Gaza ceasefire talks deadlocked
Talks on a ceasefire and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas were at an impasse on Wednesday, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepened and a merchant vessel was on ...
US changes tact, now pushes UN to back ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire to free hostages
The United States late Tuesday revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back “an immediate ceasefire of roughly six-weeks in Gaza together with the release of ...
Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian teen suspected of stabbing attack
Israeli forces shot dead a 16 year-old Palestinian at a flashpoint road junction in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday after a stabbing attack in which a soldier was severely injured, ...
Gaza ceasefire talks extended as Ramadan deadline approaches
Hamas negotiators stayed in Cairo for a third day of ceasefire talks on Tuesday after two days yielded no breakthrough, as a deadline approached to halt the fighting in time ...
Yemen’s Houthis hit container vessel in Gulf of Aden with missile
One of two anti-ship ballistic missiles fired by Yemen’s Houthis at the container vessel M/V MSC SKY II in the Gulf of Aden hit the ship and caused “...
Cyprus at risk of terror attack – Diko
The foreign ministry has not allayed concerns that Cyprus is at risk for a terror attack over the use of the British Bases, Diko MP Christos Orphanides charged on Monday.
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Israel agrees to revise Eurovision song lyrics that evoked Hamas attack
Israel has agreed to revise the lyrics of its potential submission to the Eurovision Song Contest after the contest organizers took issue with verses that appeared to reference Hamas’ Oct. 7 ...
Hamas presses on with Gaza truce talks in Israels’ absence
Hamas and Egyptian mediators said on Monday they were pressing on with talks on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite an Israeli decision not to send a delegation.
The ceasefire ...
Israel carries out biggest Ramallah raid in years, witnesses say
Israeli forces swept into the Palestinians’ administrative capital of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank overnight, killing a 16-year-old in a refugee camp during their biggest raid into the city ...
In blunt remarks, US VP Harris calls out Israel over “catastrophe” in Gaza
US Vice President Kamala Harris bluntly called out Israel on Sunday for not doing enough to ease a “humanitarian catastrophe” in Gaza as the Biden administration faces increasing pressure to ...
Hamas arrives in Cairo for ceasefire talks with deal ‘on the table’
A delegation from Hamas arrived in Cairo on Sunday for crunch talks on a Gaza ceasefire, billed as a potential final hurdle towards an agreement that would halt the fighting ...
Israeli military steps up strikes on Gaza’s Khan Younis
The Israeli military said on Sunday it intensified operations in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, destroying dozens of targets in a blitz of air and artillery strikes.
The ...
US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop amid fears of humanitarian disaster
The United States military carried out its first airdrop of humanitarian aid into Gaza on Saturday, U.S. officials said, and aid agencies warned of a growing humanitarian disaster in ...
Injured survivors of Gaza aid chaos say Israeli forces shot at them
Some Palestinians injured in a Gaza aid delivery disaster said on Friday that Israeli forces shot them as they rushed to get food for their families, describing a scene of ...
US weighs Cyprus humanitarian corridor as famine looms in Gaza
From air drops of humanitarian aid to supply ships from Cyprus, the United States is urgently seeking ways to feed the people of Gaza as Israel resists Washington’s push ...
Foreign ministry ‘devasted’ by deaths in Gaza
Cyprus’ foreign ministry said on Friday it was “devasted by the many lives tragically lost” amongst civilians in Gaza who were trying to get humanitarian aid.
Gaza health authorities said ...
Pressure mounts for inquiry into Israeli troops firing on Gazans waiting for aid
France and Germany joined calls on Friday for an independent inquiry into the deaths of dozens of Palestinians awaiting aid in Gaza, an incident which Israeli media said could weaken ...
Israel’s Netanyahu says he will pave way to conscript ultra-Orthodox
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday his government would find a way to end exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews from Israeli military service in the face of political pressures that ...
Gaza health authorities say Israeli fire kills 104 people waiting in line for aid
Health authorities in Gaza said on Thursday Israeli fire on people waiting for aid near Gaza City had killed 104 Palestinians and wounded 280, with one hospital saying it had received 10 bodies ...
US considers airdropping aid into Gaza as land deliveries slow
President Joe Biden’s administration is considering airdropping aid from U.S. military planes into Gaza as land deliveries become increasingly difficult, a U.S. official said.
Israel’s military ...
Israeli plan to expand settlements helped trigger US shift in language
Israel‘s plan to add thousands more homes to settlements in the occupied West Bank announced last week was the final push the Biden administration needed to declare them “inconsistent” ...
After threats and abuse, British MPs question their safety over Gaza
It was 10 minutes of shouted accusations of being a “genocide enabler” and having “blood on your hands” that made a British lawmaker fear for his safety over his decision to ...
Warring sides still cautious after Biden says Gaza truce is close
Israel, Hamas and Qatari mediators all expressed caution on Tuesday about progress towards a truce in Gaza, after U.S. President Joe Biden said he believed a ceasefire deal could ...
Hezbollah says fired ‘large volley of rockets’ at Israeli surveillance base
Hezbollah said on Tuesday it had launched a volley of rockets at an Israeli aerial surveillance base in response to the Israeli military’s deepest attack yet into Lebanese territory.
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