400 Hezbollah men dead in 10 months of Israel clashes
Ten months of cross-border violence between Hezbollah and Israeli forces has killed senior commanders and several hundred fighters from the Iran-backed group, causing destruction and...
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Gaza death toll tops 40,000
The health ministry in Gaza said over 40,000 Palestinians had been killed to date after Israel attacked the Hamas-run territory following Hamas鈥檚 unprecedented October 7 attack on southern Israel.
Israel pounds Gaza ahead of ceasefire talks
Israeli air strikes targeted Gaza on Wednesday ahead of ceasefire talks that the United States hopes will stop Iran striking Israel in retaliation for the killing of a Hamas leader...
Israel and next big war
THE push towards an all-out war in the Middle East is moving out of its sleepwalking phase to that of conscious eschatological reckoning. A blood filled, fiery Armageddon will reveal the forces of virtue, linking the evangelicals of the United States with the right-wing Jewish nationalists in Israel. That appalling prospect is certainly not one to discount:..
India鈥檚 arm sales to Israel a political statement
INDIA鈥橲 diplomacy in the Middle East is again under pressure from conflicting parties of the Arab-Israeli crisis. India鈥檚 traditional policy of favoring a two-state solution with East Jerusalem as the capital of an independent and viable Palestinian state remains unchanged. Nevertheless, much has changed about how India reinterprets the meaning...
Israel faces anger after 93 killed in Gaza school strike
Rescuers in Gaza said an Israeli air strike on a religious school housing displaced Palestinians killed 93 people on Saturday, sparking international condemnation despite Israel鈥檚 insistence that it was targeting militants...
2 Hezbollah fighters, Hamas camp official killed in Lebanon
An Israeli strike Friday killed two Hezbollah fighters near the border, a source close to the Lebanese group and Israel鈥檚 military said, while drones broadcast anti-Hezbollah messages over south Lebanon...
Haniyeh killing a costly 鈥榮trategic mistake鈥� by Israel: Iran
Israel committed a costly 鈥榮trategic mistake鈥� with its killing of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week, Iran鈥檚 acting foreign minister told AFP in an interview on Thursday...
Oslo vows consequences for Israel
Norway said on Thursday that Israel鈥檚 decision to revoke the diplomatic status of Oslo鈥檚 envoys to the Palestinian Authority was an 鈥榚xtreme action鈥� that would 鈥榟ave consequences鈥�...
Hamas names Sinwar as new leader
Hamas named the alleged mastermind of the deadliest attack in Israeli history as its new leader, further inflaming regional tensions as the Gaza war entered its 11th month on Wednesday...
Israel鈥檚 barbarism is grossly minimised
THE reported death toll in Gaza is way too low by every imaginable metric. We need to be stressing this 鈥� all the more so when Israel鈥檚 apologists are vigorously engaged in a disinformation campaign to suggest that the figures are inflated...
12 killed by Israel in West Bank
Palestinian officials said Israeli forces killed 12 people in three separate raids in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, as violence in the occupied territory showed...
80 Palestinian bodies handed over by Israel
Gaza鈥檚 Civil Defence agency said it received the bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians from Israel on Monday, which it buried in a mass grave...
Israel orders seizure of $26m of Palestinian tax funds
Israel鈥檚 far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has ordered the seizure of 100 million shekels ($26 million) of tax funds intended for the Palestinian Authority, saying it...
Lebanon says two dead in Israeli strike
Lebanon鈥檚 health ministry said two people were killed on Monday in an Israeli strike on the country鈥檚 south, with Hezbollah announcing one of its fighters died and...
Iran says has 鈥榣egal right鈥� to punish Israel
Iran said Monday it has the 鈥榣egal right鈥� to respond to the assassination in Tehran last week of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh, an attack blamed on Israel amid the...
War clouds in ME
WITH the targeted assassination of Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyeh, in Tehran on July 30 and a Hezbollah commander in Beirut a day before, the Middle East is once again overcast by the dark clouds of a possible war. Israeli officials are gloating that the head of Hamas, which had carried out the October 7, 2023, strike on Israel, has been killed...
Is there an Israel in endgame?
THE brutal realism of Tarantino鈥檚 Django Unchained may well cause the weak of stomach to throw up. A white plantation owner in America鈥檚 deep south, seated on a sofa in his living room, watches two burly slaves wrestle to the grim end or at least until one of them has gouged out the eyes of the other...
Israeli strike kills one in Syria
A monitor of Syria鈥檚 war said one person was killed Saturday in an Israeli strike on a vehicle, after reporting overnight raids on a truck convoy entering Lebanon from...
9 killed in Israeli air strikes on West Bank
Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians in separate air strikes in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian press agency Wafa reported, while the Israeli military said...
US announces deployment of more warships in Mideast
The United States will bolster its military presence in the Middle East, deploying additional warships and fighter jets to protect US personnel and defend Israel amid...
15 people killed in Israeli attack in Gaza City
At least 15 Palestinians were killed during an Israeli bombing of a school sheltering displaced families in the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City on Thursday, the Palestinian official news agency WAFA reported...
Israel turned rogue state: Jordan聽
Jordanian foreign minister Ayman Safadi said on Thursday that Israel had turned 鈥榬ogue鈥� state with its 鈥榓ssassination鈥� of the Hamas political leader and needed to be stopped...
Official Gaza death toll is a lie
THE death toll in Gaza is way too low by every imaginable metric. We need to be stressing this 鈥� all the more so when Israel鈥檚 apologists are vigorously engaged in a disinformation campaign to suggest that the figures are inflated...
Hamas military chief Deif killed in July, says Israel
Israel鈥檚 army confirmed on Thursday that Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif was killed in an air strike in July in the southern Gaza Strip.
No more moral compromises on Palestine
WHY are many amongst us still tiptoeing around language when it comes to the horrific Israeli genocide in Gaza?..
Palestinians detained by Israel subjected to 鈥榯orture鈥�
Palestinians detained during the Gaza war by Israel have largely been held in secret and in some cases subjected to treatment that may amount to torture, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Hamas chief Haniyeh killed in Israeli strike
Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the swearing-in of the new president...
Gunfire exchanged across Lebanon border amid calls for restraint
Israel and Hezbollah exchanged deadly fire on Tuesday, following a rocket attack from Lebanon on the Golan Heights that killed 12 children over the weekend and sent regional tensions soaring...
What it鈥檚 like for Palestinian women living through the Gaza genocide
WHILE the world often focuses on the political and military aspects of Gaza, the daily realities encountered by women are frequently overlooked. Women in Gaza bear heavy burdens, demonstrating remarkable resilience while navigating the harsh realities of Israel鈥檚 genocidal war...