The United Nations officially declared a famine in Gaza on Friday, blaming 鈥榮ystematic obstruction鈥� of aid by Israel during more than 22聽months of war, with prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu swiftly dismissing the findings.
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa at 20 years old on Aug 3, 2025 inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison...
Israel hammered Gaza City and its outskirts overnight, residents said Thursday, as the military announced it had taken initial steps in its push to capture Hamas鈥檚 last major stronghold...
Israel鈥檚 defence minister approved a plan on Wednesday for the conquest of Gaza City and authorised the call-up of around 60,000 reservists, piling pressure on Hamas as mediators push for a ceasefire...
Iran said Wednesday it was prepared for any new Israeli attack, announcing it has developed missiles with greater capabilities than those used during their recent 12-day war...
A row between Israel and France over Paris鈥檚 plan to recognise a Palestinian state next month escalated to crisis level on Tuesday when prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused president Emmanuel Macron of fomenting 鈥榓ntisemitism鈥�...
A Hamas source said on Monday that the Palestinian militants had agreed to a new proposal from mediators for a ceasefire in Gaza, devastated by more than 22 months of war between the Islamist group and Israel...
Rights group Amnesty International on Monday accused Israel of enacting a 鈥榙eliberate policy鈥� of starvation in Gaza, as the United Nations and aid groups warn of famine in the Palestinian territory...
The Australian government cancelled the visa of a far-right Israeli politician on Monday ahead of a speaking tour, a move event organisers tagged 鈥榲iciously antisemitic鈥�...
Demonstrators across Israel called on Sunday for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push lambasted by prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies...
Syrian president Ahmed al-Sharaa has said the battle to unify his country after years of civil war 鈥榮hould not be with blood鈥�, rejecting any partition and accusing Israel of meddling in the south...
Demonstrators took to the streets across Israel Sunday calling for an end to the war in Gaza and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, as the military prepares a new offensive...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli attacks killed at least 36 people on Saturday, warning that intensifying strikes on a Gaza City neighbourhood were placing its remaining residents in mortal danger...
Leaders of Palestine Solidarity Committee, Bangladesh on Saturday protested against Israel鈥檚 recent decision to occupy Gaza and called on an immediate end to aggression and mass killings in Palestine.聽..
Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen said Saturday that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu has become a 鈥榩roblem鈥�, adding she would try to put pressure on Israel over the Gaza war as her country currently holds the EU presidency...
IT WAS astonishing to read about the death of Ahmad Saeed Tazazaa (20 years old) on August 3, 2025, inside Israel鈥檚 Magiddo prison. Just months earlier, reports emerged that Israeli forces had killed another Palestinian prisoner in Megiddo, Walid Khaled Abdullah Ahmad (16 years old), on March 24. Both young men, boys really, had been picked up from the...
Arab nations have slammed comments by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu apparently expressing support for the idea of an expanded 鈥楪reater Israel鈥�, calling the remarks a threat to their sovereignty at an especially tense time for the region...
Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem has thanked a senior Iranian official for his country鈥檚 on-going support in confronting Israel, the Lebanese militant group said on Thursday...
The Israeli military said on Thursday it intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, with the Iran-backed Huthi rebels claiming responsibility for the attack...
THE Israeli human rights organization B鈥橳selem released a comprehensive report on July 27 describing the Israeli war on Gaza as genocide...
THERE is something profoundly disquieting about a moral catastrophe unfolding under the glaring light of international attention鈥攐nly to be met with an American shrug and a diplomatic shrug-off. Israel鈥檚 unfolding plan to seize full military and administrative control of Gaza, paired with the dismaying acquiescence of the United States, ought to alarm every...
Bangladesh's interim government on Thursday formed a committee to investigate the expenditure on and the sources of surveillance equipment procured during the previous government鈥檚 tenure...
The Israeli military said on Wednesday it had approved the framework for a new offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Hamas condemned what it called 鈥榓ggressive鈥� Israeli ground incursions in Gaza City...
New Zealand鈥檚 prime minister said Wednesday that Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu had 鈥榣ost the plot鈥�, accusing him of going too far in his efforts to wage war on Gaza...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes on Gaza City have intensified in recent days, following prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu鈥檚 security cabinet approving plans to expand the war there.
The Western Wall in Jerusalem on Monday was vandalised with graffiti condemning Israel鈥檚 on-going war in Gaza, triggering widespread condemnation from religious leaders and politicians.
TO SAY that Israel鈥檚 Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had lost the plot is to assume he ever had one. With a dearth of ideas as to how to come up with a 鈥榝inal solution鈥� to the Palestinian problem, he has received a majority approval from his cabinet colleagues to take over Gaza City. It took a late-night meeting with the security cabinet lasting some ten hours...
Spain and seven other European nations on Sunday condemned Israel鈥檚 plan to occupy Gaza City, warning it would kill large numbers of civilians and force nearly a million Palestinians from their homes...
German chancellor Friedrich Merz on Sunday defended halting some weapons deliveries to Israel amid mounting criticism of the move from some within his own ranks.
A UN official on Sunday warned the Security Council that Israel鈥檚 plans to control Gaza City risked 鈥榓nother calamity鈥� with far-reaching consequences as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted his goal was not to occupy the territory.
