GAZA | Xinhua | The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 41,020, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Tuesday. During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 32 people and wounded 100 others, bringing the total death toll …
Read More »European airlines suspend flights amid escalating Israel-Hezbollah conflict
BRUSSELS | Xinhua | Several major airlines in European countries announced the suspension of flights to and from Israel and Lebanon Sunday following escalating hostilities between the two Mideast countries. According to French news channel BFMTV, Air France has decided to suspend its flights to Israel’s Tel Aviv and …
Read More »ISRAEL JOBS: Fraudsters fleece Ugandans of sh943 million in scam
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Internal Affairs in collaboration with intelligence and investigations agencies have launched a hunt for two fraudsters who have fleeced Ugandans of sh934 million in an Israel job scam. According to information received at the anti-human trafficking department at the ministry, 43 Ugandans …
Read More »Netanyahu says Israel “committed” to Gaza ceasefire proposal
JERUSALEM, Israel | Xinhua| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Monday that Israel is “committed” to the deal proposal outlined by U.S. President Joe Biden for a ceasefire in Gaza in return for the release of hostages. “We are committed to the Israeli proposal that President Biden endorsed,” Netanyahu …
Read More »The view within Israel turns bleak
Now apathy has been replaced by vengeance ANALYSIS | MEGA K. STACK | It was the pictures of Palestinians swimming and sunning at a Gaza beach that rubbed Yehuda Shlezinger, an Israeli journalist, the wrong way. Stylish in round red glasses and a faint scruff of beard, Mr. Shlezinger unloaded …
Read More »Israel military frees four hostages in Gaza
The operation to free the hostages took place near a Palestinian refugee camp in Nuseirat TEL AVIV | TASS | The Israel Defense Forces said it rescued four Israeli hostages that had been held by Palestinian radicals in Gaza since October 7, 2023. The operation to free the hostages took …
Read More »Israel gains operational control of Philadelphi Corridor along Gaza-Egypt border: spokesman
JERUSALEM, Israeli | Xinhua | The Israeli army announced on Wednesday that it has gained full operational control of the Philadelphi Corridor, a strip of land along the border between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesman Daniel Hagari said the corridor served as Hamas’s “oxygen …
Read More »Egypt warns against safety risks on border with Gaza: media
CAIRO, Egypt | Xinhua | Egypt has warned against the safety risks facing its army personnel deployed on the border with the Gaza Strip, Egypt’s Al-Qahera News TV channel reported Monday, citing a high-ranking security source. Commenting on the killing of an Egyptian soldier near the Rafah crossing earlier in …
Read More »UN Security Council to hold emergency meeting today on IDF strike at Rafah
UNITED NATIONS | TASS | The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on the IDF missile strike at a tent camp in Rafah, which killed dozens of Palestinians, on May 28, a Security Council diplomatic source told TASS. “On Tuesday evening, closed-door consultations will take place under Algeria’s …
Read More »Israel agrees to resume hostage talks with Hamas next week: state-run TV
JERUSALEM, Israel | Xinhua | Israel has agreed to renew talks with Hamas on a hostage deal next week, with the mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the United States, Israel’s state-owned Kan TV reported on Saturday. According to the report, at a meeting in Paris on Friday, David Barnea, the …
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