[ad_1] Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said Saturday as the group’s negotiators held talks with mediators. A Hamas delegation was in Cairo discussing with Egyptian mediators ways out of the 18-month war, while, on the…
[ad_1] Hamas is open to an agreement to end the Gaza war that would include the one-time release of all remaining hostages and a five-year cessation of hostilities, an official from the Palestinian group said Saturday. “Hamas is ready for an exchange of prisoners in a single batch and a truce for five years,” the…
[ad_1] Palestinian girl Rahaf Sa’ad, who lost her legs in an Israeli strike, sits on a bed next to her mother Israa at Al-Bureij, in the central Gaza Strip on September 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters On February 10, 2024, Abdul was hoping to find food for his family amid the devastation in northern…
[ad_1] BEIJING: China on Sunday called on “parties concerned, especially Israel“, to immediately take actions to cool down tensions to prevent the conflict in West Asia from going out of control in the aftermath of the killing of Iran-backed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Israeli bombing. “China is closely following the incident and is deeply…
[ad_1] U.N. Security Council to hold an emergency meeting The U.N. Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on April 14 over Iran’s unprecedented drone and missile attack on Israel, the body’s president said. The meeting is aiming to be held at 4:00 p.m. (2000 GMT) on Sunday and is at Israel’s request, a spokesperson…
[ad_1] Joe Biden has pledged to stand with Israel against Iran, the White House said. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel late on Saturday, an attack that may trigger a major escalation between the regional archenemies, with the U.S. pledging to back Israel. Israel’s military said…
[ad_1] Palestinians inspect the destruction left by the Israeli air and ground offensive after they withdrew from Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip on April 7, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP Preliminary hearings are opening on April 8 at the United Nations’ top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other…
[ad_1] Anti-government protesters gathered as they stage a four-day sit-in Jerusalem on Tuesday. Jerusalem: Benjamin Netanyahu, the Houdini of Israeli politics and its longest serving prime minister, has been written off many times before. But with thousands of protesters on the streets every night this week demanding his resignation, and growing anger at his handling…
[ad_1] Some aid groups have accused Israel of using hunger as a weapon in its war against Hamas. A top Hamas police commander met in mid-March with the heads of a Gaza clan who’d been commandeering aid meant for hungry Palestinians. He told them to stop taking the shipments or they’d be killed. A week…
[ad_1] NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden and his Democratic predecessor, Barack Obama, headlined a star-studded fundraiser with former President Bill Clinton on Thursday, offering a robust defence of the White House’s handling of the Gaza crisis as protesters interrupted the event.Biden, who travelled with Obama on Air Force One to New York, took part…
