Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari has said that Hamas will still be in Gaza five years from now in his latest comments that cast doubt on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's goal of eliminating the Palestinian group. "Israel is planning a...
The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the pier the US military built off the coast of Gaza will be reattached to the shore on Wednesday and then permanently removed after a few days. The idea is to clear aid that has piled up in Cyprus and on the offshore...
The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, the Catholic authority in the Middle East, has strongly condemned the Israeli bombing of a Catholic school in Gaza City, which killed at least four Palestinians. "The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem is monitoring, with grave...
The British medical journal The Lancet published an article on July 5 that estimates the actual death toll of Israel's US-backed military campaign in Gaza could be over 186,000 even if there were a ceasefire today. The article, written by a group of experts, takes...
Israeli opposition leader and former Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Monday said he would support Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he reaches a hostage and ceasefire deal with Hamas. Netanyahu's coalition government holds 64 out of the 120 seats in the Knesset,...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a list of demands for a potential hostage deal ahead of more indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, a move seen by mediators and Israeli officials as an attempt to sabotage the chances of an agreement....
A report published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday confirmed that the Israeli military implemented a secretive procedure known as the "Hannibal directive" during the response to the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel. The directive allows Israeli...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told President Biden on Thursday that he agreed to send a delegation for renewed indirect hostage deal negotiations with Hamas. The conversation came a day after Hamas said it gave new "ideas" to Qatari mediators that US and...
Nine members of the same family who evacuated Khan Younis were killed by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday in an area of the central Gaza city of Deir al-Balah that Israel declared a so-called "safe zone," The Associated Press has reported. Around a dozen members of the...
The deputy leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah reiterated on Tuesday that attacks on northern Israel would only end if there was a ceasefire in Gaza. "If there is a ceasefire in Gaza, we will stop without any discussion," Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim...
