A third batch of Israel and foreign hostages was released from Hamas captivity on Sunday evening as the group arrived in Israel. They numbered 17, including 14 Israelis and three Thai citizens. The Hamas Group handed over the former captives to the humanitarian organisation Red Cross and were further taken for medical examination. Among those … Read more
Relatives of some of the 240 people held by Hamas in Gaza urged far-right Israeli lawmakers on Monday not to pursue proposed capital punishment for captured Hamas terrorists, saying that even talk of doing so might endanger the hostages. A number of suspected gunmen were detained after members of the armed Islamist faction breached the … Read more
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR LIVE Tel Aviv/Gaza City,UPDATED: Nov 12, 2023 07:13 IST Israel-Hamas war LIVE Updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted that the Palestinian Authority, the government headed by President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, will not return to power in Gaza. His statement came days after he insisted that his country did not … Read more
As Israel faced pressure from the international community to keep Palestinian civilians safe amid a brutal ground offensive on Gaza, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken highlighted the increasing number of deaths of Palestinians due to the war. “Far too many Palestinians have been killed. Far too many have suffered these past weeks,” Blinken was … Read more
Ready to assume responsibilities in Gaza, says Palestinian President
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR LIVE Gaza City/Jerusalem,UPDATED: Nov 9, 2023 07:00 IST The war between Israeli forces and Hamas completed a month with both sides appearing to fight in ‘close combat’ in Gaza City. Israel has ramped up its ground operations in response to a deadly surprise attack by Hamas last month, which killed more than 1,400 … Read more
A 20-year-old Israeli-American woman who defended an Israeli neighbourhood against Hamas terrorists when they attacked Israel last month was stabbed to death by a 16-year-old attacker on Monday. Sergeant Elisheva Rose Ida Lubin of Georgia was patrolling Jerusalem’s Old City with two other officers when she was attacked by the teenage attacker, New York Post … Read more
US President Joe Biden does not believe that Israeli forces reoccupying Gaza was not good, the White House said on Tuesday (local time). The response came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said his country will have the “overall security responsibility” in the Palestinian enclave for an “indefinite person” after the war against … Read more
Israel is reportedly looking to hire one lakh workers from India in a bid to replace Palestinians who were fired from jobs after Gaza-based terrorist organisation Hamas attacked the Jewish nation on October 7. According to a Voice of America (VOA) News report, Israel’s construction sector confirmed it had asked its government to allow companies … Read more
South Africa on Monday recalled all its diplomats from Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and threatened to take action against the Israeli Ambassador in the country. In a media briefing, Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni said the South African Cabinet had decided on these measures at its latest … Read more