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Israeli army will withdraw completely from south Lebanon: US envoy
The Israeli military will withdraw completely from south Lebanon, United States envoy Amos Hochstein has said, despite recent reports that Israel is planning to maintain a permanent presence in the country, reports Al Jazeera. Hochsteins statement on Monday came as Israel was withdrawing its...
Israel intends to not withdraw from Lebanon after 60 days: Report
Israel is expected to convey a message to the US that it will not withdraw military forces from Lebanon after the 60-day period agreed in its ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, the Israeli Broadcasting Authority reports. They will claim that the Lebanese army is not adhering to the terms of the...
Biden notifies Congress of proposed $8bn arms package to Israel: Report
The State Department informally notified Congress of the proposed $8bn arms package, which will include munitions for fighter jets and attack helicopters as well as artillery shells, the Axios news site reports, citing two anonymous sources. The sources said the package includes air-to-air...
Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah: Israel says at UN
Israels ambassador to the UN on Monday issued what he called a final warning to Yemens Iran-backed Houthis to halt missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same miserable fate as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syrias Bashar al-Assad if they persisted, reports Al Jazeera. The ambassador, Danny...
Water crisis continues in Al-Quds
The Israeli regimes authorities in occupied Al-Quds have launched emergency water distribution stations after a technical failure left over 200,000 settlers without water, Tasnim News Agency reported. The disruption in water supply follows a malfunction at the primary water distribution station...
WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday called for an end to attacks on hospitals in Gaza after Israel struck one and raided another in the past few days, reports The Reuters. Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,...
US-backed Gaza famine report draws anger, scrutiny
United States President Joe Bidens administration is facing criticism after a US-backed report on famine in the Gaza Strip was retracted this week, drawing accusations of political interference and pro-Israel bias, reports Al Jazeera. The report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS...
Israel denies report of a ‘limited’ deal with Hamas
The office of the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dismissed a media report that claimed his government and Hamas may agree to a limited truce deal as a gesture of goodwill before US President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration, reports Al Jazeera. A report by Israels Channel 12 had...
Yemen launches fresh missile attack on Israel
A ballistic missile launched from Yemen has triggered sirens in dozens of towns and cities in the al-Quds area as well as the southern Negev in the occupied territories. Israels Magen David Adom (MDA) emergency response service said one person suffering from shock. The Israeli military...
Israeli military’s torching of Kamal Adwan Hospital a ‘war crime’: Iran
Irans Foreign Ministry has condemned the barbaric aggression of Israels military against the Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, describing the attack on the facility as the latest example of a war crime, crimes against humanity, and an egregious violation of international law and its norms,...
‘Horror must end’: WHO statement on Kamal Adwan destruction
The World Health Organization (WHO) has added its voice to the growing chorus of international condemnation of Israels attack on the Kamal Adwan Hospital, reports Al Jazeera. In a statement published to social media on Friday night, the WHO said Israel has systematically dismantled the health...
Israel targeting health system in Gaza: WHO
Spokesperson for the UNs World Health Organization (WHO) Margaret Harris has expressed concern about the deteriorating health situation in Gaza, after reports of Kamal Adwan Hospital being evacuated by the Israeli military, reports Al Jazeera. We are witnessing the targeting of civilians and the...
‘End of humanity’ in northern Gaza as Kamal Adwan Hospital evacuated
American doctor Mimi Syed, an emergency physician currently on her second medical mission inside Gaza, has told the media that the Israeli militarys order to evacuate the Kamal Adwan Hospital spells the end of humanity in northern Gaza, as no health facility will now be operating in the area,...
Houthis threat to strike on US interests in Middle East
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi Supreme Political Council, is warning the US of retaliatory strikes if its forces attack Yemen, reports Al Jazeera. He issued the threat in a series of videos posted on X (formerly known as Twitter). We caution Americans against targeting Yemen....
Former Israeli minister calls for direct attacks on Iran
Benny Gantz, a former member of Israels war cabinet, is calling to target Iran directly to end attacks by the Houthis and other Tehran-aligned groups, according to The Times of Israel. The National Unity Party leader told reporters on Monday that the solution to putting an end to the attacks...
Delivering aid to Gaza ‘has become almost impossible’: UN
Tom Fletcher, who heads the UNs humanitarian agency (OCHA), has urged governments to break the cycle of violence and defend humanitarian law in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera. The UN official made the comments after visiting Jordan, Syria and Lebanon to meet aid teams,...
Gaza situation ‘nothing short of an apocalyptic nightmare’
Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam policy lead in the occupied Palestinian territory, told the media that figure demonstrates how the resources going in are just a drop in the ocean, reports Al Jazeera. This is not aid, this is cruelty. And when those supplies do get in, they are followed by shelling and...
Attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital ‘crime against humanity’: Hamas
Gaza-based Hamas group has condemned the Israeli militarys ongoing assault on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, describing it as an unprecedented crime against humanity, reports Al Jazeera. The occupation army continues its brutal bombing and systematic destruction of areas in the north...
Houthi terms US strikes as ‘illegal terrorist attacks’
Mohammed Ali al-Houthi, a member of the Supreme Political Council of Yemens Houthi rebels, said that the US strikes support the terrorism of the temporary Israeli entity to continue the genocide and siege of the people of Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. The American terrorist attacks confirm the...
Gaza ceasefire agreement nearly finalized: Source
A ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip is imminent, with most of its terms already agreed upon, a senior official from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement told Xinhua on Saturday, reports BSS. The official, who required anonymity, said the proposed agreement outlines a gradual cessation of...
Pope slams cruelty of strike killing Gaza children
Pope Francis on Saturday condemned the bombing of children in Gaza as cruelty, sparking a sharp response from Israel which accused him of double standards. The pontiff made his remarks a day after the rescue agency in Gaza said an Israeli air strike had killed seven children from one family....
Houthis claim ‘hypersonic ballistic missile’ attack on Israel
A missile launched from Yemen struck the Israeli city of Tel Aviv overnight, injuring at least 16 people, reports Al Jazeera. The Yemen-based Houthis have now confirmed they fired a hypersonic ballistic missile named Palestine 2, striking the occupied Jaffa area just south of the coastal city....
Ballistic missile fired at Tel Aviv from Yemen, several injured
Sirens have been activated across central Israel after a ballistic missile was fired at the city of Tel Aviv from Yemen, the Israeli military has said, reports Al Jazeera. The Magen David Adom ambulance service in Tel Aviv has announced that at least 14 people are now confirmed injured as a...
Israeli minister slams pope’s statement on Gaza genocide
Israels Minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli has criticised Pope Francis for suggesting the international community should study whether Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. In an open letter published by Italian newspaper Il Foglio, Chikli said the popes remarks...
Gaza toll rises to 45,206
At least 45,206 Palestinians have been killed and 107,512 injured in Israels war on Gaza since October 7, 2023, the Gaza Health Ministry says, reports Al Jazeera. It added that the Israeli forces carried out three attacks in the enclave in the last 24 hours, killing 77 people and injuring 174...
Conditions at Gaza hospital ‘appalling’: WHO chief
The World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a team from WHO and its partners reached Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza two days ago, amid hostilities and explosions in the vicinity of the hospital during the mission, reports Al Jazeera. He said that Israeli...
UNICEF official decries the ‘brutalisation’ of children in Gaza
UNICEF communications specialist Rosalia Bollen says its absolutely appalling that children continue to be killed every day in Gaza, reports Al Jazeera. While attacks are concentrated on the north, families are killed here in the centre and southern parts of Gaza as well, she told the media from...
Israel’s targeted killings of Palestinian journalists constitute war crimes
Jodie Ginsberg, the chief executive of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), says Israels killing of Palestinian journalists is part of a systematic attempt to censor information coming out of Gaza and the occupied West Bank, reports Al Jazeera. We are reliant on [Palestinian journalists] for...