Category: 2. Middle East

Israel, on Tuesday, continued its new military assault on the Gaza Strip, despite mounting international criticism, DPA reported.

At least 85 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes, according to health officials.

Meanwhile, Israeli officials reported that dozens of aid trucks had been allowed into the territory.

Although humanitarian aid began arriving in Gaza two days ago, the supplies urgently needed by the local population have still not reached them,…

Israel has reached its lowest level of international standing ever, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Tuesday.

The newspaper quoted a senior Israeli Foreign Ministry official as warning that the country is facing ‘a real tsunami that will only worsen’, describing the situation as ‘the worst we have ever been in’.”

The caution came in a detailed report published by the paper that outlined a series of international measures recently taken against Israel over…

Hamas, the Palestinian resistance group, accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday of using a ceasefire and hostage swap Israeli delegation in Doha to mislead the international community, saying the team lacks authority to make binding decisions.

“We consider the continued presence of the Zionist delegation in Doha — despite its clear lack of authority to reach an agreement—a blatant attempt by (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu…

Gazans waited desperately for vital supplies on Wednesday after Israel said it let in dozens of UN trucks but faced mounting international pressure to increase the aid flow and abandon its intensified military campaign.

Rescuers in the war-ravaged Palestinian territory told AFP that overnight Israeli strikes killed at least 19 people, including a week-old baby.

Israel said 93 trucks had entered Gaza on Tuesday but faced accusations the amount fell far short of what was required. The United…

Israeli troops fired warning shots during a visit by foreign diplomats to the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, the military said, drawing condemnation as pressure mounted on Israel to allow aid into war-battered Gaza.

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged Israel to hold to account those responsible for the shooting near Jenin, a stronghold of Palestinian armed groups and a frequent target of Israeli raids.

The Palestinian foreign ministry accused Israel of having “deliberately targeted by…

The father of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza has slammed the government of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu as “criminal” and called for sanctions to be imposed on Israel until it concludes a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions, Anadolu agency reported.

Speaking to the Israeli public radio on Tuesday evening, Yehuda Cohen, the father of the captive soldier Nimrod Cohen who was captured and three of his colleagues from inside a…

Israeli opposition leader Yair Golan sought late Tuesday to defend remarks he made earlier that triggered a backlash, saying that when members of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government “celebrate the death and starvation of children in Gaza, we must speak out”, Anadolu agency reported

Golan, the head of The Democrats party and a former deputy chief of staff of the Israeli army, told Israel’s public broadcaster KAN earlier in the day that…

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his visit to the Middle East has caused a shift in Gulf countries’ interests back to the United States instead of China.

Trump told reporters after a meeting with Republican Congressmen that his visit to the Middle East was “very successful”, adding that he had returned from there with $5.1 trillion in investment pledges, which is a “great gain for the United States.””

Trump added that Saudi Arabia, Qatar,…

Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Sheibani warned Tuesday that Israel’s violation of the 1974 Disengagement Agreement is sow regional chaos and instability.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Damascus, al-Sheibani added that the Israeli attacks on Syria threaten not only Syria but the entire region and represent a flagrant violation of international law.

Al-Sheibani explained that…

The EU on Tuesday ordered a review of its cooperation deal with Israel and Britain halted trade talks with it as European nations took a tougher line over the Gaza war.

France renewed its commitment to recognise a Palestinian state, a day after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu angrily hit back at Britain, France and Canada for threatening action over his country’s military offensive and blockade of Gaza.

EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said “a strong majority” of the 27 member…