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Friday, 21 February, 2025

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Hamas gave body of 'Gazan woman' not hostage Shiri Bibas: Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Hamas had handed over the body of a Gazan woman the day before and not that of hostage Shiri Bibas as agreed in the truce deal. In an unimaginably cynical manner, they did not return Shiri to her small children, the little angels, and...

Netanyahu orders 'intensive' West Bank operations after Israel bus blasts

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday ordered an intensive operation against centers of terrorism in the occupied West Bank, his office said, after three buses exploded in central Israel without causing any reported injuries. Three devices detonated on buses in the city of Bat Yam...

Body returned from Gaza is not Shiri Bibas, Israeli military says

The Israeli military has confirmed that one of four bodies returned from Gaza on Thursday is not that of Shiri Bibas, as previously claimed by Hamas. This update was reported by BBC, CNN, and other global outlets. The tragic news that Shiri Bibas, 33, and her two young sons, Ariel and Kfir, were...

Hamas, Israel agree return of six hostages, bodies held in Gaza

Hamas and Israel announced a deal Tuesday for the release of six living hostages from Gaza and the return of four captives bodies -- including, the militants said, the remains of two young boys seen as national symbols back home, reports AP. The family of hostages Shiri Bibas and her sons Ariel...

Florida man shot Israeli visitors thinking they were Palestinians: US police

A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men who he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors, local authorities said. The website of Miami-Dade County Corrections says the suspect, 27-year-old Mordechai...

US delivers 'heavy' bombs to Israel after Biden's delay

A shipment of heavy U.S.-made bombs arrived in Israel overnight, coinciding with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubios first visit to the country, Israels Defense Ministry announced Sunday. A shipment of heavy aerial bombs recently released by the U.S. government was received and unloaded...

Hezbollah rejects ‘American, Israeli control’ over Lebanon

Hezbollah resistance movement has identified Iran as a brotherly nation, denouncing Lebanese authorities preventing an Iranian plane from landing in Beirut under Israeli threats and pressure. Iran is a friendly state, Mahmoud Qamati, Deputy Head of Hezbollahs Political Council, said in the...

Lebanon blocked Iran planes after US warnings: Security source

Lebanon denied permission for Iranian flights to land in Beirut twice this week after the United States warned Israel might shoot the planes down, a Lebanese security source told AFP Saturday. The first incident occurred on Thursday, when Lebanese authorities sent word to Iran that a...

Hamas releases three Israeli captives for 369 Palestinians

Hamas have handed three Israeli captives over to the Red Cross in an exchange for 369 Palestinians to be released later in the latest such swap under an ongoing truce deal. The resistance movement fighters on Saturday paraded the captives onto a stage in Gazas southern city of Khan Yunis, where...

Israel confirms names of 3 captives for release in Gaza

Israel has received from mediators Egypt and Qatar the names of the three captives to be released on Saturday in Gaza, the Israeli prime ministers office confirms, reports Al Jazeera. It said the list is acceptable for Israel and the families have approved the release of the names. Yair Horn,...

US sanctions ICC prosecutor over Israeli arrest warrants

Washington has sanctioned International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim Khan after he issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes in Gaza. The sanctions, including a freeze on Khans US assets and a...

Hamas announces to release more Israeli hostages

Hamas announced to release the next group of Israeli hostages as planned, apparently resolving a major dispute that threatened the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group said Egyptian and Qatari mediators have affirmed that they will work to remove all hurdles, and that it would...

'Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas doesn’t free hostages by Saturday'

Israels prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas it will end the ceasefire in Gaza and resume intense fighting if the Palestinian group does not return our hostages by Saturday noon. Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to amass inside and around Gaza in response to Hamass...

Gaza truce under strain after Trump warning

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel appeared increasingly fragile Tuesday after US President Donald Trump warned all hell would break loose unless Hamas releases every Israeli hostage by the weekend, reports BSS. The truce, in place since January 19, largely halted more than 15 months of...

Hamas to halt hostage releases, jeopardizing Gaza ceasefire

Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict. Hamas was to release more Israeli hostages on Saturday in...

Iranian supreme leader pressured to lift fatwa on nuclear weapons – Telegraph

Senior commanders within Irans Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have reportedly urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to revoke his long standing fatwa that bans the development and use of nuclear weapons, citing growing existential threats. The fatwa, issued in the mid-1990s and...

Thai police crack down on foreign tourist offenses after Pai Hospital incident

Following the violent rampage at Pai Hospital, tourist police and Immigration Bureau (IB) officers are intensifying their crackdown on tourism-related offenses in Pai district, Mae Hong Son province. The incident involved four Israeli nationals who were deported after causing chaos at the hospital,...

Iran slams US-Israeli plan for forced displacement of Gazans

Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the joint US-Israeli plan for the forced displacement of Gazans and ethnic cleansing in the besieged territory, Press TV reported. On Saturday night, Araghchi said all Muslim nations must take a unified stance to thwart this plot. Abbas...

Saudi Arabia rejects Netanyahu's remarks on displacing Palestinians

Saudi Arabia affirmed its categorical rejection of remarks by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about displacing Palestinians from their land, the foreign ministry said in a statement on Sunday (February 9). Israeli officials have suggested the establishment of a Palestinian state on...

Israeli air strike kills six in eastern Lebanon

An Israeli air raid has killed six people and wounded two in eastern Lebanon amid a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, reports Al Jazeera. Lebanons National News Agency reported that a drone targeted the Shaara area, near the town of Jennata, in the eastern Bekaa region on Saturday....

U.S. approves $7.4 bn sale of bombs and missiles to Israel

The United States on Friday announced the approval of the sale of more than $7.4 billion in bombs, missiles and related equipment to Israel, which has used American-made weapons to devastating effect during the war in Gaza. The State Department has signed off on the sale of $6.75 billion in...

Hamas, Israel to begin fifth hostage-prisoner exchange

Hamas is set to release three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 prisoners held by Israel in the fifth exchange of a fragile Gaza ceasefire, reports BSS. The exchange comes despite uproar in the region over a proposal by US President Donald Trump to clear out the Gaza Strip of its...

Four examples of Trump’s incessant support for Israel

The return of US President Donald Trump has been hailed by parts of the Israeli public who see his second term as a return of uncritical support of Israel. Trumps predecessor, Joe Biden, supported Israel in its war on Gaza, as well as its invasion of Lebanon, but his administrations occasional...

Troops shoot dead gunman in West Bank, claims Israel army

The Israeli army said troops killed an assailant who fired on Tuesday at soldiers at a military post east of the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank. A terrorist fired at soldiers at a military post in Taysir. The soldiers exchanged fire with the terrorist and killed him, the military said...

Hamas hails ‘heroic’ anti-Israeli operation in West Bank

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed as heroic the retaliatory operation carried out against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, where the occupying regime has intensified its raids after the Gaza ceasefire. On Tuesday, two Israeli occupation troopers were killed and six...

‘Israel is committed to returning all captives’

Benjamin Netanyahus office says the Israeli government embraces the two returnees, adding that their families have been informed that Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon were received, reports Al Jazeera. The government, together with all security agencies, will accompany them and their families, a...

Israel to free 183 Palestinians as 3 captives due for release in Gaza

Hamas and Israel are scheduled to conduct the next exchange of Israeli captives for Palestinian prisoners on Saturday. The three Israeli captives are: Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, who also holds US citizenship, and Ofer Kalderon, who also has French nationality. Israel will then release 183...

Israeli drone strike in West Bank kills 10 Palestinians

An Israeli drone strike on a village in the occupied West Bank has killed at least 10 Palestinians and injured several others as the regime has intensified its military assault in the region since a ceasefire took effect between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, Press TV reported. The Palestinian...