DOHA/GAZA — Israel and Hamas have agreed to extend the current humanitarian truce in the Gaza Strip for an additional two days, Qatar announced on Monday. In a statement carried by the Qatar News Agency, Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al Ansari said his country hopes “the humanitarian pause will lead to a permanent ceasefire […]
TEL AVIV — The Israeli Cabinet has agreed to a four-day ceasefire and a deal with the Hamas to secure the release of 50 hostages, including women and children, being held in Gaza since the war erupted on October 7. However, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the Cabinet meeting late Tuesday night that the country […]
RAMALLAH — At least 3,000 Palestinians have been arrested by the Israeli forces in the West Bank since the beginning of the Israel-Hamas conflict on Oct. 7, according to Palestinian statistics released on Tuesday. In the past few hours, at least 40 Palestinians in the West Bank were detained by the Israeli army, according to […]
TEL AVIV — Hamas’s politburo leader Ismail Haniyeh on Tueday said that its militant group is “close to reaching a truce agreement” with Israel regarding the release of hostages captured on October 7 following the assault on the Jewish nation. Haniyeh’s remarks came after Hamas communicated its desire for the truce to mediators in Qatar. […]
GAZA — Gaza’s government media office has announced that the Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 13,000 since the Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on October 7. Ismail al-Thawabta, the director general of the media office, said on Sunday at a press conference that among the dead were 5,500 children and 3,500 women, while […]
GAZA — Gaza’s government media office has announced that the total number of Palestinian deaths in the enclave has exceeded 12,000 since the start of the Israel-Hamas conflict on October 7. Ismail al-Thawabta, the Director General of the media office, said on Friday at a press conference that among the dead were 5,000 children and […]
UNITED NATIONS — At its fifth attempt, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for an extended humanitarian pause in the war in Gaza after the US under growing international dismay at the inaction over the tragedy in the territory withheld its veto while criticising it. The resolution adopted on Wednesday also demanded […]
GAZA — A Palestinian spokesman has announced the “total collapse” of the health system in the Gaza Strip due to power outage and the exhaustion of fuel needed to operate generators in hospitals. Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for the Gaza-based Health Ministry, told a press conference on Tuesday that Israeli attacks had so far killed 65 […]
RAMALLAH — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for a “complete ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip and the opening of permanent corridors for the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in the coastal enclave. Abbas made the remarks on Tuesday during his meeting with visiting French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, […]
NEW YORK — The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based nonprofit, has said that at least 22 journalists have been killed since the Hamas launched its massive assault on Israel on October 7. In a report released on Friday, the CPJ said that it is investigating all reports of journalists killed, injured, detained, or […]