The leader said in a televised address Saturday that a cease-fire would only be possible if militants in Gaza release all of the 239 hostages taken in the deadly Hamas attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7
Hamas accuses Israel of killing 13 people in the capital’s largest health center, and an airstrike on a school sheltering civilians left at least 25 dead, according to health sources in the enclave. Meanwhile, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that ‘too many Palestinians have been killed’
The agreement does not constitute a ceasefire, nor does it open the door to the release of hostages held by Hamas
The veteran politician, who has joined the new emergency government formed for the war, says that destroying Hamas sends a message to neighboring countries and that Israel will establish buffer areas in the enclave, which may be mined
There is a hollow ring to any explanation that disguises as a legitimate right to self-defense what is already an unbearable price being paid by all Gazans in response to Hamas’ atrocities
Tlaib said she ‘will not be silenced and I will not let you distort my words.’ She added that her criticism of Israel has always been directed toward its government
The relevant issue is not so much the president’s dual attitude in the Gaza war, but the reaction of associations, politicians and organizations in the United States, which shows that the winds are changing
The city of Tulkarem bids farewell to the four ‘martyrs’ of the Palestinian cause executed in the middle of the street by Israeli special forces for being considered Hamas ’terrorists’
The Israeli Minister of Defense declares that the army is already ‘in the heart’ of Gaza City as entire families flee on foot, with white flags and arms raised, from the area most affected by the bombings
Inner resistance, as many examples throughout history demonstrate, is the only recipe for a citizen to fight against their own monsters
In order not to break the government coalition, the Israeli prime minister limits himself to cautioning a minister from a radical Jewish party who floated the idea of using an atomic bomb in the Gaza conflict
The US Secretary of State asked Netanyahu in Tel Aviv for humanitarian pauses, and the Hezbollah leader warned that its involvement in the war will depend on how Israel acts in Gaza and on the Lebanese border itself
Netanyahu announced the expulsion hours earlier. The UN is ‘deeply concerned’ given the ‘alarming’ situation in the Strip
Israel’s war on the occupied territory is violating international law, but the international community is failing to enforce the rules it has agreed to
The thousands of deaths in the Strip have seen the normalization agreement between Riyadh and Israel shelved following the October 7 militia attacks
Some 50,000 pregnant women live in the enclave, of whom around 5,500 will give birth during the month, which is more than 180 births per day, according to the U.N. Neither mothers nor newborns are receiving the assistance they need
Blinken will call on Netanyahu on Friday for ‘temporary, localized’ ceasefires to get American citizens out of the sieged Strip and get aid in
The Israeli army, which raises its number of fallen soldiers to 18 and has again bombed another Gazan refugee camp, acknowledges that it is facing militia ambushes day and night at the gates of the Strip’s capital
Almost half of countries have suffered setbacks in the democratic process in the last five years, according to the IDEA organization, which however highlights growing citizen participation
The largest refugee camp in northern Gaza was hit by two Israeli strikes in 24 hours, causing dozens of deaths. The U.N. and EU have condemned attacks against the civilian population
There were new airstrikes against the Jabaliya refugee camp. Israeli PM Netanyahu said the war will be ‘long and difficult’ following the death of 16 soldiers
The basic moral imperative is to alleviate the suffering of victims caused by war. The classics of literature can teach us a lot about piety
Our world is in decline. To a large extent, the tools that made Western dominance possible are growing rusty or eroding at a rapid pace
With his decisions in favor of political opportunism, the Israeli prime minister is responsible for the chain of errors that allowed the massacre perpetrated by the militia on October 7
Our ability to experience moral feelings is weakened by the avalanche of real violence that reaches us through screens
A police officer was seriously injured in Jerusalem after being stabbed by a man who was later shot dead
Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the security meeting will discuss ‘attempts by the West to use the events in the Middle East to divide the (Russian) society’