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'Hamas will pay': Joe Biden after Israel troops recover bodies of 6 Gaza hostages, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin

Sep 01, 2024, at 09:14 pm

Washington: US President Joe Biden Sunday said Hamas will have to pay for its crimes after Israel’s military recovered the bodies of six hostages, including Israeli American Goldberg-Polin, from a Gaza strip tunnel, shortly after they were brutally killed, media reports said.

Israel military recovers bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza Strip tunnel

Sep 01, 2024, at 07:27 pm

Jerusalem: Israel military Saturday recovered the bodies of six hostages, held by Hamas, from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip, where they were killed not long before the troops reached.

Amid threats from Iran, Israel launches massive strike on Gaza

Apr 13, 2024, at 03:07 am

Israel Friday launched a massive attack on Gaza amid Iran's threat to avenge a strike in Syria this month that killed two Iranian generals.

3 sons, 2 grandchildren of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh killed in Israeli airstrike

Apr 11, 2024, at 06:17 am

Cairo/IBNS: Three sons of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza Strip on Wednesday, media reports said.

Israel accused of striking Iran embassy annex in Syria, top IRGC commander killed

Apr 02, 2024, at 01:29 pm

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has blamed Israel for carrying out an airstrike which damaged the Iranian embassy's consular annex in Damascus on Monday.

US, Arab officials trying to soften Israeli-Hamas differences

Feb 25, 2024, at 03:52 pm

Washington/IBNS/UNI: US and Arab officials are seeking to narrow the differences between Israel and the Palestinian movement Hamas to reach an agreement to pause hostilities in Gaza and release Israeli hostages, The Wall Street Journal reported citing Egyptian officials.

Death toll from Israeli strikes on Rafah in Gaza increases to 100

Feb 13, 2024, at 01:36 am

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: The number of people killed as a result of Israeli strikes on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip has risen to 100, Al Mayadeen broadcaster reported on Monday, citing medical sources.

Israeli PM orders ground operation plan in Gaza's Rafah amid conflict

Feb 10, 2024, at 05:15 am

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Friday instructed the army to prepare a plan for a ground operation in Rafah, the southernmost Gazan city, where over half of the 2.3 million Gaza residents fled due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict.

Hamas demands release of 3,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel

Feb 04, 2024, at 07:41 pm

Gaza: Hamas has demanded the release of 3,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel during the indirect talks on a fresh pause to fighting in the Gaza Strip, Al Arabiya news channel reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the talks.

Israeli tanks target hospital in southern Gaza, several injured

Jan 27, 2024, at 02:18 am

Jerusalem/IBNS/UNI: Israeli tanks have targeted Al-Amal hospital in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, resulting in several injuries, the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said in a statement on Friday.

Brazil backs South Africa's genocide case against Israel at ICJ

Jan 12, 2024, at 04:55 am

Mexico City: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has expressed his support for South Africa's case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Brazilian Foreign Ministry said.

Hamas used Al-Shifa hospital as command centre to hold hostages, 'confident' US

Jan 04, 2024, at 04:55 am

Washington: The US intelligence community is "confident" that after the Oct 7 incident, Hamas and other Palestinian military factions utilised Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital as a command hub for their operations against Israel and to detain some of the hostages, The Associated Press reported on Wednesday, citing a new intelligence assessment.

Death toll of Palestinians in Gaza exceeds 22,000

Jan 03, 2024, at 04:39 am

Gaza: The death toll of Palestinians has exceeded 22,000 since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Israeli forces kill dozens of Hamas militants in Gaza City

Dec 31, 2023, at 12:02 pm

Gaza: The Israeli ground troops, backed by aircraft, have killed dozens of "terrorists" during operations in Gaza City over the past day, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said Saturday morning.

US ensures safe shipping despite Houthi attacks in Red Sea, Suez Canal

Dec 30, 2023, at 06:31 am

Washington: The United States is taking steps to reassure shipping companies that it is safe to use the Red Sea and Suez Canal for cargo deliveries amid continued attacks by the Houthis, Bloomberg reported on Friday.

Death toll of Palestinians in Gaza nears 20,000

Dec 21, 2023, at 05:11 am

Gaza: The death toll of Palestinians from Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 19,667, and 52,586 others have been wounded since October 7, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said on Tuesday.

Gaza humanitarian crisis deepens as fighting rages on across the Strip

Dec 12, 2023, at 08:36 pm

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths reiterated deep concerns for the people of Gaza on Monday, amid reports of intense fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza City and Jabalia in the north of the Strip, and in Khan Younis in the south, while Israeli bombardment of the enclave has continued.

Israel-Hamas war: Russia welcomes four day truce; 50 Israeli hostages to be released

Nov 23, 2023, at 05:38 am

Gaza/IBNS: A humanitarian pause between Israel and Hamas may start at 04:30 GMT on Thursday, the i24 broadcaster reported.

BRICS calls for 'immediate and sustained humanitarian truce' in Gaza

Nov 22, 2023, at 04:44 am

Shanghai: The BRICS countries demanded a humanitarian truce between Israel and the Gaza Strip, leading to a cessation of hostilities, during an extraordinary summit on Tuesday.

Vladimir Putin to participate in BRICS Summit to discuss Israel-Palestine conflict

Nov 21, 2023, at 05:14 am

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin will participate virtually in the BRICS summit on Tuesday, which will focus on the Israel-Palestinian conflict, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Israeli Defence Forces says allowed evacuation from Shifa hospital in Gaza strip via secure route

Nov 18, 2023, at 11:45 pm

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday that it had allowed a number of people to evacuate from the Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip via a safe route, and that medical personnel will remain at the facility to assist patients who are unable to evacuate.

Israel approves Joe Biden's $106B security package with humanitarian aid for Gaza

Nov 15, 2023, at 03:02 am

Jerusalem: Israel has approved US President Joe Biden's inclusion of humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip in the $106 billion security package for Israel and Ukraine.

'No ceasefire' without the release of our hostages, says Israeli PM Netanyahu

Nov 10, 2023, at 06:18 am

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday insisted that there would be "no ceasefire" without the release of hostages held by Hamas, a Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says everyone wants to end conflict in Gaza Strip as soon as possible

Nov 08, 2023, at 10:42 pm

Everyone wants to end the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.

Israel-Hamas conflict: Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev announces $1.5 million to UNRWA to provide assistance to residents of Gaza strip

Nov 02, 2023, at 06:35 am

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced the allocation of $1.5 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to provide all possible assistance to the residents of the Gaza Strip.

Woman soldier released from Hamas captivity in Gaza after 23 days, says Israel army

Oct 31, 2023, at 05:21 am

Jerusalem/IBNS: A female Israeli soldier was released from the Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, the army said Monday.

France plans to evacuate over 100 citizens from Gaza Strip: FM

Oct 23, 2023, at 04:25 am

Paris, Oct 22 (UNI) France plans to evacuate over 100 citizens residing in the Gaza Strip against the backdrop of the ongoing escalation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said on Sunday.

10 killed in Israeli airstrike on cafe in Gaza Strip

Oct 22, 2023, at 04:19 pm

Gaza/IBNS/UNI: At least 10 people were killed and dozens were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a cafe in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported.

Joe Biden says Hamas must be eliminated but warns Israeli occupation of Gaza would be a 'big mistake'

Oct 16, 2023, at 03:12 pm

US President Joe Biden has said Hamas must be destroyed but cautioned that the Israeli occupation of Gaza would be a 'big mistake'.

Israel Defense Forces warns Palestinians to evacuate Gaza City

Oct 14, 2023, at 12:49 am

The Israel Defense Forces on Friday warned civilians in the northern Gaza Strip to evacuate the region as it seems it will intensify attacks on terrorist targets in the Gaza City region.