Yemen's UAE-backed separatists on Friday announced the start of a two-year transitional period towards declaring an independent state after their...
- Israel's Mossad spy agency issued a direct call urging Iranians to press on with protests, saying it was supporting them...
The Israeli military said it shot at a group of four people who attempted to flee in a vehicle and...A general strike was called in Ramallah by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in response to the killings, along with a pre-planned rally for Palestinians jailed by Israel
Israel has occupied the West Bank since the 1967 war and hundreds of thousands of settlers have since moved to the Palestinian territory, in breach of international law
- Blinken said his message to regional governments was that "if you want a ceasefire, press Hamas to say yes" to...
Blinken said he had a "very good exchange" with Sisi
The two had also been expected to discuss plans to reopen the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was heading back to the Middle East on Monday to push a ceasefire plan,...
The US also called for a UN Security Council vote on a truce
Overall Israel's military offensive has killed at least 37,084 people in Gaza
Israel's army said Sunday that a senior commander had resigned over what he called his failure to prevent the October...Rosenfeld wrote in a resignation letter released by the army: "Everyone has to take responsibility for their part, and I am the one responsible in Division 143."
"On October 7, I failed my life's mission: to protect the envelope," he wrote, referring to the southern Israeli communities on the border with Gaza
- Houthi television channel Al-Massirah meanwhile said there were air strikes in the Yemeni capital Sanaa and elsewhere in the country...
The Houthis have been targeting vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since November 2023 in attacks they say are in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
Houthi attacks have sent insurance costs spiraling for vessels transiting the Red Sea and prompted many shipping firms to take the longer passage around the southern tip of Africa
- In a new diplomatic push, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Israel and key regional partners Egypt, Jordan...
Efforts to mediate the first ceasefire in the bloody conflict since a week-long pause in November appear to have stalled a week after US President Joe Biden offered a new roadmap
Hamas has yet to respond to Biden's proposal, while Israel has expressed openness to discussions but remains committed to destroying the Palestinian group
- "The government of Israel has said that they are going to release more information about this strike, including the names...
The raid came after US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators resumed talks aimed at securing a truce and hostage-captive swap in the eight-month war
The Israeli military said it had "eliminated" several fighters in a "precise strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside a UNRWA school."
- The hospital reported an electrical generator failure earlier in the night, which risked complicating the treatment of patients. Prior to...
Israeli "fighter jets... conducted a precise strike on a Hamas compound embedded inside an UNRWA school in the area of Nuseirat", the army said in a statement
The Hamas media office said at least 27 people were killed and dozens injured in the strike and taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital
- Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, has been engaged in months of negotiations over details for a ceasefire in...
The lead mediators met with the Palestinian militant group to "discuss a deal for a truce in Gaza and the exchange of hostages and prisoners."
CIA chief Bill Burns was also expected in Qatar to continue working with mediators to reach an agreement on a cessation of hostilities, the informed source had told AFP
- Hamas had told mediators it "cannot agree to a deal that doesn't that does not secure... a permanent ceasefire and...
The statement came as mediator Qatar said it was awaiting a "clear position" from Israel on a proposed Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden
Qatar, along with the United States and Egypt, has been engaged in months of back-and-forth negotiations over details for a ceasefire
