead with heavy strikes. Residents in Gaza said tanks shelled Talateeni Street, a key artery in the centre of Gaza City, shortly after Trump’s call, Reuters…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the UN General Assembly made waves less for what he said than for who wasn’t listening. According to figures released by Israel on Saturday, 77 national delegations either skipped the session or staged a walkout as he began speaking, YNET reports. The 41-minute speech was delivered to a…
Microsoft has terminated specific cloud services provided to the Israeli Ministry of Defense after an internal investigation linked its technology to mass surveillance of Palestinians. The company’s president, Brad Smith, announced in a statement on Microsoft’s blog that the tech giant had “ceased and disabled a set of services” used by Israel’s military intelligence unit,…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said there would be no Palestinian state, in a message addressed to the leaders of Britain, Australia and Canada after they recognised Palestinian statehood. “I have a clear message for those leaders who recognise a Palestinian state after the horrific massacre on October 7: you are granting a…
Qatar said Saturday it will host a summit of Arab and Muslim leaders to denounce Israel’s attack on Hamas officials in Doha and to show solidarity with the Gulf state. Monday’s meeting would consider “a draft resolution on the Israeli attack on the State of Qatar” to be drafted Sunday at a ministerial meeting, said…
The Israeli military on Saturday ordered residents of Gaza City, the largest urban centre in the Gaza Strip, to evacuate southward as it prepares to intensify its ground operation, codenamed Operation Gideon’s Chariots II. In a public statement, the army declared the Al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis in southern Gaza a “humanitarian zone,” and named…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Friday announced that it had killed Muhammad Abd al-Aziz Abu Zubaida, described as the Head of the Palestine District of ISIS and the most senior figure of the terrorist group operating in Gaza. This was revealed in a statement shared on its official X handle on Friday. It reads:…
A UN-backed body has confirmed famine in Gaza City for the first time, marking a grim milestone in the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global initiative involving UN agencies, aid groups, and governments, has raised its classification for the Gaza Governorate, which includes Gaza City…
Israel’s defence minister has approved a plan for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists to carry it out, his ministry confirmed on Wednesday. Defence Minister Israel Katz’s move, confirmed to AFP by a spokesperson, piled pressure on Hamas as mediators pushing for a ceasefire in the nearly two-year…
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Sunday, organizers said, calling on the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an immediate truce with Hamas to free hostages held in Gaza. The evening rally followed a day of protest across the country called for by the relatives of hostages…