Stay Connected. Stay Informed.
Protesters, mainly Houthi supporters, stand in front of the billboard showing late Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as they rally to show support to Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen October 18, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah vowed on Friday (October 18, 2024) to launch a…
Read More “Hamas leader Sinwar killing: Hezbollah vows a new phase in the war” »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday (October 17, 2024) that the killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar in the Gaza Strip was the “beginning of the end” of the year-long war in the Palestinian territory. Mr. Netanyahu, who vowed to crush Hamas at the start of the war, hailed Sinwar’s killing, saying: “While this…
Born in a refugee camp in Khan Younis in southern Gaza in 1962, 14 years after the state of Israel was created, Yahya Sinwar grew up under foreign occupation – first Egyptian and then Israeli. File | Photo Credit: AP Immediately after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack in Israel, in which about 1,200 people were…
Read More “Yahya Sinwar, architect of the October 7 attack on Israel” »
Israel: Israeli delegations taking part in the major Euronaval defence show in France next month will not be permitted to set up any stand or exhibit hardware following a decision by the French government, organisers said on Wednesday. The decision comes as tensions are rising between Israel and France following comments by President Emmanuel Macron…
Read More “France Bars Israeli Exhibition At Defense Show Amid Dispute Over Gaza, Lebanon” »
Washington: The United States warned Israel on the possibility of withholding some assistance barring improvements in aid delivery to Palestinians in Gaza, the State Department said Tuesday. In a letter sent Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made “clear to the government of Israel that there are changes that they…
Read More “US Warns Israel Of Potential Aid Cuts Over Gaza Assistance Delays” »
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday that Israel — and not the United States — will decide how it will strike back after Iran fired around 200 missiles at his country earlier this month. The comments came as a top Iranian commander, whose absence sparked rumours that he could have been killed in…
Read More “‘We Listen To US But Final Decision Will Be Ours’: Israel On Iran Retaliation” »
A view shows rubble at a site of an Israeli air strike, in the Christian-majority town of Aitou, north Lebanon October 15, 2024 | Photo Credit: REUTERS The United Nations on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) demanded a “prompt, independent and thorough investigation” into an Israeli strike on the northern Lebanese village of Aito, which had…
Read More “UN urges investigation into deadly Israeli strike in Northern Lebanon, which killed 22” »
Tehran: Iran said Monday it currently sees “no grounds” for its indirect talks with the United States via intermediary Oman, citing the crisis in the Middle East. Iran said in June that it had held indirect talks with the United States via Oman, despite having no diplomatic relations with its foe. “Currently we don’t see…
Read More ““No Ground” For Indirect Talks With US, Says Iran Amid West Asia Tensions” »
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining a plan to seal off humanitarian aid to northern Gaza in an attempt to starve out Hamas militants, a plan that, if implemented, could trap without food or water hundreds of thousands of Palestinians unwilling or unable to leave their homes. Israel has issued many evacuation orders for…
Palestinians in northern Gaza are describing heavy Israeli bombardment in the hours after airstrikes killed at least 22 people Published – October 13, 2024 07:37 am IST – BEIRUT Palestinians carry their belongings as they flee areas north of Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip on October 12, 2024. In recent days, the military…