Israel says Gaza-bound aid boat activists awaiting deportation after their vessel intercepted
Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg and other activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid boat have been taken to a Tel Aviv...Geostrategy
Israel says to block Gaza-bound aid boat carrying Greta Thunberg
I have instructed the military to prevent the Madleen flotilla from reaching Gaza," Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said in...Geostrategy
Biden exhorts Egypt, Qatar to press Hamas on hostage deal
US, Egypt and Qatar have been engaged in weeks of behind-the-scenes talks in a bid to secure a temporary truce...Biden has written letters to the leaders of Egypt and Qatar on the state of the talks
His call with Netanyahu included discussions on "getting a hostage deal done"
Iran’s response ‘inevitable’ after consulate strike, says Nasrallah
Monday's strike in the Syrian capital levelled the five-storey consular annex of the Iranian embassy and killed seven Iranian Revolutionary...Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has said Israel "will be punished" for the consulate strike
Israel said Thursday it was strengthening its defenses and pausing leave for combat units following Iran's threats to retaliate
UN chief troubled by reports Israel using AI to identify Gaza targets
According to a report in magazine +972, Israel has used AI to identify targets in Gaza -- in some cases...A report claims Israel has marked thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination
A system dubbed Lavender had "played a central role in the bombing of Palestinians"
CIA chief to arrive in Cairo for Gaza hostage talks
According to reports in US media, Burns would meet in the Egyptian capital with Mossad chief David Barnea, Qatari Prime...National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the US will be "present for those talks"
The US, Qatar and Egypt have been engaged in talks in a bid to secure a truce in the Gaza Strip
Israel says Hamas fighter was at target instead of Gaza aid workers
Israel said it was targeting a "Hamas gunman" when it killed in Gaza seven aid workers whose deaths caused an...The victims were killed in three air strikes over four minutes by an Israeli drone as they ran for their lives.
The two brigade officers who ordered the strikes, a colonel and a major, have been fired.
Kremlin slams Macron claims Russia trying to undermine Olympics
Moscow, Russia - The Kremlin on Friday blasted as "unacceptable" French President Emmanuel Macron's claims that Russia was trying to undermine...Kremlin said it was "absolutely unacceptable behavior" and characteristic of Western accusations that are "never backed up by adequate evidence".
Macron had said Thursday that Moscow was trying to promote the narrative that France was unable to host the Games and that the event would be a risk.
Blinken says US seeks ‘results’ on Israeli new Gaza aid policy
Brussels, Belgium - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday Washington wanted to see "results" showing more aid was...Israel announced on Friday that it would allow "temporary" aid deliveries into famine-threatened northern Gaza
"We welcome the steps that have been initiated by Israel," Blinken said at a meeting with EU officials in Belgium
Abu Dhabi’s private sector grows by over 35 percent in 2023
ABU DHABI, UAE – The Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) organized, in collaboration with Abu Dhabi Investment Office...Al Multaqa Meetings empower Abu Dhabi to accelerate economic growth, by providing a platform to support investment.
Supported by private sector and family-owned businesses, Abu Dhabi’s non-oil sectors is going from strength to strength.
Aid worker killed by Israel felt need to help, parents say
Washington, United States--The father of US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger, one of seven aid workers killed in an Israeli strike earlier this...The father of US-Canadian citizen Jacob Flickinger said his son was hesitant to go to the Gaza Strip but had felt a need to help
The aid workers had just unloaded supplies at a warehouse in central Gaza when Israeli warplanes fired a missile into their vehicle
UAE suspends coordination of humanitarian aid with Israel
Dubai, UAE - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to halt its coordination of humanitarian aid with Israel following...According to reports, the Emirati foreign ministry has expressed its outrage to the Israeli ambassador Amir Hayek over the death of seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza
Efforts to address the situation are underway, with Israel's Foreign Minister, Israel Katz, engaging in a phone conversation with his Emirati counterpart, Abdullah bin Zayed
