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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hardened his rejection of Hamas demands for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the freeing of hostages, saying on May 5 that would keep the Palestinian Islamist group in power and pose a threat to Israel. Mr. Netanyahu…
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Tel Aviv: Hamas announced on Sunday that its commander in the West Bank is among the four people killed in a raid by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The man is identified as Alaa Shreiteh (45), West Bank commander of the al-Qassim brigades of Hamas. Shreiteh was earlier jailed in Israel between 2002 and 2016….
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Aiman Zaarab had “commanded and directed” several attacks, said IDF. Jerusalem: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has announced that Aiman Zaarab, a senior commander of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade, was killed in an airstrike on the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah. 🔴ELIMINATED: Aiman Zaarab Zaarab was one of the Islamic Jihad Rafah Brigade commanders,…
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Washington DC: Accepting a ceasefire deal with Israel should be a “no-brainer” for Hamas, but the motivations of the militants’ elusive Gaza-based leadership remain unclear, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, has announced that its delegation will return Saturday to Cairo to resume long-running talks brokered by Egypt…
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File photo of Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah)‘s Mahmoud Abbas (R) listens to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. | Photo Credit: Reuters Representatives of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah) and the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) recently came to Beijing to have an “in-depth and candid” dialogue on promoting Palestinian reconciliation, at the invitation of…
This photo released early April 30, 2024, by the U.S. military’s Central Command shows construction off a floating pier in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip. | Photo Credit: AP A U.S. Navy ship and several Army vessels involved in an American-led effort to bring more aid into the besieged Gaza Strip are offshore…
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Defence Minister Rajnath Singhsaid talks between India and China are going smoothly and India will never bow down. | Photo Credit: X/@BJP4Gujarat Talks with China going on smoothly, India will never bow down: Rajnath Singh Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said talks between India and China are going smoothly and in a good environment, and India…
Hamas said on April 27 it was studying Israel’s latest counterproposal for a Gaza ceasefire, a day after media reports said a delegation from mediator Egypt was in Israel trying to jump-start stalled negotiations. The armed wing of Hamas also released video footage of two men held hostage in Gaza, identified by Israeli campaign group…
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Palestinians sit at the rubble of a residential building destroyed by Israeli strikes, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, April 22, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Hamas said it had received on April 27 Israel’s official response to its latest ceasefire proposal and will study it before submitting…
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Palestinian baby girl, Sabreen Jouda, who was delivered prematurely after her mother was killed in an Israeli strike along with her husband and daughter, lies in an incubator in the Emirati hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on April 21, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP A premature Palestinian infant, rescued from her mother’s womb shortly…