Hundreds stage Gaza protest against Hamas after conflict resumes
Cairo, Egypt/Ramallah, West Bank Reuters Hundreds of Palestinians have protested in northern Gaza to demand an end to war, chanting “Hamas out”, social media posts showed, in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group that sparked the latest war with its 7th October, 2023 raid on Israel. Northern Gaza has been one […]
Israel to seize more of Gaza if Hamas keeps refusing to free hostages, defence minister says
Reuters Israel will take more territory in Gaza and fight until Hamas is wiped out if the Palestinian militant group keeps refusing to free remaining hostages, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday. He spoke as mediators continued efforts to salvage Gaza’s ceasefire deal shattered by Israel’s renewal of air and ground war on […]
Essay: As we weep for Palestine and Israel, we must look to limit vengeance
US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, says that if the world followed the ‘lex talionis’, it would be a much less bloody place…
Egypt makes new proposal to restore Gaza truce as Israeli strikes kill 65
Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters Egypt has floated a new proposal aimed at restoring the Gaza ceasefire deal, security sources told Reuters on Monday, as Palestinian health authorities said Israeli strikes had killed at least 65 people in the enclave in the previous 24 hours. The proposal, made last week, follows an escalation in violence after Israel […]
Defying protests, Israeli cabinet votes no confidence in Attorney General
Tel Aviv/Jerusalem, Israel Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved a no confidence motion against the Attorney General on Sunday, in its latest move on officials deemed hostile to the government, defying protesters who took to the streets for a sixth day. After the vote, Justice Minister Yariv Levin called on Gali Baharav-Miara to […]
Israeli strike at Gaza hospital kills five, Israel says target was Hamas militant
Updated: 9:20am (AEDT) Cairo, Egypt/Jerusalem Reuters An Israeli airstrike at a hospital in Gaza on Sunday killed five people, including a Hamas political leader, Palestinian medics and Hamas said, in an attack Israel said had targeted a key figure in the militant group. The Gaza Health Ministry said the strike hit the surgery department at […]
Israel anti-government protests flare after dismissal of top security agency chief
Tel Aviv, Israel Reuters Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to dismiss the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service and resume fighting in Gaza. Netanyahu said this week he had lost confidence in Ronen Bar, who has led Shin Bet since […]
Truce shaky as Israel strikes Lebanon in response to rocket fire
Beirut, Lebanon/Jerusalem Reuters Israeli artillery and airstrikes hit south Lebanon on Saturday after Israel said it had intercepted rockets fired from across the border, killing at least eight people and endangering a shaky truce that ended a year-long war between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah. That conflict marked the deadliest spillover of the Gaza […]
Weary of war?: In Israel, reservist burnout and little public appetite for more war in Gaza
MAAYAN LUBELL, of Reuters, reports as Israel this week launched deadly airstrikes and new ground operations in Gaza…
Hamas studies US ‘bridge’ proposal for truce as Israel escalates return to war
Cairo, Egypt/Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Hamas said on Friday it was reviewing a US proposal to restore the Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensified a military onslaught to press the Palestinian militant group to free remaining Israeli hostages. US special envoy Steve Witkoff’s “bridge” plan, presented last week, aims to extend the ceasefire into April, […]