‘Deal back on’ to exchange Palestinian prisoners for bodies of Israeli hostages
Mediators have reached an agreement to release all Palestinian prisoners who were due to be freed last week in exchange for the bodies of four Israeli hostages, Egyptian state-linked media…
Israel strikes Syrian military targets after Netanyahu’s demilitarisation call
The Israeli army said it carried out air strikes targeting military sites containing weapons in southern Syria on Tuesday, just days after Prime Minister Binjamin Netanyahu called for demilitarising the…
Three buses explode in Israel in suspected terror attack, police say
Three buses have exploded in Bat Yam, south of Tel Aviv, in what Israeli police say is a suspected terror attack. Devices in two other buses failed to explode, they…
Body returned from Gaza is not Bibas mother, Israeli military says
One of four bodies returned from Gaza to Israel on Thursday is not hostage Shiri Bibas, as claimed by Hamas, the Israeli military said. The news that Shiri Bibas, 33,…
Israel prepares to receive first dead hostages from Hamas
Hamas is to transfer to Israel the bodies of four hostages who have been held in Gaza since being taken alive in the group’s attack on Israel on 7 October…
Israeli settlers torch West Bank village
Dozens of Israeli settlers have set fire to houses and cars in a village in the occupied West Bank, with the Palestinian health ministry saying at least one person has…
Gaza war: Five Israeli soldiers killed ‘by tank fire’ in Jabalia
Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, the military says, in one of the deadliest incidents of its kind since the war began in October. Israeli media say the…
Biden plans to send $1bn arms shipment to Israel
The White House has told Congress it wants to send more than 1 billion dollars in new weapons to Israel. This comes despite the US being opposed to a full-scale…
ICJ hears S/Africa’s genocide case against Israel on Gaza Jan. 11
Israel is to face accusations of genocide before an international court, with hearings based on a South African complaint scheduled for January 11 and 12. The dates were announced Wednesday…
Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri killed in Beirut blast
Israel has insisted the assassination of a Hamas leader in Beirut was not an attack on Lebanon, as its enemies warned of “punishment” for his death. An Israeli spokesman said…