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Israel security cabinet approves steps to tighten control over West Bank
Jerusalem: Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday, February 8, approved measures that aim to deepen Israeli control over the occupied West Bank and weaken the already limited powers of the Palestinian Authority. The…
- Middle East
Israel bans Palestinian’s entry into Al-Aqsa ahead of Ramzan
Barely two weeks ahead of Ramzan, Palestinians in Jerusalem are reportedly receiving WhatsApp messages from Israeli intelligence banning their entry to the Al‑Aqsa Mosque. On February 5, Israeli occupation authorities handed Palestinian…
- World
Winter Olympics: Protests erupt in Italy against Israel, ICE agents
Milan: Italian police fired tear gas and a water cannon at dozens of protesters who threw firecrackers and tried to access a highway near a Winter Olympics venue on Saturday, February 7.…
- Middle East
Lebanon claims Israel is spraying toxic substances over border village
Beirut: Lebanon has accused the Israeli army aircraft of spraying “toxic substances” over its agricultural land in several villages, raising concerns for environmental and food security. According to a BBC report, residents…
- World
Human Rights Watch staff resign after Palestinian refugee report blocked
Two Human Rights Watch (HRW) employees, who constituted the entirety of the organisation’s Israel and Palestine team, resigned after senior members blocked a report that stated Israel’s actions to deny Palestinian refugees’…
- Middle East
A look at violence flaring in Gaza months into ceasefire
Jerusalem: As the bodies of two dozen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes arrived at hospitals in Gaza on Wednesday, February 4, the director of one asked a question that has echoed across…
- Middle East
Gaza’s Rafah border reopens in ceasefire breakthrough
Cairo: Gaza’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt reopened on Monday, February 2, for limited traffic, a key step as the Israeli-Hamas ceasefire moves ahead, according to Egyptian and Israeli security officials. An…
- Middle East
Gaza’s Rafah crossing prepares for limited travel to resume on Monday
Cairo: Palestinians in Gaza watched with hope and impatience Sunday as workers laid the groundwork to reopen the territory’s Rafah border crossing with Egypt, its lifeline to the world. Israel says the…
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US envoys to Israel barred early Gaza ‘apocalyptic wasteland’ warnings
Washington: About three months after the October 7, 2023, attack, which intensified Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip, employees of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had warned officials in…
- Middle East
Israeli strikes kill 30 in Gaza in deadliest day since ceasefire
Deir Al-Balah: Hospitals in Gaza said Israeli strikes killed at least 30 Palestinians Saturday, January 31, one of the highest tolls since the October ceasefire aimed at stopping the fighting. A day…
- World
US approves $6.67 billion arms sale to Israel
Washington: The Trump administration has approved a massive new series of arms sales to Israel totalling USD 6.67 billion, including 30 Apache attack helicopters and related equipment and weapons as well as…
- Middle East
For the first time, IDF admits over 71,000 Palestinians killed in war
After over two years of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, senior Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) officials concurred that over 71,000 Palestinians have been killed since October 7, 2023, the first time they admitted…
- Middle East
‘Soldiers-only’ Israel rentals put Airbnb back in boycott spotlight
Holiday homes rental platform Airbnb has come under scrutiny yet again, after two of its hotel listings in Tel Aviv in Israel said were labeled “only for soldiers,” even as there’s widespread…
- Middle East
Netanyahu rejects Gaza rebuild as 2,700 families completely wiped out
Israel’s genocide in Gaza has led to 2,700 families being completely wiped out and at least 6,000 families have been reduced to a single member since October 2023, while air strikes and…
- India
Hamas links in Pakistan, Bangladesh should concern all nations: Israel Envoy to India
New Delhi: Israel’s Ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, on Wednesday, January 28, expressed serious concern over Hamas leaders’ interactions in Pakistan and Bangladesh, saying such engagements should worry all nations. “We think…