Singapore. Oil prices fell more than $3 a barrel in early Monday after Israel’s retaliatory attack on Iran over the weekend avoided Tehran’s nuclear and crude oil facilities and did not disrupt energy supplies, easing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Both Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) reached their lowest levels since October 1 … Read more
Paris., Crowds participated this Sunday in protests, in favor of the Palestinians or in favor of Israel, in commemorative events around the world on the eve of the first anniversary of the Hamas attacks against Israel that sparked the current war in Gaza. On Saturday there were demonstrations in several European cities, including London, Berlin, … Read more
The Israeli soldiers and tanks have just withdrawn. And everyone, from the neighbours sweeping up the broken windows of their shops or fixing the windows of their cars to the militiamen who – with an M16 rifle on their shoulders and a headband with the legend “There is no god but Allah” – dare to … Read more
United Nations. United Nations humanitarian aid operations in Gaza were halted on Monday after Israel issued new evacuation orders for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip late on Sunday, a senior UN official said. “We cannot deliver today under the conditions we are in,” said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. “We … Read more
The Democratic National Convention, which is being held from Monday to Thursday to seal Kamala Harris’s presidential candidacy, emphasizes the idea of unity even in the name of its venue: the United Center in Chicago. But that image of harmony around the vice president was fractured just a few blocks away: more than a hundred … Read more
Jerusalem. Israel agreed Thursday to resume negotiations next week for a truce in the Gaza Strip and the release of hostages taken by Hamas, after mediators said there was “no more time to lose” in reaching an agreement. Despite this modest progress, fighting continues in the Palestinian enclave, where 18 people were killed on Thursday … Read more
Cairo. An Israeli airstrike hit two schools in Gaza City on Sunday, killing at least 25 people, the official Palestinian news agency reported, while the Israeli army said it had hit a Hamas military compound embedded in the schools. An Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp inside a hospital in central Gaza early in the … Read more
JerusalemNine Israeli soldiers have been arrested as part of an investigation into alleged mistreatment of an inmate at a prison holding Palestinians held in Gaza since the start of the war on October 7, the army said Monday. A military spokesman confirmed to AFP that nine soldiers had been “arrested for questioning” in the case. … Read more
Madrid. The Ministry of Health of the Gaza government, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), declared the Gaza Strip a polio epidemic zone on Monday. The Ministry recalls that polio had been eradicated in Palestine for many years, but that the “miserable situation” of the population as a result of the “brutal Israeli aggression” … Read more
Jerusalem. Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes killed no less than 37 Palestinians close to Khan Younis, Gaza medics stated Monday, after Israel issued contemporary orders to evacuate some neighborhoods following what it referred to as renewed assaults from these areas. The Palestinians have been killed by tank fireplace within the city of Bani Suhaila and … Read more