RAFAH, Gaza Strip — A shipment of medicine for dozens of hostages held by Hamas was en route to Gaza on Wednesday after France and Qatar mediated the first agreement between Israel and the militant group since a weeklong cease-fire in November. The medicines arrived in Egypt and were on the way to the border. … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave TEL AVIV — A plan mediated by Qatar and France to deliver lifesaving medication to Israeli hostages as well as much needed aid to civilians in Gaza, went into motion Wednesday in a rare diplomatic breakthrough. Qatari Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Ansari said Tuesday the supplies would … Read more
Play video content TMZ.com Brett Gelman doesn’t see anything in Netflix costar Noah Schnapp’s views on Israel that warrants an apology … and he’s not afraid to speak his mind about what’s going on in Gaza. We got the “Stranger Things” star at LAX and our photog asked him about Noah sharing a video restating … Read more
Pro-Iranian Hezbollah militants chant slogans as they walk in the beginning of the funeral procession of the party top commander Wissam tawil in the southern Lebanese village of Khirbit Selem. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Is a wider Middle East war — expanding beyond the borders of Gaza and Israel — inevitable? … Read more
Israel has made clear in discussions that its high-intensity military campaign in Gaza will continue throughout January, U.S. officials told The Washington Post, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing diplomacy, despite pressure from the Biden administration for restraint as civilian casualties soar. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said … Read more
The Israel-Hamas war is affecting travel across the Middle East and beyond. International arrivals to the region grew in the fourth quarter of 2023 — mainly owing to an increase in visitors to Saudi Arabia — to a level that matched 2019 numbers, according to the travel data company ForwardKeys. But it’s a far cry … Read more
Israel-Gaza war Secretary of State Antony Blinken left late Thursday to the Middle East for the fourth time since Israel launched its war in Gaza. The trip comes on the heels of a U.S. strike that killed an Iran-linked militia commander in Baghdad and a suspected Israeli killing of a Hamas leader in Lebanon that … Read more
Israel-Gaza war An estimated 100,000 Palestinians have fled to the crowded southern Gaza city of Rafah in recent days, the U.N. humanitarian agency said. The Israel Defense Forces on Friday announced an expansion of its operations in Khan Younis. More than 20,000 people have been killed in the Gaza Strip during the war between Israel … Read more
U.S. President Joe Biden joins Israel’s Prime Minister for the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on October 18, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas. Miriam Alster | Afp | Getty Images Muslim leaders announced on Saturday that they are going national with an effort … Read more
As Israel’s military campaign in Gaza intensifies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has approved a $147.5 million arms sale to Israel through an emergency authority that bypasses the standard congressional review process. In a Friday announcement, the State Department said the proposed sale of 155-mm artillery shells and related equipment is consistent with the U.S. … Read more