Hamas's deadly attack on Israel is the latest in a long line of bloody conflicts between two deeply divided political rivals. But what isHamas, why is it in conflict withIsrael, and why have its militants decided to launch an attack now? Follow live updates from ...
"If it does, I think it will be different to what we saw the first time around. This is because this time Israel does not need to worry about the threat from Hezbollah" - referring to the Iran-backed, Lebanese militant group that Israel targeted...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared his country is "at war" with Hamas almost immediately after the militant group launched a brutal terror attack from the Gaza Strip on October 7, killing hundreds and prompting more than two weeks of retaliatory airstrikes on the Palestinian ...
Attacks on arms centres, alleged chemical weapons facilities, and military air and sea resources are essentially defensive in nature, Israel claims
The Israel embassy did not respond to questions regarding whether the Dublin closure was linked to funding cuts or rising costs. However, in September, Israeli finance minister Bezalel Smotrichsaidthat to finance Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in Gaza, he planned broad spending red...
CAIRO (AP) — Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’s bloodthirsty incursion into Israel onOctober 7, 2023. Israel, recognizing Hamas as a fanatic enemy hell-bent on its destruction, realizes that the organization must be totally disempowered if there is ever to be peace in the region. The motivation of ...
But the risk of doing so is huge. Hezbollah has lost a great deal of support in Lebanon and the country can ill afford another war with Israel. Image:Israel-Lebanon border. Pic: Alex Rossi Read more: Satellite images show Gaza reduced to rubble ...
Israeli troops have pulled back to the edges of Gaza, the first hostages have been released and many Palestinians have returned to what remains of their homes in the first few days of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal.
Trump also seems to have challenged another of Netanyahu’s commitments. In July the Israeli prime minister said: “My vision for that day is of a demilitarized and deradicalized Gaza. Israel does not seek to resettle Gaza.” That’s not what Trump is saying now. ...