Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said Saturday as the group’s negotiators held talks with mediators. A Hamas delegation was in Cairo discussing with Egyptian mediators ways out of the 18-month war, while, on the ground, … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures during a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 7, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said again Saturday (April 19, 2025) that Israel has “no choice” but to continue fighting in … Read more
Palestinian children stand and watch as Hamas fighters take up a position ahead of handing over four bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on February 20, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Israel prepared on Saturday (February 22, 2025) to receive six more hostages from Gaza in exchange for hundreds of … Read more
A convoy, with some of the vehicles carrying Palestinian patients and injured people, waits to head towards Rafah crossing before they leave Gaza for treatment abroad, amid a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 1, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters A group of 50 sick and injured … Read more
A displaced Palestinian woman, Makram Hamdouna, carries a water container outside her shelter, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip December 19, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Human Rights Watch on Thursday (December 19, 2024) accused Israel of causing the deaths of thousands of Palestinians by systematically restricting and targeting Gaza’s water supply in … Read more
A drone view shows smoke above Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, as seen from near Kibbutz Nir Am in southern Israel, December 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gaza’s civil defence agency reported that Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 33 people, … Read more
People chant slogans during a pro-Palestinian protest | Photo Credit: AP Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party have agreed to create a committee to jointly run post-war Gaza, negotiators from both sides said Tuesday (December 3, 2024). Under the plan, which needs Abbas’s approval, the committee would be composed of … Read more
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar meets UAE Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on Thursday (November 14, 2024). | Photo Credit: ANI Amidst a flurry of exchanges between Indian and West Asian officials in the recent weeks, two senior Arab diplomats have taken charge of the ambassadorial posts at the … Read more
People walk past a destroyed building hit in an Israeli airstrike, in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Lebanon’s health ministry said three people were killed in an Israeli strike Sunday near the southern city of Sidon, as state media reported the recovery of five bodies from the flashpoint … Read more
Smoke rises from an Israeli airstrike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) | Photo Credit: AP Israeli naval forces captured a senior Hezbollah operative in north Lebanon, an Israeli military official said Saturday, as the conflict between the Iran-backed group and Israel showed few … Read more