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Tag: Gaza Strip

Iran would talk with US ‘only if it is serious’

Iran’s foreign minister says a lack of trust is the biggest obstacle in negotiations to end the war with...

Israeli navy intercepts Gaza-bound flotilla

Israeli naval forces intercepted a large Gaza-bound activist flotilla Wednesday night in the eastern Mediterranean, stopping dozens of vessels...

Gazans cast votes in local election for first time in 20 years

Gazan residents participated on Saturday for the first time in two decades in municipal elections organised by the Palestinian...

Hamas spied on World Vision employees to disrupt Gaza aid director’s trial

Internal Hamas documents seized by Israeli soldiers and reviewed by experts reveal that the terror group spied on and...

UAE plans compound in Israeli-held Gaza Strip part: map

A planning map indicates that a "UAE Temporary Emirates Housing Complex" will be constructed near Rafah in the south...

Israel sets conditions for ending Gaza War, plans for civilian governance

After an all-night discussion, Israel’s Security Cabinet approved a proposal to expand the war on Hamas, including reoccupying the...

Ohad graduates as a doctor in Gaza

While his classmates celebrated the completion of their medical degrees, Ohad was serving inside Gaza. He couldn’t make it to...

Australia accuses Israel of politicising aid in Gaza

Penny Wong has joined a host of foreign ministers calling on Israel to allow full humanitarian aid including food...

United Nations readies to increase Jew-hatred worldwide

A scheduled United Nations high-level conference to take place on June 17-20, 2025, in New York will be the...

Israeli army to prepare plan allowing Gazans to voluntarily leave Strip

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz instructed the military to prepare a plan allowing Gazans to leave the enclave voluntarily,...

Trump announces US will take over Gaza Strip

President Donald Trump says he wants the US to take ownership of the Gaza Strip and redevelop it after...

Were Americans listening to Netanyahu’s message?

What Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in his address to a joint meeting of Congress was important. Both Americans...

Hamas says contact lost with group holding five hostages

Hamas says it has lost contact with a group responsible for five Israeli hostages being held captive in the...

Third group of hostages freed, prisoners released in Israel-Hamas deal

Another 17 hostages, including a US girl, have been released by Hamas, while Palestinian women and children have been...

US says Israel to begin four-hour pauses in northern Gaza

Israel will begin daily four-hour pauses in the northern Gaza Strip to enable Palestinians to flee hostilities in the...

Biden speaks to freed American-Israeli hostages

U.S. President Joe Biden spoke by phone on Saturday with Judith and Natalie Raanan, freed the previous night from...

Netanyahu: ‘Freedom of protest is not a license to drag the country into anarchy’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a televised address on Wednesday evening, spoke out against the violent protests that roiled...

JNF joint project: Security afforestation near Gaza Strip

With a shared vision of greening Israel for future generations, both Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund (KKL...

Gazans angered by Islamic Jihad rockets misfiring and exploding inside Strip

Many in the Gaza Strip have expressed anger following about 120 rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation...

NIS 3m for children in lockdown near Gaza Strip

The government will allocate a budget of about NIS 3 million (A$1,292,000) to fund vacations for the children of...