Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, Gaza Strip on February 9, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has ordered the military to prepare a plan to evacuate the population of Rafah ahead of an expected Israeli invasion of the southern Gaza town. Mr. Netanyahu … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, Israel on Dec. 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: AP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Israel displayed unparalleled “morality” in the Gaza war and rejected South Africa’s charge that it was committing “genocidal” acts … Read more
December 28, 2023 04:33 am | Updated 04:33 am IST – Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories The Hamas-run Gaza Strip’s health ministry said Wednesday war with Israel has killed more than 21,000, as Israel kept pounding the besieged territory with air strikes and shelling. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Gazans were in “grave peril” after … Read more
Hamas has been the focus of a relentless Israeli onslaught in Gaza but with resilient and diverse finances, it is expected to have a significant war chest at its disposal as the conflict drags on. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annihilate the Palestinian Islamist movement behind the October 7 attack – the … Read more
In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military on December 15, 2023, soldiers visit a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on October 7. The Israeli army said on December 17, 2023, it had uncovered the biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip … Read more
The Israeli military has rounded up hundreds of Palestinians across the northern Gaza Strip, separating families and forcing men to strip to their underwear before trucking some to a detention camp on the beach, where they spent hours, in some cases days, subjected to hunger and cold, according to human rights activists, distraught relatives and … Read more
The Swiss government announced Wednesday it would bring forward a draft law by the end of February explicitly banning Hamas activities or support for the Palestinian militant group within Switzerland. “The Federal Council decided to draft a federal act banning Hamas, considering this to be the most appropriate response to the situation that has prevailed … Read more
India’s Mohammed Shami celebrates with captain Rohit Sharma after winning the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 first semi-final match against New Zealand, at the Wankhede Stadium, in Mumbai, Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Kohli scores 50th ton as India march into World Cup final with 70-run win over New Zealand Virat … Read more
Israel has allowed only a trickle of aid to enter. On Sunday, 33 trucks carrying water, food and medicine entered the only border crossing from Egypt, a spokesperson at the Rafah crossing said. The aid warehouse break-ins were “a worrying sign that civil order is starting to break down after three weeks of war and … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will be held accountable for the bloody October 7 massacre by Hamas militants, but that will only come after Israel’s war against the Islamic militant group. In a nationally televised address Wednesday night, Mr. Netanyahu said he was busy plotting a ground invasion of Gaza, though he refused … Read more