THE situation in Gaza today starkly highlights Israeli exceptionalism. Israel is employing the starvation of two million Palestinians in the blockaded and devastated Gaza Strip as a tactic to extract political concessions from Palestinian groups operating there...
Palestinian rescuers reported more than 100 people killed Thursday in Israeli strikes on blockaded Gaza, where a US-backed organisation said it intends to begin distributing aid by the end of the month.
US president Donald Trump asked Syria鈥檚 new leader on Wednesday to normalise relations with Israel after he offered a major boost to the war-ravaged country by announcing the lifting of sanctions...
Israel鈥檚 military said it struck a Gaza hospital housing militants, in a raid on Tuesday that, according to Hamas, killed a journalist being treated after an Israeli attack last month...
NOT only for its military size but also for its close similarity to Israeli military strategy, India鈥檚 Operation Sindoor 鈥� a huge and precision-driven attack operation aimed at alleged terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir 鈥� has generated worldwide discussion. Although much of the focus has been on the Israeli-made drones and missile...
A months-long Israeli blockade is worsening acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip, medical charity Medecins du Monde warned on Tuesday, accusing Israel of using hunger as 鈥榓 weapon of war鈥�.
Hamas said Monday that its armed wing had released a US-Israeli hostage, with a source close to the Islamist movement adding that Edan Alexander was handed over to the Red Cross in the southern Gaza city of Khan Yunis...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence on Sunday reported eight deaths, including four young children, in an Israeli air strike on tents housing displaced people in the southern city of Khan Yunis...
鈥業N THE beginning was the word,鈥� John 1:1 commences like Genesis, connecting the God of Israel to the word. And the deliverance of the word is confirmed by the Ten Commandments being physically handed to Moses and the Israelites, legend has it, on Mount Sinai. It was a defining moment in Jewish reverence for words and the law. But much has changed since those Biblical times...
Lebanese official media said Israel conducted air strikes on the south on Thursday, the latest in a string of raids despite a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah.
Hamas insisted on Wednesday on a 鈥榗omprehensive鈥� agreement to end its war with Israel, as rescuers said Israeli bombardment of Gaza killed at least 26 people amid a growing humanitarian catastrophe...
Yemen鈥檚 Huthi rebels will continue targeting Israeli ships in the Red Sea, an official said on Wednesday, despite a ceasefire that ended weeks of intense US strikes on the Iran-backed group...
Israeli air raids struck Yemen鈥檚 main airport and power stations in the Sanaa area on Tuesday, Huthi media and Israel鈥檚 military said, the latest retaliation for a missile attack by the Iran-backed rebels.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said two Israeli air strikes killed at least 19 people in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory鈥檚 north early Monday...
Iran鈥檚 foreign minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday accused Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu of attempting to drag the United States into 鈥榙isaster鈥� in the Middle East, warning against any attempt to attack Iran.
THE murder and starvation of populations in real time, subject to rolling coverage and commentary, is not usually the done thing.聽 These are the sorts of activities kept quiet and secluded in their vicious execution.聽 In the Gaza Strip, these actions are taking place with a confident, almost brazen assuredness...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency on Sunday said Israeli strikes on the Palestinian territory killed 16 people, including at least three children...
A missile struck inside the perimeter of Israel鈥檚 main airport on Sunday, wounding six people, halting flights and gouging a wide crater, in an attack claimed by Yemen鈥檚 Iran-backed Huthi rebels...
Israel was issuing orders to call up tens of thousands of reservists ahead of an expanded offensive in Gaza, Israeli media reported Saturday, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attacked truce mediator Qatar...
United Nations special envoy Geir Pedersen on Saturday urged Israel to immediately stop its attacks on Syria, after strikes including one near Damascus鈥檚 presidential palace, which followed sectarian violence this week...
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes killed at least 29 people Friday in the Palestinian territory, devastated by war and under a total Israeli aid blockade for two months.
A group of activists organising an aid boat for Gaza said it was attacked on Friday as it headed towards the Palestinian territory by drones in international waters off Malta.
Israeli firefighting teams battled wildfires near Jerusalem for a second day on Thursday, with police reporting the reopening of several major roads that had been closed.
TO CONQUER a place is to fundamentally subdue its population. This must be clearly differentiated from 鈥榦ccupation鈥�, a specific legal term that governs the relationship between a foreign 鈥榦ccupying power鈥� and the occupied nation under international law, particularly the Fourth Geneva Convention...
Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Israel of committing a 鈥榣ive-streamed genocide鈥� by forcibly displacing most Gazans and deliberately creating a humanitarian catastrophe 鈥� allegations Israel dismissed as 鈥榖latant lies鈥�.
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said Israeli strikes on Monday killed at least 16 people across the Palestinian territory, which has been under an Israeli aid blockade for more than 50 days...
A top Palestinian official told the International Court of Justice Monday that Israel was blocking humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza as a 鈥榳eapon of war鈥�, at the start of a week of hearings at the UN鈥檚 top court.
Israel鈥檚 military said Saturday it had intercepted a missile fired from Yemen, whose Huthi rebels have launched attacks throughout the Gaza war, as well as a drone approaching 鈥榝rom the east鈥�.
Spain has awarded 46 contracts worth more than one billion euros to Israeli defence firms since the outbreak of the Gaza war, breaking the leftist government鈥檚 pledge not to trade arms with Israel, researchers said on Friday.
US president Donald Trump said he was confident Saudi Arabia will normalise ties with Israel, according to an interview published Friday by Time Magazine.