Israel is planning a war against Hamas that will last a year or more, with the most intensive phase of ground operations continuing into early 2024, the Financial Times reports, citing “several people” with knowledge of the preparations. Israel’s strategy reportedly envisages an immediate penetration of its forces, which are inside northern Gaza, to the … Read more
Hostilities have resumed in the Gaza Strip after a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel expired at 7am today. The Israeli army has announced that it has resumed its operations against the Palestinian movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip. He accused Hamas of violating the terms of a cease-fire that had been in place since November … Read more
Minutes before the truce between Israel and Hamas expired at 7 a.m., the Israeli military announced that the ceasefire would be extended amid efforts by mediators to resume the process of freeing the hostages. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has announced, in turn, that it has agreed to extend, for a seventh day, the cease-fire … Read more
Starting tomorrow morning, the decisions taken by the Republic of Cyprus regarding the issue of Turkish violations in the buffer zone will be implemented, the President of the Republic, Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis, said this evening. In his statements to journalists, attending an event of the American Chamber of Commerce of Cyprus, and to a journalist’s … Read more
The United Nations has informed us that the situation in the dead zone, in Agios Dometios, will be restored, however, if it is not restored, we have taken some decisions which will be implemented, but we will not make them public, said the President of the Republic Mr. Nikos Christodoulidis tonight . In his statements … Read more
For the freed hostages and the suffering civilian population in the Gaza Strip, the agreement between Israel and Hamas is a blessing – but for the Israeli military it is a blow. “From a military point of view, this is an undesirable development,” comments military historian Danny Orbach of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. “The … Read more
The truce between Israel and Hamas, which has allowed the release of hostages and prisoners and the distribution of some desperately needed humanitarian aid, is in its fourth and final day today, amid talks to extend it. On the night of Sunday to Monday, the armed Palestinian Islamist movement assured in a statement that it … Read more
Virtually absent from even the temporary peace process for Lorisa, Gaza, Turkey continues to maintain its extreme aggressive rhetoric against Israel. And this despite the fact that since yesterday, Friday, the process of releasing and exchanging hostages between Israel and Hamas has been in full progress. For every one hostage released by Hamas, Israel releases … Read more
A total of 233 persons who resided illegally in Cyprus, left the country in the last week (18-25/11/2023), as part of the Police’s efforts to return third-country nationals to their countries of origin. In the same context, ten persons who resided illegally in Cyprus left today, with the forced return of FRONTEX. This is the … Read more
A four-day ceasefire came into effect a day late after nearly seven weeks of continuous shelling of the Gaza Strip. The afternoon is expected to see the first exchange of hostages held by Hamas with Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons. The next few hours are critical and will determine to a large extent whether … Read more