World Jul 14 UK's foreign secretary calls for immediate cease-fire in Gaza as he visits Israel and West Bank David Lammy said the ongoing war in Gaza is “intolerable” and stressed in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leadership that Britain wants to assist with diplomatic efforts “securing a cease-fire deal and creating the space for a credible and irreversible…
World Jul 14 Hamas claims its military chief survived Israeli strike, says Gaza cease-fire talks still ongoing Hamas said Sunday that Gaza cease-fire talks continue and the group’s military commander is in good health, a day after the Israeli military targeted Mohammed Deif with a massive airstrike that local health officials said killed at least 90 people, including children.
World Jul 07 Israeli protesters block highways amid renewed calls for cease-fire with Hamas to return hostages Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and pushing for a cease-fire to bring back scores of hostages held by Hamas.
World Jul 04 As conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border heats up, fires have become the most visible sign With cease-fire talks faltering in Gaza and no clear offramp for the conflict on the Lebanon-Israel border, the daily exchanges of strikes between Hezbollah and Israeli forces have sparked fires that are tearing through forests and farmland on both sides of the frontline.
World Jun 09 Centrist Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz resigns over lack of postwar Gaza plans Benny Gantz, a centrist member of Israel’s three-man war Cabinet, announced his resignation on Sunday. Gantz had previously said he would leave the government by June 8 if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not formulate a new plan for postwar Gaza.
World May 29 Israel's military says it's taken control of a strategic corridor near Rafah, along Gaza's border with Egypt The corridor, known as Philadelphi, stretches along the border with neighboring Egypt, near the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where Israeli forces have been fighting recently.
World May 22 Spain, Norway and Ireland will recognize a Palestinian state Those nations said Wednesday they would recognize a Palestinian state, a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza.
World May 08 Israel says it's reopened key Kerem Shalom Gaza crossing but the UN says no aid has entered The Kerem Shalom terminal for the entry of humanitarian aid was closed over the weekend after a Hamas rocket attack killed four Israeli soldiers nearby.
World May 07 What Israel's assault on Rafah means for the 1.3 million Palestinians sheltering there The operation that began Tuesday followed a dramatic 24 hours in which hopes for a long-awaited cease-fire between Israel and Hamas rose and then fell, though negotiators were still talking.
World May 07 Israeli forces take control of Rafah crossing in Gaza, compromising cease-fire talks U.S. President Joe Biden warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again on Monday against launching an invasion of the city after Israel ordered 100,000 Palestinians to evacuate from parts of Rafah.