(CNN) – Church bells echo through the maze-like streets of Bethlehem. With Christmas approaching, the city in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was supposed to be crowded with visitors, but it has become almost deserted this year. Local leaders took a decision last month to reduce celebrations in solidarity with the Palestinian population, as violent fighting … Read more
(CNN) – Israel’s latest proposal to Hamas is to halt the war for a week in order to return about 35 hostages, including the remaining women, the elderly, the wounded and the sick, held in Gaza, a senior US official told CNN. This group of hostages includes the three elderly men who were kidnapped from … Read more
(CNN) — The father of one of the hostages killed by Israeli forces inside Gaza accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of “cowardice for not calling him or visiting him to offer his condolences.” The statements of Avi Shimrez, Alon’s 26-year-old father, came to Israel’s Channel 13 after new details were revealed about how his … Read more
Half of the residents of the Gaza Strip suffer from severe hunger, 90% do not receive regular food, reports TASS. World Food Program (WFP) Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Corinne Fleischer said 50% of Gaza’s population is in extreme or severe hunger, and 90% of residents regularly go entire days without … Read more
(CNN) – The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that the voices of the three hostages who were accidentally killed were captured by a camera that was attached to an Israeli military dog before they were shot. Israeli army spokesman Daniel Hagari said in his daily press conference that the video, which was found by Israeli … Read more
Atlanta, United States (CNN) – Several video clips from the Rafah area in the southern Gaza Strip showed a series of strong strikes on Wednesday, including several strikes near the Kuwaiti Hospital. Journalists in the area said that the explosions were caused by Israeli air strikes and that several people were killed. The videos, geolocated … Read more
London, United Kingdom (CNN) – The Israeli army claimed to have discovered “Hamas’s largest tunnel” in Gaza, extending four kilometers (about 2.5 miles) in length. The IDF said the tunnel, which was secured “a few weeks ago” but revealed to the public on Sunday, is wide enough to drive a large vehicle through, reaches 50 … Read more
Atlanta, United States (CNN) – CMA CGM Group, the third largest shipping company in the world, has instructed all of its container ships in the Red Sea region to temporarily stop their trips after a series of attacks on commercial ships at sea. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi forces are targeting commercial ships, claiming that the attacks … Read more
(CNN) – Hamas leader Osama Hamdan said that the movement built its tunnels to “resist possible attempts to pump water into them.” Hamdan added, during a press conference in Beirut, on Thursday, in response to reports of the possibility of Israeli forces flooding the tunnels inside Gaza: “The tunnels were built by well-trained and educated … Read more
(CNN) – European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that it is time for the European Union to impose sanctions on Jewish settlers who commit acts of violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. Josep Borrell’s comments come amid growing concern that Israel is not doing enough to confront extremist settlers rampaging through Palestinian … Read more