Israel-Palestine crisis: UN officials repeat calls for peace as Gaza polio vaccinations get underway
Sep 02, 2024, at 02:51 pm
The first phase of a UN-led polio vaccination campaign has begun in the middle areas of Gaza. The operation aims to inoculate 600,000 children in the coming days.
Three Israeli cops killed during West Bank shooting
Sep 02, 2024, at 01:07 am
At least three Israeli cops were killed in a shooting incident at a checkpoint in the Palestinian city of Tarqumiyah in the West Bank, media reports said on Sunday.
Sep 02, 2024, at 12:23 am
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to 'settle accounts' with Hamas leaders after six bodies of hostages were recovered from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
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.
Aug 31, 2024, at 03:02 pm
The Israeli Defense Forces has claimed to have killed Hamas' commander in Jenin Wassem Hazem while conducting a counterterrorism operation in the northern Samaria area.
UN chief Antonio Guterres for immediate halt to Israeli strikes amid West Bank crisis
Aug 30, 2024, at 03:12 pm
As the crisis in the West Bank continues to escalate alongside the ongoing war in Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for an “immediate cessation” of Israeli military operations in the occupied Palestinian territory.
Israel-Hamas conflict: UN food agency halts operations in Gaza amid attack on team
Aug 29, 2024, at 11:06 pm
The World Food Programme (WFP) announced on Wednesday a pause in the movement of its employees in Gaza until further notice following an attack on a team returning from an aid delivery mission on Tuesday evening, just metres from an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
Israel-Gaza crisis: IDF rescues 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi who was taken hostage on October 7
Aug 28, 2024, at 10:00 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday said its security personnel have rescued another Israeli national who was taken hostage by Hamas members during the October 7 attack.
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon ‘not the end of the story’
Aug 26, 2024, at 10:12 pm
In his strong message, Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said the strikes conducted by his army in southern Lebanon were not “the end of the story".
Israel-Gaza conflict: IDF rescues bodies of six hostages who were in Hamas captivity
Aug 20, 2024, at 11:38 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said the bodies of six hostages, who were taken into custody during the October 7 attack, have been recovered during an oversight military operation in Khan Younis.
China trying to fish in troubled Middle East water with Hamas-Fatah agreement: Analysts
Aug 07, 2024, at 07:15 pm
Beijing/IBNS: Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, as many as 14 Palestinian factions, including Fatah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the terrorist organization Hamas, have agreed to form a government after talks were hosted by Beijing, and analysts believe the Chinese Communist regime is forging closer ties with terrorist groups in the Middle East to expand influence in the region as well as sharpen its anti-US alliance.
Hamas names Yahya Sinwar as its new chief after Ismail Haniyeh's assassination
Aug 07, 2024, at 06:19 am
Gaza/IBNS: Hamas Tuesday named Gaza Strip chief Yahya Sinwar as its new political leader after his predecessor Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Tehran last week, media reports said.
Hamas-Israel conflict: UN finds nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in October 7 attacks
Aug 06, 2024, at 03:49 pm
The UN said on Monday that nine staff working for its Palestine refugee agency UNRWA will be sacked because they may have been involved in the 7 October 2023 Hamas-led attacks against Israel.
Aug 03, 2024, at 08:12 pm
Israel's spy agency Mossad had hired agents of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp (IRGC) to plant explosives in three separate rooms of a building where Ismail Haniyeh was staying in Tehran, a British newspaper claims, days after the assassination of the Hamas political leader.
US to send additional jets, warships as Iran threatens Israel amid escalation in Middle East tension
Aug 03, 2024, at 07:59 pm
The United States will send additional jets and warships to the Middle East amid escalating tension in the region following the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran.
US Embassy in Jerusalem urges citizens to be alert amid escalating tension in Middle East
Aug 03, 2024, at 03:18 pm
The US Embassy in Jerusalem has issued an advisory to its citizens urging them to be cautious and closely monitor the security situation in the Middle East amid rising tension.
Aug 02, 2024, at 12:07 am
Jerusalem: Israel's army confirmed on Thursday that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an airstrike last month in the southern Gaza Strip, AFP reported.
UN appeals for ‘maximum restraint’ following Israeli strikes in Beirut
Aug 01, 2024, at 12:55 am
The United Nations has voiced grave concern over Israeli strikes in the densely populated southern suburbs of Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, on Tuesday, which resulted in scores of civilian casualties.
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran: Reports
Jul 31, 2024, at 02:50 pm
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh has been killed in Iran's capital city Tehran, local media reports said.
After alleged Hezbollah attack on Golan Heights kills 12, Israel hits Hezbollah targets in Lebanon
Jul 28, 2024, at 05:34 pm
Jerusalem: Israel's air force has reported hitting Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after a rocket attack killed 12 children and young adults who were playing football in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, media reports said.
Israel confirms killing key Hamas commander and one of the masterminds behind October 7 massacre
Jul 15, 2024, at 02:39 pm
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday confirmed the killing of a key Hamas commander during the airstrike in Gaza.
Jul 07, 2024, at 08:20 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said Meitham Mustafa Altaar, a key operative in Hezbollah's Aerial Defense Unit, has been eliminated.
Three Hezbollah forces die during cross-border clashes with Israeli
Jul 01, 2024, at 11:46 pm
At least three Hezbollah forces were killed during cross-border clashes with Israeli forces, media reports said.
Jun 11, 2024, at 02:43 pm
The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution aimed at reaching a comprehensive ceasefire deal in three phases to end the war in Gaza, with US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield telling members "today, we voted for peace."
IDF shares footage of moments when Israeli hostages were rescued from Hamas captivity
Jun 09, 2024, at 10:23 pm
The Israeli Defense Forces has released video footage of the operation conducted by its personnel to rescue four hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza.
Israel-Hamas conflict: IDF says four hostages recovered from Gaza
Jun 09, 2024, at 12:27 am
The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday said four hostages were rescued alive from Hamas captivity while conducting a daylight operation in Gaza.
Israel Defense Forces confirms death of four more hostages in Hamas captivity
Jun 04, 2024, at 01:27 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday (June 3, 2024) announced four more people, who were taken as hostages by the Hamas group during the October 7 attack, have died.
Israel-Gaza conflict: Hamas launches rocket attack towards Tel Aviv
May 26, 2024, at 11:40 pm
Hamas on Sunday claimed to have launched a rocket attack towards Tel Aviv city in Israel, media reports said.
US opposes unilateral recognition of Palestine, says 'state should be achieved via talks'
May 23, 2024, at 04:48 pm
Washington/IBNS: The Palestine state should be achieved through negotiations and not by unilateral recognition, the United States said in response to the move by Ireland, Spain and Norway, media reports said.