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Israel carries on killings as mediators press for truce

Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip on Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by...

Maldives to ban tourists from Israel to protest Gaza war

The Indian Ocean nation of the Maldives will ban Israelis from the luxury tourist hot spot, the office of the president said Sunday, announcing a national rally in ‘solidarity with Palestine’.

Burning of Rafah’s tent people

PEOPLE were saying their evening prayers when the IDF attacked the refuge camp at Tel al-Sultan in southern Gaza, where thousands had fled from the Israeli invasion of Rafah. They were told by the Israelis this was a safe zone, a secure place to shelter their children and grandparents...

Israel kills three in Lebanon, W Bank

Lebanon’s state media on Sunday reported that two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike in the south of the country, as fighting between Israel and the powerful...

Political parties protest at Israeli aggression thru countrywide events

Leaders and activists of different political parties and organisations called on the international community to be vocal against Israeli aggression on Gaza on...

Gaza pounded after Biden pushes Israeli ceasefire plan

Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap toward...

Indonesia ready to send peacekeepers, medical staff to Gaza

Muslim-majority Indonesia is ready to send ‘significant peacekeeping forces’ as well as medical personnel to Gaza if Hamas accepts a new ceasefire proposal, president-elect Prabowo Subianto said on Saturday....

Biden pushes Israeli plan, urges end to Gaza war

US President Joe Biden said Friday Israel had offered a new roadmap towards a permanent peace in Gaza, urging Hamas to accept the surprise deal as it was ‘time for this war to end.’

Israel troops push into central Rafah

The Israeli army said Friday its troops pushed into central Rafah, escalating its nearly eight-month war with Hamas despite international objections over any offensive in the southern Gaza city...

Israel’s onslaught of revenge

‘All eyes on Rafah’ image shared 44m times

An AI-generated image bearing the words ‘All eyes on Rafah’ has been shared by more than 44 million Instagram accounts since Monday after a deadly Israeli strike at a camp for displaced Palestinians in the Gazan city....

‘Except Israel’ removed from Bangladesh passport overlooking MoFA: Momen

Former foreign minister AK Abdul Momen on Friday said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was not consulted while removing the words ‘except Israel’ from the e-passport though the Bangladesh’s position regarding Israel remained unchanged.

Rafah battles intensify

Rafah residents reported intense artillery shelling and gunfire on Thursday in Gaza’s far-southern city after Israel said it had seized a strategic corridor on the...

Three evils Israel causes Gaza to suffer

There is no ambiguity about Israel causing Gaza to suffer occupation, apartheid and genocide. To counter Israeli denialism, here is a short primer on why these terms are accurate...

S Africa’s genocide case against Israel

THE Israeli-Hamas war is a complex, tragic, and enduring issue in contemporary global politics. The South African government has always expressed deep concern over Israel’s ruthless military operations against the Palestinian people. Indeed, the governing party, the African National Congress, has a long history of solidarity and sympathy for the Palestinian struggle...

Chinese president Xi Jinping calls for Middle East peace conference

Chinese president Xi Jinping called on Thursday for a peace conference on the war between Israel and Hamas, as he addressed Arab leaders at a forum aimed at bolstering ties with the region...

Street battles, Israeli strikes rock Rafah

Street fighting and Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza’s far-southern Rafah on Wednesday, Palestinian residents and officials said, a day after Israeli tanks rolled into the centre of the city near the Egyptian border...

Singer Dua Lipa slams Israel’s offensive in Gaza, calls it genocide

British-Albanian pop singer Dua Lipa has denounced Israel's offensive in Gaza as a ‘genocide’, after a new pro-Palestinian protest took place in London that saw dozens of people arrested.

China hosts Arab leaders at forum aimed at deepening ties

China on Wednesday hosts a litany of Arab dignitaries and diplomats ahead of a forum Beijing hopes will deepen ties with the region and present a ‘common voice’ on the conflict between Israel and Hamas...

Israel’s heinous war crime

In a flagrant violation of international norms and humanitarian laws, Israel continues to act with total impunity in Gaza, enjoying Western complicity, and emboldened by US unconditional military and diplomatic support..

145 countries now recognise a Palestinian state

Israel's war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own.

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45

Israel faced a wave of international condemnation Monday over a strike that Gaza officials said killed 45 people when it set off a fire that ripped through a tent city for displaced Palestinians...

One killed in Israeli strike in Lebanon

Lebanese official media said an Israeli strike on Monday outside a hospital in south Lebanon killed one person and wounded others, the latest deadly raid in the country’s south...

Israel fights in Gaza but says ready for talks

Israel’s armed forces bombarded Gaza on Sunday, but officials also said diplomatic efforts were expected to resume in coming days towards a truce and hostage release deal...

G7 urges Israel to protect Palestinian banking services

G7 finance ministers urged Israel Saturday not to disrupt ‘vital financial transactions’ in the occupied Palestinian territories, following indications it could cut off Palestinian banks...

Israel strikes Rafah defying UN court

Israeli air strikes and artillery pounded Rafah on Saturday, as the government dismissed a UN top court’s order to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern...

Lifting veil: demystifying Israel

ISRAEL has, for decades, created many versions of itself — Israel in politics, in history, in the United States, in books, in movies and on television. The real Israel, however...

Who’s above law? Israel, Hamas and ICC

WHILE statements that ‘No one is above the law’ are repeated in the United States over the trials of former president Donald Trump, can the same be said internationally? By analogy, chief prosecutor Karim Khan of the International Criminal Court said ‘yes’ when he...

ICJ orders Israel to halt assault on Rafah

The top United Nations court on Friday ordered Israel to halt military operations in Rafah ‘immediately’, a landmark ruling likely to increase mounting international pressure on...

Israel launches deadly Gaza strikes

Israel launched devastating air strikes on Gaza early on Thursday while also saying it is ready to resume stalled talks on a truce and hostage release deal with Hamas to...