Amman, Jordan - Jordan has stated that it is considering "all options" in response to what it perceives as Israel's failure to distinguish between military and civilian targets in its escalating offensive and incursion into the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported on Monday.Prime Minister Bisher al Khasawneh refrained from specifying the...

Manama, Bahrain - In a convenience store in Bahrain, 14-year-old Jana Abdullah carries a tablet as she shops, checking a list of Western brands to avoid as Israel pounds Gaza in its campaign to destroy Hamas.Jana and her 10-year-old brother, Ali, used to eat at McDonald's nearly daily but they are...

"By doing so the European Union will spend a total of 100 million euros in humanitarian aid for the civilians in Gaza," EU chief von der Leyen told EU diplomats in Brussels. Von der Leyen said flows of aid into Gaza from Egypt "remain too small" and the EU was...

Some world leaders like Turkey's President Erdogan use the term genocide to describe Israeli actions in Gaza. Israel has also been accused of war crimes by rights organizations.

Beirut, Lebanon -- At least 61 per cent of employment, equivalent to 182,000 jobs, has been lost in the Gaza Strip since the start of the current Israel-Hamas war, a new ILO report estimates. The conflict in Gaza is also having a spillover effect in the West Bank, where an...

Tehran, Iran--Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday accused the United States of "encouraging" Israel to kill and carry out "cruel acts" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.Gunmen from the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas stormed across Gaza's border with Israel on October 7, killing about 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and taking...

The heads of 18 organizations including UNICEF, the World Food Program and the World Health Organization described the horrific toll on both sides since the October 7 Hamas cross-border attack from Gaza into Israel, which left about 1,400 people dead, mainly civilians, according to Israeli authorities. Israel has retaliated with...

Blinken's first visit since Israel went to war with Hamas in reprisal for the militants' October 7 attack comes with fury at both Israel and the West boiling over on the streets of Turkey and in the palace of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Police used tear gas and water cannon...

Dubai, UAE-- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and China have called for a closed-door meeting of the UN Security Council on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict for Monday.The UN Security Council will discuss, in particular, the strikes on the Palestinian refugee camp Jabalia in the north of the Gaza Strip and a...

During his meeting with Blinken on Sunday, Iraqi Prime Minister reiterated calls for a ceasefire and pointed to "the urgency of containing the crisis and preventing its spread", a statement from his office said. Iraq does not recognize Israel as a state and its government is close to Iran, which...

Amman, Jordan-- Jordan and Lebanon have called for the speeding up of international efforts to stop the war on Gaza and prevent a spillover of the conflict in the region.The exhortation to halt the destruction of life and property in the besieged enclave of the Gaza Strip came in a...

Israeli Heritage Minister Amichay Eliyahu was suspended from government meetings "until further notice" for advocating dropping a nuclear bomb on besieged and devastated Gaza.

AMMAN, JORDAN  – Foreign ministers from key Arab nations – including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Qatar, and representatives from the Palestinian Authority – met here to discuss strategies for ending the ongoing conflict in Gaza.The meeting, held on Saturday, was aimed at coordinating efforts to halt the...

Further south, a 22-year-old Palestinian was "killed by Israeli occupation bullets in Nuba, northwest of Hebron," the ministry said. Meanwhile, a 17-year-old Palestinian "succumbed to his wounds after having been hit by Israeli occupation bullets several days ago in Al-Eizariya" also on the outskirts of Jerusalem, the ministry said.

"No foreign passport holder will be able to leave the Gaza Strip until wounded people who need to be evacuated from hospitals in north Gaza are transported through the Rafah crossing" to Egypt, the official said on condition of anonymity. Israel launched a war against Hamas in Gaza following the...

In Jerusalem, hundreds came together outside Netanyahu's residence with more explicit calls for his resignation. The nine months leading up to October 7 saw mass protests over his hard-right government's divisive judicial reforms that opponents have called a threat to Israeli democracy.

Turkey has hardened its attitude toward both Israel and its Western supporters, particularly the US, as the relentless Israeli attacks on the besieged enclave of Gaza sent the death toll among Palestinians shockingly up. Turkey's decision came on the eve of what promises to be a difficult visit to Turkey...

According to a statement posted by Hamas on Telegram, Israel "directly" bombed citizens' home, saying that most of the dead were women and children. Gaza's health ministry said that "more than 30 (dead) arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the massacre committed by the occupation in Al-Maghazi...

Dubai, UAE - Middle East powers should maintain their push to de-escalate the region through trade and economic ties despite the Israel-Hamas war, a senior United Arab Emirates official said on Saturday.The sudden flare-up in Gaza, after a deadly attack by Hamas, follows a period of fence-mending in the region including by...

Berlin, Germany - Thousands took to the streets of Berlin on Saturday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza amid ongoing bombardments by Israel after the deadly Hamas attack on its territory on October 7."We estimate the number of demonstrators at around 3,500, but more are arriving," a police spokeswoman told AFP.The...

Erdogan said that Turkey was not breaking off diplomatic relations with Israel. "Completely severing ties is not possible, especially in international diplomacy," Erdogan said. He said MIT intelligence agency chief Ibrahim Kalin was spearheading Turkey's efforts to try and mediate an end to the war.

Jerusalem - The Israeli military said on Saturday it had struck "two cells" and a Hizbollah post in response to attempted firing from Lebanon as cross-border shelling continued while Israel fights Hamas in Gaza.The latest skirmishes came a day after Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah warned that the war between Israel...

The UN human rights chief said that he was absolutely "disgusted" by the "sharp rise in hatred globally" since the war between Hamas and Israel began on October 7. Volker Turk strongly deplored the surge in cases of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and other hate-speech, both online and offline.

Tel Aviv, Israel - A senior Biden administration official revealed that Israel has made significant adjustments to its military strategy in its conflict with Hamas after engaging in discussions with the United States. The official emphasized that the US is closely scrutinizing the situation, particularly the rising civilian casualties, and...

Dubai, UAE-- A day after Bahrain's parliament announced that its ambassador to Israel is being recalled, the Jewish state said it had not been informed about such a move, adding that relations with the Gulf state were “stable”.According to Israel's Foreign Ministry, the country has not received any “announcement or...

Bahrain's expulsion of Israel's ambassador and halted trade may foreshadow a broader economic realignment in the Middle East, threatening key regional trade pacts.

Astana, Kazakhstan - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, saying "crimes against humanity" were being committed in Gaza.Erdogan has strongly supported the Palestinians in the face of Israel's war with Hamas, attending pro-Palestinian rallies and positioning himself as a mediator since...

Gaza health ministry says 9,227 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and children, have been killed in relentless Israeli bombardment and ground assaults. On Friday, Hamas said an Israeli strike hit a convoy of ambulances transporting the wounded from Gaza city towards Rafah in the south.

NEW YORK, US  - Hamas is ready for a "complete compromise" deal on the issue of swapping hostages with Israel, Ghazi Hamad, a senior member of the Palestinian group's political bureau, said in an interview with NBC News. “We want these people to go home,” Hamad said. “And, also, we...

"Our colleague Mohammed Abu Hatab fell as a martyr along with members of his family in an Israeli bombardment against his home in Khan Yunis" in the south of the territory, broadcaster Palestine TV station said. Medical sources at Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis said at least 11 people were...

Washington, United States - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who arrived in Israel today on a diplomatic visit will address the pressing issue of minimizing harm to civilians in Gaza amid growing concern over casualties resulting from Israel's bombardment of the region, Reuters reported. During his visit, Blinken will...

The border tensions have revived memories of Hizbollah's devastating 2006 war with Israel that killed more than 1,200 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 in Israel, largely soldiers. Hizbollah receives financial support as well as weapons and equipment from Iran, and has built up its powerful arsenal since 2006....

Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanon's army on Thursday retrieved the bodies of two shepherds killed by Israeli fire, official media said, raising to 66 the number killed in Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began, according to an AFP tally.Lebanon's southern border has seen tit-for-tat exchanges, mainly between Israel and Hamas ally Hizbollah,...

Baghdad, Iraq - An international summit in Baghdad on "regional stability" planned for late November has been postponed due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, an Iraqi official told AFP on Thursday.The third edition of the Baghdad conference "for economic integration and regional stability", co-organised by France, "is postponed until further notice...

Tunis, Tunisia - Tunisia's parliament on Thursday began debating a bill that would criminalize any normalization of ties with Israel as fighting rages between Israeli forces and Gaza's Hamas rulers.The draft bill defines "normalization" as "recognition of the Zionist entity or the establishment of direct or indirect ties" with it, a...

DUBAI, UAE - Bahrain has recalled its Ambassador from Israel and decided to suspend economic relations with Tel Aviv in a show of support for the Palestinian people.Bahrain’s move comes amid Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip, the Council of Representatives which is the lower house of parliament of the...

For the first time after weeks of deadly fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants since the Hamas attacks of October 7, the Rafah border crossing opened on Wednesday to let people out of Gaza. In a meeting with foreign diplomats, assistant foreign minister Ismail Khairat said Egypt was preparing "to...

The 80-year-old Democrat was delivering remarks to some 200 supporters in the northern US state when a member of the audience shouted out to him. "As a rabbi, I need you to call for a ceasefire right now," she said, referring to the deadly conflict between Israel and Hamas. The...

The Hamas government in Gaza said that 195 people had been killed in Israeli strikes this week on Jabalia refugee camp. Meanwhile hundreds more wounded and foreign passport holders hoped to escape the war-torn Gaza Strip as Israeli forces bombed and fought intense ground battles with Hamas.

The MSF pleaded that the people who plan to leave Gaza must be allowed "without further delay" and should also have the right to return. It called for a ceasefire and greater number of people to be evacuated. Its Gaza staff were still offering care in spite of the Israeli...

Washington, United States - Saudi Minister of Defense, Prince Khalid bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the ongoing war in Gaza which has so far killed around 9000 Palestinians and...

The bombing campaign by Israel in Gaza has killed more than 8,500 people, two-thirds of them women and children, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

"This is just the latest atrocity to befall the people of Gaza where the fighting has entered an even more terrifying phase, with increasingly dreadful humanitarian consequences," UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths said.

Internet and phone networks were completely cut last week but were restored at the weekend. The government of Palestinian fighters group Hamas had at the time accused Israel of causing the shutdown in order to "perpetrate massacres" in the Gaza Strip.

Jerusalem--Nine Israeli soldiers were killed during combat operations in Gaza on Tuesday, the military said, bringing the total number of troops killed since October 7 to 326.Two soldiers were also seriously wounded in fighting in the Palestinian territory on Tuesday, according to the military, which has been waging a war...

The South American nation also announced it was sending humanitarian aid to Gaza. The leaders of both Colombia and Chile also spoke out Tuesday against the Israeli offensive on Hamas, which the Hamas-controlled health ministry says has now killed more than 8,500 Palestinians -- two-thirds of them women and children.

Dubai, UAE - The Houthi movement, which is part of the "Axis of Resistance" supported by Iran, has expressed its support for the Palestinians since the start of the conflic on October 7, and even launched missiles towards Israel despite being 1,000 miles away.Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree announced in...

His wearing of the badge, which has come to symbolize the oppression of Jews since its imposition in Nazi-occupied Europe, was swiftly criticized by Yad Vashem, Israel's Holocaust memorial, which urged him to wear the Israeli flag instead.

As relentless bombardment of Gaza continues, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Palestinian Authority should retake control of the Gaza Strip from Hamas, with international players potentially filling a role in an interim.

There is a sense of relief on trading floors that the Israel-Hamas conflict has been contained so far, with optimism growing that other regional players including Iran and Saudi Arabia will not get involved. After surging almost three percent Friday on fears of a wider conflagration, both main contracts tumbled...