Israeli military chief resigns over October 7 ‘failure’: statement JERUSALEM: The head of Israel’s military, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, resigned on Tuesday over his... Updated 22 Jan, 2025 12:35am
World Israel launches ‘significant’ military operation in West Bank, at least eight Palestinians killed OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of... Updated 21 Jan, 2025 07:40pm
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 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 Lebanon president says Israel must withdraw from south by January 26 deadline BEIRUT: Lebanon’s new president said on Saturday that Israel must withdraw from his country’s south by the January... Published 18 Jan, 2025 05:15pm
World Emmanuel Macron heads to Lebanon to push sovereignty, reforms amid new hope BEIRUT: France President Emmanuel Macron will travel to Lebanon on Friday for the first time since 2020 to help... Published 17 Jan, 2025 11:12am
World Gaza medics struggle to rescue patients after Israel orders hospital evacuated CAIRO: Israel ordered the closure and evacuation on Sunday of one of the last hospitals still partly functioning in... Updated 22 Dec, 2024 10:24pm
World Hamas, two other Palestinian groups say Gaza ceasefire deal ‘closer than ever’ CAIRO: Hamas and two other Palestinian groups said on Saturday that a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel is “closer... Published 21 Dec, 2024 09:37pm
World Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 45,227 GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Saturday that at least 45,227 people have been killed... Updated 21 Dec, 2024 07:23pm
World Gaza civilians Israeli troops held responsible for indiscriminate killing OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A leading Israeli newspaper, citing unnamed soldiers serving in Gaza, described indiscriminate... Published 21 Dec, 2024 06:24am
World Israeli troops attack school CAIRO: Israeli troops killed at least 22 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday in... Published 16 Dec, 2024 06:08am
World Lebanon state media says Israeli fire wounds 2 journalists in south BEIRUT: Two journalists were injured by Israeli fire on Wednesday, state media said, while reporting from a border... Published 27 Nov, 2024 11:01pm
World Hezbollah says it will escalate war with Israel after Hamas leader killed OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/CAIRO: Lebanon’s Hezbollah group said on Friday it was moving to a new and escalating phase in... Published 18 Oct, 2024 11:17am
World Israeli tanks push deeper into Jabalia in northern Gaza, residents say CAIRO: Israel sent tanks deeper into Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday and advised people to leave as it... Published 08 Oct, 2024 03:17pm
World Hezbollah tells fighters not to attack Israeli troops near peacekeepers BEIRUT: The Hezbollah group said on Monday it ordered its fighters not to attack Israeli troops who recently moved... Published 07 Oct, 2024 11:08pm
World Missile fired from Yemen set off sirens in central Israel, military says OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: A surface-to-surface missile fired at central Israel from Yemen hit an unpopulated area, causing... Published 15 Sep, 2024 10:10am
World Hezbollah warns Israel against Lebanon border flare-up BEIRUT: Hezbollah’s second-in-command warned on Saturday that an all-out war by Israel aimed at returning 100,000... Published 14 Sep, 2024 11:12pm
World Thirteen Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza RAMALLAH: At least 13 Palestinians were killed and 15 wounded in Israeli strikes on a school sheltering refugees and... Updated 07 Sep, 2024 05:36pm
World Israeli troops leave Jenin as Gaza talks stall JENIN, Palestinian Territories: Israeli forces withdrew after a deadly 10-day raid in a flashpoint city in the... Published 07 Sep, 2024 06:59am
World Israeli troops shoot Turkish-American woman dead at West Bank protest, officials say RAMALLAH: Israeli troops shot and killed a Turkish-American woman who had been taking part in a protest against... Published 07 Sep, 2024 12:56am
World Israeli forces advance in southern Gaza, tanks active in Rafah CAIRO: Israeli forces advanced deeper into some towns on the eastern side of Khan Younis in southern Gaza on... Published 25 Jul, 2024 03:09pm
World Gaza ceasefire negotiations appear to be in closing stages, senior US official says WASHINGTON: Negotiations on a ceasefire-for-hostages deal in the Gaza conflict appear to be in their closing stages... Published 25 Jul, 2024 10:53am
World Palestinians say Israel troops kill two in West Bank raids RAMALLAH: Palestinian officials said Israeli troops killed two men, including a customs officer, in separate raids... Published 24 Jul, 2024 10:22pm
World Israeli army radio says Hamas military chief targeted in Gaza strike CAIRO: Israeli Army Radio said on Saturday its military had targeted Hamas’ military chief in a strike on Khan... Published 13 Jul, 2024 03:13pm
World Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive, leaving dozens of bodies, rescue service says CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli forces retreated from some Gaza City districts overnight after a fierce, week-long offensive,... Updated 12 Jul, 2024 10:56pm
World Joe Biden says Israel-Gaza war should end now and Israel must not occupy Gaza WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday the Israel-Gaza war must end now and Israel must not occupy the... Published 12 Jul, 2024 12:19pm