Gaza’s civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes on Saturday, attacks which could further endanger the fragile truce in the Palestinian territory. Deadly Israeli strikes mar fragile Gaza truce Following the reported strikes, the deadliest since the ceasefire took hold on January 19, Hamas accused Israel of a “blatant…
Nearly 50 released hostages and family members of hostages and freed captives petitioned the High Court of Justice to force the state to renew the supply of electricity to Gaza, saying that stopping electricity hurts the hostages and endangers their lives. The petition was submitted two days after the petitioners sent an urgent letter…
US president says ‘nobody is expelling Palestinians from Gaza’, reversing earlier comments on emptying the war-torn territory of its population. Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem has welcomed United States President Donald Trump’s apparent retreat from his proposed permanent displacement of more than two million Palestinians from Gaza. The statement by the Hamas official came after Trump…
The arrest of Mahmoud Khalil , a green card holder and former Columbia University student involved in pro-Palestinian campus protests in 2024, is raising questions about the rights of permanent residents in the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Khalil , a lawful U.S. resident married to an American citizen, in New York…
It has now been more than three months since Donald Trump was elected the 47th president of the United States last November with a resounding victory over the sitting vice president, Kamala Harris. A presidential election in the US is not a national referendum as much as it is 51 individual contests. Each state —…
One of President Trump’s golf resorts in Scotland was vandalized by pro-Palestinian activists in response to his proposal to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population. Activists with the United Kingdom-based group Palestine Action said they targeted Mr. Trump’s Turnberry golf course and hotel in southwest Scotland overnight, painting “Gaza Is Not For Sale”…
Foreign ministers from Muslim nations on Saturday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls to empty the Gaza Strip of its Palestinian population and backed a plan for an administrative committee to govern the territory to allow reconstruction to go ahead. Gaza war: A drone view shows houses destroyed during the Israeli offensive, amid a ceasefire…
US President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in South Ayrshire, Scotland, was vandalised on Saturday by some activists following his recent statement on Gaza. The protestors also defaced the lawns of Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in South Ayrshire(PA Media) The resort, owned by Trump, was targeted overnight by ‘Palestine Action’ a group of demonstrators. They…
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The White House has confirmed that the Trump administration engaged in direct talks with Hamas, saying the discussions align with US interests. Following this, President Donald Trump threatened Palestinians in Gaza with deadly consequences if all captives were not released. Here is what we know: What do we know about the US-Hamas direct talks? The…