Israeli strikes and gunfire killed at least 38 people across Gaza, health officials said. International pressure for a ceasefire is growing, but Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu remained defiant about continuing the war during an address to the United Nations Friday afternoon. Strikes in central and northern Gaza killed people in their homes in the…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday in an angry UN address to block a Palestinian state, accusing European leaders of pushing his country into “national suicide” and rewarding Hamas. “We will not commit national suicide because you don’t have the guts to face down the hostile media and antisemitic mobs demanding Israel’s blood,” Netanyahu…
Updated on: Sept 26, 2025 09:52 pm IST Donald Trump’s claim came just after Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu slammed world leaders who have announced recognition of Palestine as a sovereign state. US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed that a deal was in place for ending the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, even…
Hamas-led authorities in Gaza have executed three men, all Palestinians, accused of collaborating with Israel, news agency Reuters reported, citing an official. A video circulated on social media on Monday showed the executions. In the video, a masked man delivers a warning to “all collaborators” before the three blindfolded men, forced onto their knees, are…
“Shiri, Ariel and Kfir – I love you most in the world, always in the world,” he wrote in an Erev Rosh Hashanah Instagram post. Yarden Bibas, who was held hostage in Gaza by Hamas for 484 days, dedicated a social media post on Monday to his slain family, saying that “the holidays are not…
Damari told Yousef she was held near Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who she says called hostages “gold” and may accept exile for a deal. Former Gaza hostage Emily Damari hosted Mosab Hassan Yousef, known as the “Green Prince,” at her home in Kfar Aza, where she revealed new details about her time in Hamas…
They said China was likely to view such diversified partnerships positively, which could also open new opportunities to expand arms sales, although the security dynamics in the region might become further complicated. The mutual defence pact signed late on Wednesday significantly strengthens a decades-old security partnership between Riyadh and Islamabad at a time when Gulf…
At a time when Israel is going ahead with flattening the occupied Palestinian territory of Gaza and pitching it as a real-estate opportunity — while the population flees amid an ongoing onslaught that has killed over 65,000 people so far — Britain, Canada and Australia have now recognised a Palestinian state on Sunday in a…
By Dawoud Abu Alkas, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Olivia Le Poidevin GAZA (Reuters) – For a decade, Palestinian bank worker Shady Salama Al-Rayyes paid into a $93,000 mortgage on his flat in a tall, modern block in one of Gaza City’s prime neighbourhoods. Now, he and his family are destitute, after fleeing an Israeli demolition strike…
President Trump is frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The question is whether he will ever be angry enough to do anything about it. Trump has told several aides in recent weeks that Netanyahu prefers using military force to compel Hamas’s surrender, instead of the president’s preferred method of a negotiated cease-fire. His frustration…