and as Israel continues to bombard Hamas targets in Gaza from the air, Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant orders a complete siege of the Gaza Strip, saying authorities will cut electricity and block the entry of all food and fuel.
The conflict was touched off a month ago by the sneak attack, which included thousands of armed Hamas terrorists breaching a border security fence separating Gaza from Israel, and indiscriminately torturing and gunning down Israeli civilians in their homes, also attacking soldiers, caught off guard,...
Sunak will share his condolences for the loss of life in Israel and Gaza as a result of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Gaza-based Palestinian Hamas gunmen, his office said, and warn against further escalation of conflict in the region. "Every civilian death is a tragedy. And too many ...
U.S. President Joe Biden reiterated the "only" lasting answer to the Israel-Hamas conflict is a two-state solution, but ongoing Israeli action in the Gaza Strip is justified given that Hamas has said publicly it plans to attack Israel again. "I've made it clear to the Israelis that .....
The conflict has raged for more than a year and has seen an escalation betweenIsraelandIranand an open conflict with Hezbollah inLebanon. What follows is by no means an exhaustive timeline, but it aims to capture some of the more salient moments in the deva...
BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Israel and Hamas on Saturday completed the fifth prisoner-for-hostage swap under the first phase of the ongoing Gaza ceasefire agreement, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. The following is a timeline of key events related to the swaps since Israel and ...
A timeline of the intensifying Israel-Hezbollah-Iran conflict A final push from two administrations Trump's November reelection victory gave fresh impetus to the stalled negotiations, with Trump and his incoming Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, making clear the incomi...
The foreign minister of Egypt, a key mediator in the conflict, said Israel's actions were an attempt to use "starvation as a weapon" and "a flagrant and clear violation of humanitarian law". Saudi Arabia called Israel's decision "a tool of extortion". ...
There have been a spate of attacks in the region since Oct. 7, when Palestinian Hamas militants attacked Israel and Israel retaliated. On Nov. 8, Syria also said Israel had carried out an aerial attack targeting military sites in southern Syria as the Hamas-Israel conflict led to an increase...
feasible suggestion but stressed that it is “truly urgent” to decide if this would be in the form of the Palestinian Authority or another group. Delaying this decision would only lead to Hamas continuing to exist, and therefore the conflict between Israel and Hamas continuing too, Livni ...