on Feb. 19, 2024. Over the past few weeks, Israel has signaled its intention to conduct a ground operation in Rafah, Gaza's southernmost town, to "eliminate" Hamas and rescue Israeli hostages. The impending invasion has deeply concerned the international community. Several countries have spoken...
He added: "I mean, what's wrong with that? They can leave, they can then come back, they can relocate and come back. But you have to rebuild Gaza." Netanyahu said he did not believe Trump suggested sending US troops to fight Hamas in Gaza or that Washington would finance...
Turkey said the international community's priority "should be to stop the massacre in Gaza and to ensure lasting peace in our region by establishing a Palestinian state." Speaking as he hosted a meeting of his fellow G7 foreign ministers, including U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, It...
insisting that they are simply interpreting the laws of war the same way the U.S. has interpreted them in Iraq and other war zones. They compare Gaza to Fallujah, Mosul and even Hiroshima.
Ariel Kallner, a Knesset member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party, explained Israel’s goal behind the Gaza war. “Right now, one goal: Nakba. A Nakba that will overshadow the Nakba of 1948,” he said. The same sentiment was conveyed by Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galla...
Image:Israeli soldiers entering a tunnel near the Gaza border. Pic: AP In the first instance, the IDF would send down unmanned vehicles to check for booby traps and collect robust evidence of activities inside the tunnels, he added.
"It's simply depravity in the worst imaginable way," he said. Residents inspect the damage to their building in the southern city of Ashkelon after it was hit during the night by a rocket from the Gaza Strip. /Menahem Kahana/AFP Like others across the globe, Blink...
“We are in an election year in America, and for a significant number of democratic voters, support for Israel is seen as harming the helpless Palestinians in Gaza,” Bar-On explained. This political climate increases the administration’s urgency to reach a ceasefire in Gaza and to ensure th...
Since the war in Gaza began one year ago, the Israeli military has posted hundreds of videos online showing airstrikes. Experts say these are intended to show their success against Hamas, but they do not show the full picture of the devastation on the gr
"I can't speak about being Palestinian because when I speak about being Palestinian, when I go to a pro-Palestine march, you say I walk among people who are antisemitic. And it's really unfair to put those connotations on someone who's simply marching for the freedom of his...