US plans to send more weapons to Israel, WSJ reports
The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal even as the US pushes for a ceasefire in Gaza, ...
Hamas says Israeli hostages have suffered many losses
Hamas’ armed wing said on Friday that Israelis taken hostage by the militants on October 7 had suffered many losses and that those that were alive were living in extremely difficult ...
Dubai’s DIFC says company registrations up 34 per cent last year
The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) achieved 34 per cent growth in new registrations last year, bringing the total number of active companies in the Gulf’s financial hub to 5,523, its ...
Hezbollah fires rockets at northern Israel in reprisal for deadly day
Hezbollah said on Thursday it fired dozens of rockets at a northern Israeli town in a “preliminary response” to the killing of 10 civilians in southern Lebanon, the deadliest day for ...
Blinken says Gaza hostage deal still possible but ‘very hard’ issues remain
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday that a deal on the release of hostages held by Hamas remains possible but “very hard” issues remain to be ...
Israel asks World Court to reject request for Rafah emergency orders
Israel has asked the International Court of Justice to dismiss a request by South Africa to issue additional emergency measures because of Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in ...
Israeli ministers reject Palestinian statehood as part of post war plan
Top ministers in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government rejected Palestinian statehood on Thursday following a Washington Post report that Israel’s main ally the United States was advancing plans ...
Israel raids main Gaza hospital as Rafah concerns grow
Israeli forces said on Thursday they had raided the biggest functioning hospital in Gaza, as video posted online showed chaos, shouting and the sound of shooting in darkened corridors that ...
Canada, Australia, NZ call for immediate ceasefire in Gaza ahead of Rafah assault
The leaders of Canada, Australia and New Zealand on Thursday called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, according to a joint statement released in response to reports about Israel’...
Israel says it approves Starlink services in Gaza field hospital
The Israeli government said on Wednesday it has approved the use of Starlink satellite services in a field hospital in the war-battered Gaza Strip, and in Israel for the first ...
Pressure mounts on Israel not to attack Palestinians’ last refuge in Gaza
Israel faced growing international pressure on Wednesday to hold off on a planned assault on the last refuge for displaced Palestinians in southern Gaza after truce talks in Cairo ended ...
Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill four
A barrage of Israeli strikes on villages across southern Lebanon on Wednesday killed four people and wounded nearly a dozen, two Lebanese security sources said, as Israel intensified its bombardment ...
Greece’s Star Bulk to avoid Red Sea after attacks on its ships
Greece-headquartered Star Bulk will halt sailings through the Red Sea after Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked two of its ships in recent days, the group’s CEO said.
The Houthis ...
Palestinian foreign minister in Cyprus
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki will visit Cyprus on Wednesday at the invitation of Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos.
According to an announcement by the ministry, as part of the visit ...
Truce talks open in Cairo as Gazans brace for assault on Rafah
Officials from the United States, Egypt, Israel and Qatar were meeting in Cairo on Tuesday to try to agree a truce in Gaza as international calls grew for Israel to ...
South Africa asks World Court to weigh Israel’s Rafah offensive
South Africa said on Tuesday it had asked the World Court to consider whether Israel’s plan to extend its offensive in Gaza into the city of Rafah requires additional ...
US, Jordan throw their weight behind Gaza ceasefire effort ahead of new talks
U.S. President Joe Biden and Jordan’s King Abdullah kept up pressure for a Gaza Strip ceasefire as senior mediators were to resume work on Tuesday on an Israel-Hamas ...
US says Rafah strike should not impact hostage talks ahead of expected spy chiefs meeting
Israeli airstrikes in Rafah should not affect negotiations toward a deal between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas on the release of hostages, a U.S. official said on Monday, ahead ...
EU’s Borrell suggests US rethink military aid to Israel
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell made a thinly veiled call on Monday for the United States to rethink its military aid to Israel due to the high number ...
Israel frees two hostages, Gazans say 67 killed in assault
Israel freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages held by Hamas in Rafah on Monday in a ferocious rescue operation which killed 67 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city where about one million civilians ...
Netanyahu says ‘enough’ remaining Israeli hostages alive to warrant Gaza war
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview aired on Sunday that “enough” of the 132 remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza are alive to justify Israel’s ongoing war ...
Hamas says any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah will ‘blow up’ hostage exchange talks – Aqsa TV
Any Israeli ground offensive in Rafah on the Gaza border will “blow up” the hostage exchange negotiations,” Hamas-run Aqsa Television channel quoted a senior Hamas leader as saying on Sunday.
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Gaza girl, 6, and ambulance team found dead
Relatives found the body on Saturday of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who had begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire, along with the bodies ...
Palestinians brace for Rafah evacuation, Israeli assault plan
Trapped in and around Rafah, more than 1 million Palestinians braced for Israel to complete a plan to evacuate them and launch a ground assault against Hamas fighters in the southern ...