Israël

After Berri, Hochstein Holds Talks With J.Aoun and Walid Joumlatt

US envoy Amos Hochstein kicked off his third visit to Lebanon in less than five months on Monday by calling on Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. His round of talks with Lebanese officials included Army commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, caretaker Minister of Water and Energy Walid Fayyad, and former head of the Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid ...

Efforts Towards Gaza Truce Intensify Amidst UN Concerns

Efforts for a Gaza truce are intensifying with mediation from Cairo, involving US and Hamas representatives, aiming to halt the conflict before Ramadan. International pressure mounts for increased aid delivery into Gaza amidst dire humanitarian conditions, while political divisions emerge in Israel. Mediators in Cairo pushed for efforts towards a ...

Israel Destroys Nablus Home of Palestinian Accused of Attack

Israeli troops demolished on Monday, March 4 the house of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli settler last year, following a military raid into Al-Makhfiya, Nablus. The apartment of Moaz al-Masry, who was killed in a military raid on Nablus following the April 7 attack, was demolished in the early hours, Palestinian witnesses and the ...

Southern Front: 1 Israeli Dead and 7 Injured

Following the firing of an anti-armor rocket from Lebanon towards Margaliot in the Upper Galilee, reports from Israeli media clarified that there was one fatality and seven individuals wounded. Regarding the exchange of fire, the Israeli army fired in the air and at close range at farmers who were spraying pesticides on their crops near the town ...

US Administration Changes Tone, Calls for Ceasefire in Gaza

US Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Sunday, marking a change in the tone of the US administration. Harris is set to meet with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Israeli war cabinet member Benny Gantz on Monday to discuss matters. US Vice President Kamala Harris urged an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, ...

Benny Gantz to Meet Top US Officials in Washington

Benny Gantz, an influential member of Israel's war cabinet, will meet in Washington on Monday with top US officials to discuss efforts toward a temporary ceasefire in Gaza and increased humanitarian aid, a White House official said. Gantz is to meet with Vice President Kamala Harris and separately with White House national security advisor Jake ...

Iran Executes a Person Over Alleged Israel Link to Attack

Iran's judiciary has executed a "terrorist" over a drone attack that targeted a defense ministry site in central Iran last year, state media reported on Sunday. According to state TV, the person "planned to blow up the workshop complex of the Ministry of Defense in Isfahan under the guidance of an intelligence officer of Mossad," Israel's spy ...

Precarious Calm on the Southern Front

A precarious calm prevailed in southern Lebanon on Sunday evening, after a day marked by intermittent exchanges of artillery fire between Hezbollah and Israel. The Israeli Army bombarded on Sunday Naqoura, Labbouneh, Alma al-Shaab, Ramya, Kfar Kila, Khiam, and the outskirts of Hula. At the same time, phosphorus bombs were dropped on Kfar Kila and ...

Southern Lebanon: Intensive Israeli Bombardment

The exchange of fire between Hezbollah and Israel intensified on Saturday afternoon, following a morning marked by the deaths of three Hezbollah fighters in an Israeli raid on the Naqoura highway. In the afternoon, Israeli artillery bombarded the southwestern sector of Mays al-Jabal, setting fire to the village's neighborhoods but causing no ...

Gaza: A Truce Agreement in the Hands of Hamas

A Hamas delegation is expected to fly to Cairo Saturday for talks on a truce in Gaza, a source close to the group told AFP, as mediators scrambled to secure a deal. Egyptian, Qatari and US go-betweens have been shuttling between Israeli and Hamas negotiators, trying to secure a pause in fighting before the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, ...

US Military Cargo Planes Begin Air Drop to Gaza

American cargo planes air-dropped 38,000 meals into the besieged Gaza Strip on Saturday, part of a series of drops planned by Washington to help curb a growing humanitarian crisis in the war-racked territory. The United Nations has warned of famine in Gaza, and more than 100 people were left dead earlier this week in a frenzied scramble for food ...