Palestinian official says hundreds leave Jenin as Israel presses raid JENIN: A Palestinian official said hundreds of people began leaving their homes in a flashpoint area of the West... Published 23 Jan, 2025 05:26pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says war toll at 47,283 GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Thursday the death toll from the war with Israel had... Published 23 Jan, 2025 05:19pm
World Gaza ceasefire traps Netanyahu between Trump and far-right allies JERUSALEM: Even before it was signed, the Gaza ceasefire forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a... Published 23 Jan, 2025 04:46pm
World Gazans begin searching for people under rubble on day two of ceasefire GAZA/CAIRO: Palestinians began searching on Monday for thousands of Gazans believed still buried under rubble, as... Published 20 Jan, 2025 09:01pm
World Hamas says Gaza will ‘rise again’, rebuild after Israeli destruction GAZA CITY: Palestinian group Hamas said Monday that Gaza and its people “will rise again” and rebuild the territory... Published 20 Jan, 2025 08:15pm
World Israel-Hamas truce holding after first hostage-prisoner swap OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war was holding Monday, following the dramatic exchange... Published 20 Jan, 2025 06:41pm
World Yemen’s Houthis say they will only target Israeli-linked vessels after Gaza ceasefire LONDON: Yemen’s Houthis will limit their attacks on commercial vessels to Israeli-linked ships after the Gaza... Published 20 Jan, 2025 05:04pm
World Biden says ‘the guns in Gaza have gone silent,’ aid begins US President welcomes ceasefire in Gaza, saying hundreds of trucks entering seaside enclave to help Palestinians Updated 19 Jan, 2025 10:45pm
World First trucks carrying aid arrive in Gaza under ceasefire: UN GENEVA: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Sunday after a truce between Israel and Hamas went into... Published 19 Jan, 2025 09:10pm
World Hamas hands over first Israeli hostages as Gaza truce begins GAZA STRIP: The first three Israeli hostages returning home under a long-awaited Gaza truce were transferred to the... Updated 19 Jan, 2025 10:54pm
World After celebrations, displaced Gazans return home to destruction Columns of people hundreds strong were making their way northward from Gaza City to Jabalia on Sunday, flanked on... Published 19 Jan, 2025 06:37pm
World Gaza ceasefire delayed over hostage list Hamas affirms commitment to the Gaza ceasefire deal The group says the delay in disclosing the names of hostages to be released in first phase was due to technical field reasons Updated 19 Jan, 2025 12:21pm
World Israeli cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire accord, due to take effect Sunday The three-stage ceasefire starts with an initial six-week phase when hostages held by Hamas will be exchanged for prisoners detained by Israel Updated 18 Jan, 2025 08:47pm
World Hamas approves Gaza truce deal: Palestinian sources close to talks DOHA: Hamas has approved a Gaza truce and hostage release deal, Palestinian sources close to negotiations said... Updated 15 Jan, 2025 10:34pm
World Israeli prime minister’s office denies Hamas agreed to Gaza deal JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office denied on Wednesday that Hamas had agreed to the Gaza... Updated 15 Jan, 2025 07:02pm
World Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 24 Palestinians GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said on Wednesday that Israeli strikes killed at least 24 people across the... Published 15 Jan, 2025 05:48pm
World World has to keep up pressure on Israel after Gaza truce: Palestinian PM OSLO: The international community will have to maintain pressure on Israel after an imminent ceasefire in Gaza so it... Published 15 Jan, 2025 02:25pm
World Gaza ceasefire appears close as US, Egyptian leaders put focus on ‘coming hours’ DOHA/CAIRO/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Negotiators were trying to hammer out the final details of a ceasefire in Gaza on... Published 15 Jan, 2025 01:41pm
World Gaza ceasefire ‘closer than ever’ as sides work on final details DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Negotiators met in Qatar on Tuesday hoping to hammer out final details of a ceasefire in Gaza,... Published 14 Jan, 2025 10:01pm
World Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 18 GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and shelling killed at least 18 people across the... Published 14 Jan, 2025 06:03pm
World Israel far-right finance minister warns won’t back Gaza deal that halts war JERUSALEM: Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich warned on Monday that he would not support a deal in... Published 13 Jan, 2025 05:48pm
World Trump’s Mideast envoy to meet Netanyahu on Saturday, Israeli official says US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin... Published 11 Jan, 2025 06:59pm
World Mediator Qatar briefs Trump envoy on Gaza truce talks DOHA: Mediator Qatar said it briefed US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday... Published 11 Jan, 2025 04:55pm
World US, Arab mediators make some progress in Gaza peace talks, no deal yet, sources say CAIRO: US and Arab mediators have made some progress in their efforts to reach a ceasefire accord between Israel and... Published 09 Jan, 2025 03:53pm
World Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as US pushes for ceasefire CAIRO: Israeli military strikes across Gaza killed at least 22 people on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said, as the... Published 08 Jan, 2025 04:49pm
World Antony Blinken in Paris to discuss Mideast, receive honour PARIS: Outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday began a visit to Paris in which he will receive... Published 08 Jan, 2025 01:45pm
World Hamas stands by demand for end to Gaza war under hostage deal, as Trump deadline approaches JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Hamas stood by its demand on Tuesday that Israel fully end its assault on Gaza under any deal to... Published 07 Jan, 2025 09:00pm
World Israel signs deals with defence firm Elbit to make bombs domestically JERUSALEM: Israel’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had signed deals worth around $275 million with the... Published 07 Jan, 2025 06:39pm
World UAE in talks with US, Israel about provisional government for post-war Gaza DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates has discussed with Israel and the United States participating in a provisional... Published 07 Jan, 2025 06:31pm
World Mediator Qatar confirms ‘technical meetings’ on Gaza truce ongoing DOHA: Talks aimed at cementing a truce in Gaza between Israel and Hamas are ongoing, with “technical meetings”... Published 07 Jan, 2025 05:55pm