Aharon Barak, 87, is to present his country’s position on Friday to counter accusations brought by South Africa before the International Court of Justice
Israeli ministers and members of parliament have made declarations dehumanizing or advocating, directly or indirectly, for the killing of Palestinian civilians. They are listed in the lawsuit filed with the United Nations International Court of Justice as showing ‘incitement to genocide’
The US Secretary of State calls the number of civilians, mostly children, dying every day in Gaza ‘far too high’. Israel announces the loss of nine soldiers in 24 hours, in one of its deadliest days
The main road in Huwara, a town of around 7,500 inhabitants, is a strange point of confluence. In calmer times, Jews and Arabs alike repaired their cars here because it was cheaper. Now it is a hot spot of conflict
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh traveled to Cairo to take part in the talks. The Islamist movement insists on releasing all hostages in exchange for an end to the invasion, while Netanyahu warns: ‘Those who think we will stop are disconnected from reality’
A group of 71 residents of the enclave with Israeli passports were treated as potential Hamas sympathizers, interrogated and threatened. ‘After this, you will not return to Gaza. There will be no Gaza left to return to’
‘Soon we will be able to distinguish between different areas of Gaza,’ the Israeli Defense Minister told his American counterpart, opening the door to the gradual return of displaced Palestinians
The artist represented Israel at Eurovision with a controversial song about peace in a duet with her famous friend Noa. That was in 2009. She wouldn’t do it again today. She criticizes both Hamas and Israelis’ ‘blindness’ when it comes to Gaza
The award-winning singer, who represented Israel at Eurovision in 2009 in a duet for peace with her Arab friend Mira Awad, says that the Hamas attack on October 7 and the bombings in Gaza have reinforced her conviction about the need to end the Middle East conflict
Following the Hamas attack, the Israeli government froze crossing permits for Palestinians working in the country and in Jewish settlements, especially in construction. Faced with the economic downturn, the government is looking for new cheap labor in Africa and is considering revoking the measure
‘Even on this difficult evening, we will bind up our wounds, learn the lessons and continue with a supreme effort to return all our hostages home safely,’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement
Tens of thousands of Palestinians remain in the northern part of the enclave, despite evacuation orders. Without humanitarian aid, which is restricted to the south, every day is an odyssey to find food and water
The U.S. president said Israel must change its government and warned that the country is ‘starting to lose support’ over its ‘indiscriminate’ bombing of Gaza
Grief over the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas has given way to euphoria over the advance of troops in Gaza. Polls show that 57% of the Jewish majority see the military force used in the first weeks of bombing as insufficient
Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian enclave have shared dozens of videos mocking the destruction of Gaza, trivializing the bombings and playing with objects found in abandoned houses
The death of Yuval Doron Castleman, who soldiers mistook for a Palestinian during an attack on a bus stop in Jerusalem, has opened a debate about the rules of engagement and the mass distribution of weapons permits to civilians
The army is urging civilians to leave part of the city of Khan Yunis, which hosts some 200,000 displaced persons from the north. The Israeli secret services assure that they will kill all Hamas leaders ‘in every location’ even if it ‘takes a few years’
The heads of the intelligence services of Israel, the U.S. and Egypt are seeking in Doha a new extension of the agreement, which the Arab mediators want to turn into a definitive ceasefire. For its part, the Israeli army warns that it is ‘ready to continue fighting’
Inhabitants of the Strip want the temporary truce to become definitive while the families of Israeli hostages have called for ‘the return of all of them, immediately, whatever it takes’
The agreement, which also involves the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip, was to begin to be implemented Thursday morning. Shortly before its entry into force, the Israeli national security advisor clarified that it would not take place before Friday due to last minute differences
The origin, nature and ideology of the Palestinian militia is far removed from that of the jihadist group, although the tactics used in the October 7 attack have led the Netanyahu government to equate them
In an interview in Jerusalem, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs emphasizes that the humanitarian situation in Gaza is ‘absolutely horrific’ and admits that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict ‘is very divisive in Europe’