Israeli media reported that mediators were making progress on an agreement for a cease-fire and release of dozens of hostages held in Gaza as well as Palestinians imprisoned by Israel
Netanyahu announced that he’ll convene the Cabinet early next week to ‘approve the operational plans for action in Rafah,’ including the evacuation of civilians, despite widespread warnings from the international community
Two legal processes underway are trying to determine whether a genocide is being committed in Gaza
It was the third U.S. veto of a Security Council resolution demanding a cease-fire in Gaza. The vote in the 15-member Council was 13-1 with the United Kingdom abstaining
Six days of hearings are scheduled at the International Court of Justice, during which an unprecedented number of countries will participate, as Israel continues its devastating assault on Gaza
The Munich Security Conference has shone a spotlight on the international community’s failure to act as the suffering of Gaza civilians worsens
An airstrike in Rafah overnight killed six people, including a woman and three children, and another strike killed five men in Khan Younis, the main target of the offensive over the past two months
The West does not consider that 27,000 deaths are sufficient proof of genocide, yet the mere suspicion of an alleged collaboration by UNRWA officials with Hamas was enough for them to halt funding to this U.N. agency
The raid came a day after the army sought to evacuate thousands of displaced people who had taken shelter at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis
Hundreds of forcibly displaced people have left the besieged Nasser medical center in Khan Younis. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes returning to the negotiating table conditional on Hamas delivering a new proposal for a ceasefire
The goal of the negotiations with Qatar and Egypt, which have been in talks with Hamas envoys for days, is the six-week cessation of hostilities sought by U.S. President Joe Biden
In its new filing, South Africa said it asked the court to weigh whether Israel’s strikes on Rafah, and its intention to launch a ground offensive, breaches both the U.N. Genocide Convention and preliminary orders handed down by the court last month
Cairo, fearful of a mass expulsion of Palestinians to its territory, has deployed the military near the Strip and reinforced the barriers on the frontier
The president met with King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House, where the two leaders discussed the future of the Palestinian enclave after the war
The meeting with King Abdullah II comes as Biden and his aides are working to broker another pause in Israel’s war against Hamas in order to send humanitarian aid
The decision came as Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte traveled to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the conflict
The strategic significance of the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, the friction between the U.S. and China and the possible return of Trump make for a high-risk horizon
The U.N. has never been as weak as it is now. The Security Council, an instrument for peace, is incapable of confronting barbarism
Moody’s has lowered the country’s credit rating for the first time in its history. Added to the enormous cost of mobilizing 300,000 reservists and accommodating 200,000 displaced people is the ‘significant’ risk of a large-scale conflict with Hezbollah
The raid was celebrated in Israel as a victory in the sluggish battle to free the hostages, with more than 100 captives still held by Hamas and other Gaza militants
In its announcement Friday, Moody’s warned that the ongoing war in Gaza and a possible war in the north with Hezbollah could adversely affect Israel’s economy. It downgraded the country’s rating from A1 to A2
Over one million Palestinians forcibly displaced to Gaza’s border with Egypt are surviving in increasingly inhumane conditions. Now, they face an Israeli military incursion with nowhere else to turn to
More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are packed into Rafah, many after following Israeli evacuation orders that now cover two-thirds of the territory
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is ignoring calls from the international community, including the United States, to avoid the humanitarian disaster that a military incursion in the southern Gaza area would entail
The Israeli army is intensifying attacks on Rafah in the south of the Strip, while Egypt and Qatar are attempting to bring the parties in the conflict closer to a ceasefire agreement
Mohammed ‘Abu Bakr’ al-Saadi was the commander in charge of Kataib Hezbollah’s operations in Syria. Officials suspect the militia led the drone strike that killed three U.S. troops in Jordan in late January
The U.S. Secretary of State began his fifth tour of the region on Monday after Washington struck targets in Iraq and Syria, where six U.S.-allied fighters were killed by pro-Iranian militias