Category: 2. Middle East

President Donald Trump said Saturday the United States was “not going to stand” for the continued prosecution of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges.

“The United States of America spends Billions of Dollar a year, far more than on any other Nation, protecting and supporting Israel. We are not going to stand for this,” Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.

An Israeli court on Friday rejected Netanyahu’s request to postpone giving testimony in his corruption…

Thousands of demonstrators rallied in Israel on Saturday to demand that the government secure the release of 49 hostages still held in Gaza, AFP reporters saw.

It was the first rally by hostages’ relatives since Israel agreed a ceasefire with Iran on June 24 after a 12-day war, raising hopes that the truce would lend momentum to efforts to end the Gaza conflict and bring the hostages home.

Emergency restrictions in place during the war with Iran had prevented the normally weekly rally from…

Six Israelis were detained for assaulting soldiers near a village in the occupied West Bank where deadly clashes with Palestinians erupted this week, the military said on Saturday.

The fresh violence around the central West Bank village of Kafr Malik came after the Palestinian health ministry said three men died there in an attack by Israeli settlers on Wednesday.

Soldiers went to disperse a gathering of Israelis near the village overnight, the military said in a statement.

“Dozens of Israeli…

Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed 37 people in the devastated territory on Saturday, including at least nine children who died in strikes.

Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP 35 people were killed in seven Israeli drone and air strikes in various locations, and two others by Israeli fire while waiting for food aid in the Netzarim zone in central Gaza.

He said the dead included three children who were killed in an air strike on a home in Jabalia, in northern…

At least 51 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others injured on Saturday when Israeli warplanes and artillery struck multiple locations across the Gaza Strip, including areas sheltering displaced families, Anadolu reports.

In the latest attack, eight Palestinians, including five children and a woman, were killed, and more than 27 others were injured in an Israeli air strike targeting a group of civilians near the Yafa School shelter center in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza…

The regional assembly of the French island of Corsica on Friday passed a resolution recognizing the state of Palestine, Anadolu reports.

The Assembly on the Mediterranean island debated a motion addressing support for the Palestinian people and Israel’s violations of international law in the Gaza Strip.

The motion, submitted by Assembly President Marie-Antoinette Maupertuis, was passed.

Afterwards, she wrote on X: “The @AssembleeCorse recognizes the State of…

Iran’s foreign minister announced Saturday that the country will prohibit Rafael Mariano Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), from entering its territory and will also not allow the agency to install surveillance cameras at nuclear facilities, Anadolu reports.

“We will not allow the International Atomic Energy Agency to install cameras at our nuclear sites, and the agency’s chief will be banned from entering the country,” Abbas…

At least 66 Palestinian children have died from acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip under Israel’s blockade since October 2023, local authorities said Saturday, as severe shortages of food, medical supplies and baby formula continue to grip the enclave, Anadolu reports.

The infant deaths reflect the worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where Israel has imposed a siege since Oct. 7, 2023, tightening restrictions on aid and fuel.

The latest fatalities include…

Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank have demolished more than 1,000 Palestinian homes and killed at least 55 people since January, according to two Palestinian media committees, Anadolu reports.

The destruction has focused on three northern West Bank refugee camps – Jenin, Tulkarem and Nur Shams – where Israeli forces have carried out operations since Jan. 21.

In Jenin camp alone, more than 600 homes have been destroyed and many others left uninhabitable, the camp’s…

Egypt on Saturday condemned the killing of three Palestinians by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, calling the attacks a “flagrant violation” of international law and urging international intervention, Anadolu reports.

The statement came after settlers stormed the town of Kafr Malik near Ramallah, killing three Palestinians and injuring seven others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

“Cairo strongly condemns the ongoing settler attacks…