GAZA — At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Friday evening, 18 October, in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said. Among the killed were 21 women, and total fatalities may reach 50 due to many victims trapped under rubble and buildings. The […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military continued its push into Lebanon on Friday, calling up another brigade for combat and urging residents of 23 listed villages and towns to flee northward. “For your own safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Awali River,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Avichay […]
GAZA — Palestinian militant group Hamas on Friday confirmed its leader Yahya Sinwar had been killed by the Israeli military in Gaza, a day after Israel announced his death. “We mourn the great leader, the martyred brother, Yahya Sinwar, Abu Ibrahim,” Qatar-based Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya said in a recorded video statement broadcast by Al […]
ZURICH — Unemployment in Gaza has soared to nearly 80% since the Israel-Hamas war erupted, with the devastated enclave’s economy in almost total collapse, the International Labour Organization said on Thursday. Economic output has shrunk by 85% since the conflict with Israel began a year ago, plunging almost the entire 2.3 million population into poverty, […]
BEIRUT — The death toll from Israeli airstrikes on Lebanon since the beginning of the Hezbollah-Israeli conflict on October 8, 2023, reached 2,367, while injuries went up to 11,088, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. Meanwhile, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes on different areas in Lebanon on October 15 reached 17 while injuries stood at […]
WASHINGTON — The United States has warned Israel to take immediate steps to improve humanitarian aid access in Gaza within a month or face potential restrictions including suspension of military support, The Washington Post reported. This marks the most significant pressure Washington has placed on Israel since its war with Hamas began a year ago. […]
BINYAMINA — People living near an Israeli army base hit by a Hezbollah drone strike described a loud explosion then multiple ambulances arriving, as fresh rocket fire and air raid sirens sent them rushing to shelters on Monday. Four soldiers were killed Sunday night by a Hezbollah drone at the base in the Binyamina area […]
ABU DHABI — The donation event was held today at Abu Dhabi Cruise Terminal 1, Abu Dhabi Ports, as part of the two-week ‘UAE stands with Lebanon’ campaign which kicked off on October 8, collected 250 tonnes of relief material from diverse segments of society in Abu Dhabi. Aid material gathered in the event, will […]
GAZA — A Hezbollah drone attack on an army base in central Israel killed four soldiers and severely wounded seven others Sunday, the military said, in the deadliest strike by the militant group since Israel launched its ground invasion of Lebanon nearly two weeks ago. The Lebanon-based Hezbollah called the attack near Binyamina city retaliation […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Saturday renewed its orders for Palestinian in the northern Gaza Strip to leave their homes and shelters as troops press on a weeklong offensive against militants. Most of the fighting in the past week was centered in and around Jabaliya that was pounded by Israeli war jets and artillery. […]