The war on Gaza has crossed every imaginable threshold of human suffering. Since October 7, 2023, Israel鈥檚 relentless military campaign has resulted in moe than 67,000 Palestinian deaths, of which most are women and children, and more than 167,000 injuries, alongside hundreds of Israeli casualties and over 240 hostages taken from Israel. Ninety percent of Gaza鈥檚...
TO BE sustainable, Donald Trump鈥檚 peace plan for Gaza must serve the core interests of Arabs, including Christian Arabs, and the Jews of Palestine/Israel equally and fairly. Infirmities in the plan include the history of the Trump-Netanyahu axis to lure quarries with syrupy promises into death traps, as they did with Iran and Qatar. The trust deficit is thus an overarching challenge...
Israel said it deported on Monday 171 more activists who were detained while taking part in an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg...
Delegations from Hamas and Israel on Monday began indirect talks in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh on ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza, Egyptian state-linked media reported...
An Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed a husband and wife on Monday, including a man who lost his eyesight in Israel鈥檚 pager attack against Hezbollah last year, according to Lebanese state media...
FOLLOWING the revolt of the besieged against their jailors on October 7, 2023, the Zionist hasbara machine mobilized across the world to impose a false narrative. Its goal was clear: erase history, distort reality and present Israel as the eternal victim. According to this framing, Israel was a peaceful entity blindsided by an unprovoked attack that supposedly emerged out of nowhere...
IT HAS been two years since Israel unleashed its brutal campaign of systematic destruction in Gaza that has laid waste houses, hospitals, schools and the entire community. Gaza has virtually become a graveyard for a people. One must look beyond the Hamas offensive of October 7, 2023 to understand the ongoing genocide. That date did not emerge from a vacuum. It was the...
Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel, as negotiators from the two warring sides were set to meet in Egypt for crucial talks aimed at ending the nearly two-year war in Gaza.
Bangladesh interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Saturday said that the government is closely monitoring the status and safety of those participating in the historic 鈥楪lobal Sumud Flotilla鈥� for Gaza.
Israel said Saturday its troops were still operating in Gaza and warned residents not to return, despite calls from the families of Israeli hostages and US president Donald Trump for an immediate halt to the fighting.
OCTOBER 7 will mark the second anniversary of Israel鈥檚 ongoing genocide in Gaza. The World Health Organisation鈥檚 data page on Palestinian casualties, regularly updated using figures from the Palestinian health ministry and UN agencies, shows that around 66,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza over the last two years 鈥� 30 out of every 1,000 people who were...
Hamas said on Friday it was ready to start immediate talks on freeing the Israeli hostages it holds and ending the Gaza war, welcoming United States president Donald Trump鈥檚 call for Israel to stop bombing the Palestinian territory...
Protesters around the world on Friday railed at Israel鈥檚 interception of a flotilla carrying aid for Gaza鈥檚 besieged Palestinians, urging greater sanctions in response.
People staged protests on Friday in the capital Dhaka and several other places in the country against Israel鈥檚 assault on the Global Sumud Flotilla, which was carrying humanitarian aid to Gaza before being attacked and seized by Israeli forces.
Nearly 42,000 people, a quarter of them children, have suffered 鈥榣ife-changing injuries鈥� including amputations, and head and spinal cord injuries in Israel鈥檚 war in Gaza, the World Health Organisation said Thursday.
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of 鈥榤ore than 20 foreign journalists鈥� by Israel following the interception of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla and called for their immediate release.
Israel on Friday deported four Italian activists, the first of hundreds detained from an aid flotilla bound for Gaza, shortly after the interception of a final boat brought an end to its mission.
Freedom Flotilla Coalition ship Conscience has entered the Palestinian time zone.
Bangladesh on Friday described the Israeli interception of the 鈥楪lobal Sumud Flotilla鈥� in the international water as an act of flagrant violation of international law and a brazen manifestation of Israel鈥檚 use of hunger as a weapon of war.
The only remaining boat in a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza sailed towards the war-torn Palestinian territory on Friday, after Israeli navy interceptions of its fellow vessels drew worldwide protests.
Israel said on Thursday it would deport pro-Palestinian activists on an aid flotilla intercepted at sea as they headed towards Gaza, adding that none of the vessels had breached its maritime blockade of the territory.
Israeli naval forces on Wednesday intercepted a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, ending its latest bid to break an Israeli blockade of the Palestinian territory.
Heavy Israeli bombardment rocked Gaza City on Wednesday, witnesses said, as Hamas weighed US president Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to end nearly two years of devastating war in the Palestinian territory...
Iranian authorities on Wednesday approved a bill toughening penalties for those convicted of spying on behalf of Israel and the United States, months after the 12-day war between the foes...
A flotilla bound for Gaza with aid for the war-battered Palestinian territory said on Wednesday that it would continue its course despite what it called 鈥榠ntimidation tactics鈥� by the Israeli military...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency and hospitals said Tuesday that Israeli forces killed at least 41 people across the territory, including 17 near an aid distribution centre...
US president Donald Trump secured Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 backing for a wide-ranging Gaza peace plan Monday, as the two leaders warned that Israel would 鈥榝inish the job鈥� against Hamas if the Palestinian militant group rejects the deal.
Families of Israeli hostages urged Donald Trump to uphold his proposed deal to end the Gaza war, ahead of the US president鈥檚 meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Pressure is building on Germany to join steps to sanction Israel over the Gaza war, sparking heated debate in a country that has long been at pains to atone for the Holocaust.
EVERY day brings new indictments for Israel. The early accusations of genocide by South Africa are now quickly becoming an accepted legal definition among international bodies and governments alike. The latest indictment came from the United Nations Human Rights Council...
