Israel: Three people die in suspected terror attack
May 06, 2022, at 02:23 pm
Elad: At least three people died in a suspected terror attack in Israelic ity of Elad on Thursday, media reports said on Friday.
Apr 23, 2022, at 09:13 pm
New York: The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday called for a probe into Israel’s response to the escalating violence surrounding the Al Asqa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
45 Palestinians injured in clashes with Israeli soldiers
Apr 23, 2022, at 03:31 pm
Gaza: Forty-five Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli troops in the West Bank since Friday morning, the Red Crescent said.
Israel carries out airstrikes on military facilities in Gaza Strip
Apr 21, 2022, at 05:47 pm
Gaza/UNI/Sputnik: The Israeli Air Force has struck several military facilities of the Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the site.
Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’: UN rights expert
Mar 26, 2022, at 06:57 pm
New York: Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report, an independent human rights expert said on Friday that “apartheid is being practiced by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory”.
Israel: Cyberattack crashes government sites
Mar 15, 2022, at 02:17 pm
Tel Aviv: Several Israeli government websites crashed, including those for the Prime Minister's Office, ministries of health, interior, justice and welfare in what has been described as the largest-ever cyberattack carried out against Israel, Haaretz reported on Tuesday.
Iran nuclear deal discussed during meeting of Bennett with Putin: Office
Mar 06, 2022, at 08:47 am
Tel Aviv/UNI/Sputnik: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett discussed the Iran nuclear deal during his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the prime minister's office said.
Israeli PM Naftali Bennett meets Russian Prez Vladimir Putin to discuss Ukraine crisis
Mar 06, 2022, at 07:33 am
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, his spokesperson said.
Syria: 1 killed in Israeli attack
Feb 09, 2022, at 03:24 pm
Damascus/UNI/Sputnik: One soldier was killed and five others wounded in an Israeli attack in Syria, the Syrian Armed Forces command said in a statement.
Palestine-Israel: UN envoy highlights urgent need for reform
Jan 20, 2022, at 05:07 pm
New York: Urgent action is required to prevent further deterioration of the economic, security and political situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the UN’s Middle East envoy, Tor Wennesland, told the Security Council on Wednesday.
Israel-Palestine: Risk of 'deadly escalation' in violence, without decisive action
Dec 01, 2021, at 08:48 pm
New York: With violence continuing daily throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process urged the Security Council on Tuesday to adopt a more coordinated approach to the region.
Israel temporarily closes borders to prevent spread of Omicron strain: Prime Minister
Nov 28, 2021, at 02:52 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI/Sputnik: Israel is banning the entry of foreigners for two weeks in order to prevent the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus strain, the office of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett informs.
Lebanon aims to reach deal on maritime border demarcation with Israel: Prez Michel Aoun
Nov 21, 2021, at 05:57 am
Beirut/UNI/Xinhua: Lebanese President Michel Aoun said on Saturday that Lebanon aims to reach an agreement on maritime border demarcation with Israel that would guarantee the country's right to invest in its natural resources, according to a statement by Lebanon's Presidency.
Israeli military deauthorization of Palestine NGOs, 'deepens concern' of UN agencies
Nov 10, 2021, at 05:58 pm
New York: UN Agencies and the Association International Development Agencies (AIDA) said on Tuesday they were standing firmly behind civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, following an Israely military decision to de-authorize six NGOs.
Israel settlement expansion ‘tramples’ on human rights law, experts contend
Nov 05, 2021, at 06:16 pm
New York: Israel’s plan to build thousands of new homes for Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem has drawn strong condemnation from two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council.
US blacklists Pegasus-maker Israeli company over snooping charges
Nov 04, 2021, at 03:02 am
Washington/IBNS: US authorities have blacklisted Israeli company NSO, which is the maker of Pegasus spyware, after determining that the firm supplied software used to target officials and journalists, reports said.
UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestine rights defenders as terrorist organisations
Oct 26, 2021, at 10:51 pm
New York: Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups as terrorist organisations.
Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
Oct 23, 2021, at 06:50 pm
New York: Israel has been urged to either release or charge five Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Grave concerns have been expressed for the lives of the prisoners by UN independent rights experts, who on Thursday, called on the Israeli Government to completely end the “unlawful practice “ of administrative detention.
Top UN envoy 'encouraged’ by recent engagement of Israeli and Palestinian officials
Oct 01, 2021, at 06:49 pm
New York: The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Wednesday that he was “encouraged” by the recent engagement of senior Israeli and Palestinian officials.
Iran nuclear programme at ‘critical point’, Israeli Prime Minister warns
Sep 28, 2021, at 10:27 pm
New York: With Iran’s nuclear programme at a “watershed moment”, the country must be stopped from acquiring a nuclear weapon, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday in his inaugural speech to the UN General Assembly.
Israel-Palestine: Waste no opportunity for ‘serious’ political negotiation, envoy urges
Aug 31, 2021, at 08:37 pm
New York: The top UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the UN Security Council on Monday that three months after the deadly escalation in violence between Israel and militants in the Gaza Strip, the situation there remains tense.
Israel's PM Naftali Bennett receives 3rd dose of COVID-19 vaccine
Aug 21, 2021, at 12:20 am
Jerusalem/UNI/Xinhua: Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday received the third dose of the coronavirus vaccine, the state's Prime Minister's Office said.
UN experts urge Israel to ‘protect and encourage’ Palestine rights defenders
Aug 14, 2021, at 11:39 pm
New York: UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in the work of a well-known, independent Palestinian child rights organization, in the occupied West Bank.
Escalating Lebanon-Israel aggressions provoking ‘very dangerous situation’
Aug 07, 2021, at 09:19 pm
New York: The UN Interim Force in Lebanon, UNIFIL, said on Friday that escalating hostilities over the past two days involving Lebanese and Israeli forces have created “a very dangerous situation” in the volatile border region.
Israeli scholars highlight emerging contours of Israel’s ‘periphery doctrine' at webinar
Jul 05, 2021, at 04:55 pm
Israeli scholars at a recent webinar organised by India-based security affairs think tank Usanas Foundation said the "periphery doctrine" followed by the Jewish nation once now has completely reshaped with the normalisation of relations with the erstwhile enemy countries of the Middle East, driven by today's geopolitics and energy politics in the region.
Israeli military targets Hamas weapons manufacturing site after arson balloon launch
Jul 04, 2021, at 03:01 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI/Sputnik: The Israeli military launched an attack on a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in response to arson balloon launches from the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.
Israel now opens Consulate in Dubai
Jul 01, 2021, at 12:13 am
Tel Aviv/UNI/Sputnik: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid inaugurated the Consulate General in Dubai on Wednesday.
IDF confirms carrying out strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza
Jun 18, 2021, at 04:08 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI: The Israel Defense Forces(IDF) has confirmed carrying out strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza strip in retaliation to what it described as arson balloons attacks launched from the area.
Israel launches air raids in Gaza Strip
Jun 16, 2021, at 03:25 pm
Tel Aviv: Retaliating the incendiary balloons fired from the territory, Israel has launched air strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, media reports said on Wednesday.
Benjamin Netanyahu ousted after 12 yr-rule; Naftali Bennett new PM of Israel
Jun 14, 2021, at 05:29 am
Jerusalem/IBNS: The opposition in Israel has managed to stitch an alliance and oust Benjamin Netanyahu, the country's prime minister of 12 years, and replace him with Naftali Bennett, according to news agency AFP.