The Israeli armed forces today bombed at least four houses in Rafaraising fears that it will not be long before the planned start ground military operation on the southern edge of the besieged Palestinian enclave, where hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians are crowded. Eleven members of a family were killed in one of those … Read more
Negotiations continue through mediators from Egypt, Qatar, and the United States to reach a truce in Gaza with the advent of Ramadan, but today they face difficult obstacles, which have raised fears that they will be disrupted without concluding any agreement, especially since we are close to the month of fasting, which begins on March … Read more
Back to the home page / The Middle East all the time The war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues for the 109th day in a row, with fierce battles taking place in Khan Yunis, the largest city in the southern Gaza Strip, in which two hundred Israeli soldiers have been killed … Read more
NEW YORK — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza brought traffic to a standstill Monday, with thousands blocking bridges and tunnels connecting Manhattan to the rest of the city. CBS New York spoke with demonstrators, who said they’re willing to be arrested to make their voices heard. From the Brooklyn Bridge to the … Read more
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken continues his Middle Eastern tour on Monday, visiting the UAE and Saudi Arabia before heading to Israel. Blinken’s previous stops led him, respectively, to Türkiye, Greece, Jordan, and Qatar. At all points, the American minister warned of the danger of the war between Hamas and Israel expanding into a … Read more
American officials said that Washington on Tuesday began imposing a ban on granting visas to Israeli settlers involved in violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, after several appeals to Tel Aviv to make more efforts to prevent acts of violence committed by Jewish settlers. US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that the measure … Read more
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – France said on Wednesday, November 29 2023, that the European Union should consider sanctions against Israeli settlers targeting Palestinians in the West Bank as an option and that talks in the European Union to impose sanctions on Hamas commanders were progressing. UN data shows that daily settler attacks have more than doubled … Read more
A number of countries welcomed the Hamas movement’s release of hostages on Friday, in accordance with the temporary truce agreement it reached with Israel. In this context, French President Emmanuel Macron considered the step the beginning of the liberation of French citizens. For his part, US President Joe Biden said that Hamas’s release of the … Read more
After about seven weeks of detention in Gaza, a number of researchers and doctors are raising questions about the possible consequences on the mental health of the hostages released by Hamas. Some of them believe that although there are no symptoms of post-traumatic stress specific to the hostages, the hostage experience itself carries its own … Read more
Israel and Hamas reached an agreement at dawn on Wednesday on a four-day humanitarian truce, during which hostages held by the movement since the October 7 attack are scheduled to be exchanged for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons. Qatar, along with Egypt and the United States, played a pivotal role in this agreement. What are … Read more