The Israeli military has launched a sweeping new offensive in the Gaza Strip, marking a sharp escalation in the ongoing conflict.
Dubbed "Operation Gideon's Chariots" by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the campaign seeks to seize and hold (...)
BAGHDAD — Saudi Arabia has reaffirmed its unequivocal rejection of the forced displacement of Palestinians "under any circumstances," Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir said Saturday during the 34th Arab League Summit in (...)
The Israeli military intensified operations across Gaza Thursday, killing more than 100 people, and pledged to continue bombings as US President Donald Trump suggested establishing a "freedom zone" in the enclave.
Many of the casualties were in (...)
The Israeli government has on its table a proposal on creating a new entity from scratch in Gaza after it defeats Hamas, a document seen by Euronews dated December 2023 reveals.
The proposal, in the form of a 32-page academic paper titled "Gaza (...)
Nearly 100 people, including children, have been killed in a large-scale Israeli ground, air and sea attack launched early Friday in north Gaza, the Hamas-run civil defense and residents have said.
The civil defense said at least nine homes and (...)
The Israeli military will resume its operations in Gaza "with full force" in the coming days, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
"Completing the operation means defeating Hamas. It means destroying Hamas," Netanyahu said in a (...)
At least 48 Palestinians have been killed in a series of Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza overnight, a local hospital says.
The Indonesian hospital reported that 22 children and 15 women were among the dead after a number of homes in Jabalia (...)
Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on Friday renewed his call for a complete halt to humanitarian aid deliveries to the Gaza Strip, linking the provision of food and supplies to the release of Israeli hostages held in the enclave.
"I (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to "defend ourselves alone" against Yemen's Houthi rebels after US President Donald Trump struck a deal with the Iran-backed group.
The US deal, announced just hours after the Israeli military (...)
Armed Israeli security forces have forced the closure of three schools run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.
Hundreds of Palestinian students were sent home from the schools in Shuafat refugee camp (...)
Israel's prime minister has said there is "uncertainty" about the condition of three of 24 hostages previously believed to be alive in Hamas captivity in Gaza.
Benjamin Netanyahu said he knew "with certainty" that 21 hostages were alive but the (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed Saudi Arabia's categorical rejection of the Israeli occupation authorities' announcement regarding their incursion into and control of the Gaza Strip and Palestinian territories.
The ministry also (...)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the population of Gaza will be displaced to the south after his security cabinet approved an expanded military operation in the enclave that a minister described as a plan to "conquer" the (...)
Israel's security cabinet voted Sunday to expand military operations in Gaza and approve a new framework for aid delivery, according to two Israeli officials, one of whom described the plan as involving the "conquest" of enclave.
The vote came hours (...)
A failed interception of a missile fired from Yemen forced Israel to briefly shut down its main international airport on Sunday, exposing the country's vulnerabilities and the Houthi rebels' continued ability to strike distant targets despite a (...)
Fires that have ravaged large parts of central Israel since Wednesday have largely been extinguished, the country's Fire and Rescue Authority says.
More than 150 teams have been battling the blaze, which has scorched around 20 sq km (7.7 sq miles) (...)
A Gaza-bound activist aid ship caught fire and issued an SOS, after what its organizers claimed was a drone attack off the coast of Malta in international waters in the early hours of Friday.
The Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), which is (...)
A hot meal is hard to come by in the Gaza Strip, but a lunch for needy families in the south is about to be delivered by donkey and cart.
Today's dish is koshari — made with lentils, rice and a zesty tomato sauce — in a set of huge cooking pots in (...)
Israel's war in Gaza grinds on, but opposition is growing.
In recent weeks, thousands of Israeli reservists – from all branches of the military – have signed letters demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government stop the fighting and (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan held a phone call with Hussein Al-Sheikh, Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
They discussed developments in the Palestinian arena and (...)
The UN's highest court has begun a week of hearings into Israel's obligation to "ensure and facilitate" humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories and particularly in Gaza.
The hearings come in response to a (...)
THE HAGUE — Amid the ongoing Israeli military aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip and the blockade of humanitarian aid, Saudi Arabia renewed its strong condemnation of the Israeli atrocities and barbaric aggression on unarmed civilians. "Israel (...)
JEDDAH — The Council of Ministers discussed on Tuesday the third phase of Saudi Vision 2030, slated for 2026, which will focus on sustaining the impact of the transformations and capitalizing on emerging growth opportunities. Crown Prince and Prime (...)
The head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic intelligence agency has resigned.
Ronen Bar made the announcement that he would leave his position on 15 June at a memorial event for Shin Bet members who have died in service.
It came after he had been engaged (...)
RIYADH/RAMALLAH — Saudi Arabia on Saturday welcomed the reform measures announced by the Palestinian leadership. The reforms included the creation of the posts of Vice President of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (...)
