Category: 2. Middle East

The UK has joined calls for an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to address the escalating humanitarian situation in Gaza, ministers confirmed in the House of Commons on Tuesday, Anadolu reports.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said the UK will “make representations very actively” at the session, voicing strong concern over Israel’s recent decision to reduce the number of aid distribution points.

Lammy emphasized that the UK is engaging closely…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Tuesday that no one can dictate Paris’ position on recognizing a Palestinian state, urging the Israeli government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the use of brutal force in Gaza and instead focus on diplomacy and negotiations for a ceasefire, Anadolu reports.

“No one will dictate France’s position. France will do it because France believes in a lasting political solution for the region, in the…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he might accept a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, but will not commit to end the war on the Palestinian enclave, Anadolu reports.

Speaking during a visit to injured soldiers, Netanyahu said, “eliminating Hamas and freeing all our hostages – these work together.”

“Hamas might say ‘okay – we want to release ten more.’ There will be no situation where we stop the war,” Netanyahu…

Rights groups on Tuesday urged judges to halt Britain’s supply of fighter jet parts to Israel amid the war in Gaza, as they took the government to court and accused it of breaking international law.

Supported by Amnesty, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and others, the Palestinian rights association Al-Haq is seeking a court order to stop the government’s export of UK-made components for Lockheed Martin F-35 fighter jets.

Israel has used the US warplanes to devastating effect in Gaza and the West…

Gaza rescuers said Israeli strikes in the vicinity of a hospital in the south of the Palestinian territory killed at least 28 people Tuesday, after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the military would enter Gaza “with full force” in the coming days.

A day earlier, the release of 21-year-old US-Israeli Edan Alexander, who had been in Hamas captivity since their October 2023 attack on Israel, offered a brief pause in the fighting.

Gaza’s civil defence agency said at least 28 people…

The US Senate’s top Democrat announced Tuesday he would hold up all Justice Department political appointees in protest over President Donald Trump’s acceptance of a $400 million luxury plane as a gift from Qatar.

The Gulf state’s royal family has offered to donate a 747-8 jumbo jet as Trump awaits the delayed delivery of two new presidential planes from Boeing.

But the move raises huge constitutional and ethical questions — as well as security concerns about using an aircraft donated by a…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the military will enter Gaza “with full force” in the coming days, despite ongoing ceasefire efforts and the release of a US-Israeli hostage from the war-ravaged territory.

“In the very coming days, we are going in with full force to complete the operation,” Netanyahu was quoted as saying in a statement from his office on Tuesday.

“Completing the operation means defeating Hamas. It means destroying Hamas,” Netanyahu said.

“There will be no…