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A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men inside 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 Brafman, was …
Read More »Hamas says trio of Israeli hostages to be released as scheduled on Saturday
The Palestinian militant group Hamas signalled on Thursday that a crisis threatening to unravel the Gaza ceasefire deal could be avoided despite uncertainty over the number of hostages due to be released on Saturday and disagreements over aid supplies. The 42-day ceasefire has appeared close to failure this week amid …
Read More »Israeli military withdraws from key Gaza corridor, allowing more Palestinians to return home
Israeli forces withdrew from a key corridor in Gaza on Sunday, Israeli officials and Hamas said, the latest commitment under a tenuous ceasefire that faces a major test over whether the sides can negotiate its planned extension. Israelis’ shock at the sight of three emaciated hostages released Saturday has added …
Read More »Hamas frees 4 Israeli soldier hostages in exchange for 200 Palestinians
The Palestinian militant group Hamas handed four female Israeli soldier hostages over to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Saturday. Hours later, Israeli authorities said they released 200 Palestinian prisoners as part of the Gaza ceasefire deal aimed at ending the 15-month-old war in Gaza. The four soldiers who …
Read More »Israeli forces kill 22 protesters demanding their withdrawal in Lebanon
Israeli forces in southern Lebanon on Sunday opened fire on protesters demanding their withdrawal in line with a ceasefire agreement, killing at least 22 and injuring 124, Lebanese health officials reported. Hours later, the White House said that Israel and Lebanon had agreed to extend the deadline for Israeli troops …
Read More »Netanyahu OKs sending Israeli intelligence boss to Qatar for Gaza ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks on the war in Gaza. It was not immediately clear when David Barnea would travel to Qatar’s capital, …
Read More »3 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank as raids intensify
Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinian militants in stepped-up operations across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday following the killing of three Israelis near a Jewish settlement, the Israeli military said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said an 18-year-old was killed overnight in an Israeli airstrike in Tamun, a town …
Read More »Israeli strikes kill at least 17 Palestinians in Gaza as war grinds into the new year
Israeli airstrikes on Al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and on the northern town of Jabalia killed at least 17 Palestinians on Wednesday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Israeli military had no immediate comment although, in a post on X, its Arabic spokesperson warned residents of Al-Bureij earlier to evacuate …
Read More »WHO chief calls for end to hospital attacks in Gaza after deadly Israeli strike
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. “Hospitals in Gaza have once again become battlegrounds and the health system is under severe threat,” said WHO …
Read More »Israeli army forcibly evacuates north Gaza hospital, ministry says staff out of contact
Israeli forces on Friday raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of Gaza, ordering dozens of patients and hundreds of others to evacuate and leaving part of the site on fire, Health Ministry officials said. Elsewhere in Gaza, Israeli strikes killed at least …
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