Israeli security forces stand guard as family and friends of freed Israeli hostage Kaid Alkadi gather to meet him outside the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheva in southern Israel where he arrived for a checkup on August 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP The Israeli military said it rescued an Israeli hostage from Gaza on … Read more
In Jerusalem’s Old City, nearly all souvenir shops are closed. In Haifa’s flea market, forlorn merchants polish their wares on empty streets. Airlines are canceling flights, businesses are failing and luxury hotels are half empty. Nearly 11 months into the war with Hamas, Israel’s economy is struggling as the country’s leaders grind ahead with an … Read more
Representational file image. | Photo Credit: AP More than 100 Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a Gaza school sheltering displaced people, the official Palestinian news agency said on Saturday (August 10, 2024), while the Israeli Army said it had hit a Hamas command centre. “The Israeli strikes targeted the … Read more
Saudi Arabia on August 4 called on its citizens to leave Lebanon without delay, as regional tensions soar following high-profile killings in Tehran and Beirut blamed on Israel amid the Gaza war. The Saudi embassy in Beirut said in a statement posted on social media platform X that it was “following closely the developments in … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden, right, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on July 25, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House Thursday to discuss the war in Gaza — and the possibility of securing a … Read more
Image used for representative purpose only | Photo Credit: Reuters Nine months pregnant, Ola Al-Kurd could not wait to hold her baby and bring new life to Gaza during a war which has killed over 39,000 fellow Palestinians and razed much of the enclave. That special moment never came. An Israeli airstrike smashed into the … Read more
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress in the chamber of the House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol on July 24, 2024 in Washington, DC. | Photo Credit: Getty Images via AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza and condemned American protesters in a scathing … Read more
A damaged sign is pictured at the headquarters of UNRWA, following an Israeli raid, amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, in Gaza City, July 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval on Monday to a bill that declares the main United Nations relief organisation for Palestinians a terrorist organisation and proposes to … Read more
Palestinian men walk along a narrow street past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip | Photo Credit: AFP At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, as rescue workers scrambled to find survivors beneath the rubble, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. Fadel Naem, director … Read more
Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery on June 1, hours after U.S. President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire. Shortly after Mr. Biden’s announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his country would still pursue the war until it had reached all its … Read more