Shortly after a ceasefire took effect in Gaza, clashes erupted between armed groups, some backed by Israel and others loyal...
- US President Donald Trump embarks on a major trip to Asia this week with all eyes on a meeting with...
Gaza has endured almost six months of war and a siege that has cut off most food, water, fuel and...UNRWA is in crisis since Israel accused that a dozen of its employees were involved in October 7 Hamas attack
UNRWA chief warned last month that the funding crunch was so great the organization might not be able to operate beyond March
- Jerusalem--One of the Israeli hostages kidnapped during the October 7 Hamas attack has been killed and his body is being...
The slain hostage, Uriel Baruch, 35, a father of two, was taken from the Supernova music festival by Hamas fighters
Fighters from Hamas seized 253 Israeli and foreign hostages during the October 7 attack on Israel that triggered the war
According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor, an Iranian Revolutionary Guards adviser, his two Iranian security escorts, and...A US defence official told AFP the United States "did not conduct any airstrikes" overnight
WHO chief announced on social media "the tragic loss of another one of our own in an air strike in Syria"
- Doha, Qatar - Mediator Qatar said on Tuesday that talks between Hamas and Israel on a Gaza truce and hostage release...
Qatar, with the United States and Egypt, has been engaged in weeks of behind-the-scenes talks in a bid to secure a truce in Gaza
Since the UN adopted a resolution on Monday demanding an "immediate ceasefire", Hamas and Israel have traded blame for their failure to agree a deal.
- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told his Israeli counterpart Yoav Gallant that civilian casualties in Gaza are "too high". A...
A senior Pentagon official said that US Defense Secretary had discussed his hopes that negotiations would "soon produce the release of all hostages."
The United States has backed Israel with both military and diplomatic support.
- Gaza's health ministry said Israeli troops were shooting and firing "shells and (conducting) violent raids in its surroundings in preparation...
Witnesses told AFP that shots were being fired at the sprawling complex in the southern city of Khan Yunis, but no raid was as yet taking place
"Thousands of displaced people are still inside the hospital,.They do not have sufficient quantities of drinking water, food and infant formula," the ministry said.
He also points out the necessity of leveraging parliamentary diplomacy to avert wars and conflicts, through mediation and good offices...Qatar's Shura Council pushes for the reform of the United Nations system, highlighting the need for justice and equality.
The Gulf country's mediation efforts are being recognized for promoting peace and reconciliation on the international stage.
- Haniyeh's visit comes after a resolution adopted by the UN Security Council on Monday called for an "immediate ceasefire" for...
Hamas chief will meet with Foreign Minister Amir-Abdollahian and other senior officials
Haniyeh's last visit was in early November when he met Iran's supreme leader
- The resolution demanding an "immediate ceasefire" was adopted Monday after Israel's closest ally the United States abstained. Washington insisted that...
Israel reacted furiously to the US abstention, as it allowed the resolution to go through
The Israeli military said Monday it was battling fighters around two hospitals in Gaza
- According to a security source, who did not want to be identified, the target was Mohammad Assaf of Jamaa Islamiya,...
A strike in January widely blamed on Israel killed Hamas's deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri in Beirut
Since October the cross-border violence has killed at least 326 people in Lebanon
