On Tuesday, Hamas named Yahya Sinwar, the group's leader in Gaza, to head the political bureau after the Israeli killing of Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Before he was killed last week, Haniyeh served as the highest-level Hamas official outside of Gaza and was the public...
Netanyahu Appoints New Spokesman Who Wants Ethnic Cleansing of Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has appointed a new spokesman who is a proponent of establishing Jewish settlements in Gaza and expelling Palestinians from the territory, Haaretz has reported. Omer Dostri, who is a regular guest on Israel's Channel 14, was...
Israeli Killing of Hamas Political Chief Expected To Derail Ceasefire Talks
The Israeli assassination of Hamas's political chief, Ismail Haniyeh, in the Iranian capital of Tehran is expected to derail negotiations for a hostage and Gaza ceasefire deal. Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman al-Thani, who has been mediating indirect...
Israeli Lawmaker Says Raping Palestinian Prisoners Is ‘Legitimate’
A member of the Israeli Knesset has defended the idea of raping Palestinian prisoners after Israeli soldiers suspected of sexually torturing a detainee at the Sde Teiman detention facility were arrested. The arrest took place on Monday, sparking protests from...
State Department Won’t Call Israeli Rape of Palestinian Prisoners a War Crime
The State Department on Tuesday refused to label Israeli soldiers raping Palestinian prisoners as a war crime. Said Arikat, a reporter for Al Quds, asked State Department spokesman Vedant Patel about the Israeli soldiers who were detained for raping a Palestinian...
Israeli Police Detain Soldiers Suspected of Raping a Palestinian, Sparking Protests
On Monday, Israeli military police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the notorious Sde Teiman prison in southern Israel. Israeli media reported that the Palestinian prisoner was transferred from Sde Teiman to a hospital...
Netanyahu Postpones the Evacuation of 150 Sick and Wounded Children from Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delayed the evacuation of 150 sick and wounded Palestinian children from Gaza to the UAE, Israeli media reported on Sunday. A source told Haaretz that Netanyahu made the decision in response to the killing of 12 Arab Druze...
Israel Delays Sending a Delegation to Qatar for Hostage Talks
Israel has postponed the planned departure of a delegation to Qatar for negotiations on a potential ceasefire deal with Hamas, angering family members of Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza. The delegation was set to travel on Thursday but now won't be sent until next...
In Congressional Address, Netanyahu Slams American Protesters and Receives Standing Ovation
Updated at 7:13 pm Eastern Time on July 24, 2024 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday delivered an address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday and spent a good portion of his speech attacking Americans who have been protesting Israel's...
Ben Gvir Again Declares Jewish Prayer Is Allowed at al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli Minister of National Security Ben Gvir said Wednesday that Jews were allowed to pray at al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem, a position that breaks from the decades-long status quo at the compound, known as Temple Mount to the Israelis. Under the status...