People block a road as they protest, calling for a deal for the immediate release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to...
Israeli armored vehicles move on a street during a military operation in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams, Tulkarem, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) TULKAREM, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military said it killed five more West Bank militants, including a local...
NEW PROPOSAL – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Jerusalem, on Aug. 19, 2024. Israel has accepted a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of hostages. (Haim Zach-GPO/Handout via Xinhua) TEL AVIV,...
People attend a funeral for victims killed in an Israeli airstrike in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, on Aug. 14, 2024. At least 15 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in intensive Israeli attacks on the city of Khan Younis in southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources...
Palestinians flee the Khan Younis area of the Gaza Strip, following Israeli military evacuation orders, saying its forces will soon operate there, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) WASHINGTON (AP) — Leaders of the United States, Egypt and Qatar jointly demanded...
Yahya Sinwar chairs a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions at his office in Gaza City, April 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File) BEIRUT (AP) — Hamas on Tuesday named Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza who masterminded the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel, as its new leader in a...
In this photo released by the Iranian Presidency Office, President Masoud Pezeshkian, right, shakes hands with Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh at the start of their meeting at the President's office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP) TEHRAN, Iran (AP) —...
The slogan "All Eyes on Rafah" is trending on social media following the deadly blast that occurred in one of the remaining cities declared as safe zones in Gaza amid the prolonged Israel-Hamas war. At least 45 people, mostly women and children, were reportedly killed in the incident that...
MEETING WITH THE POPE – Pope Francis meets with relatives of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas, at the Vatican, Monday, April 8, 2024. (Vatican Media via AP) VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis met Monday with relatives of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, marking the six-month...
​Israel is willing to cooperate with the talks that could possibly lead to a truce in its war with Hamas "as long as the Israeli security is protected," its top diplomat in Manila said Wednesday, Jan. 31. Although Israel is now more open to negotiations compared to the early days of the war,...
The United States and Canada have suspended their respective funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) amid allegations that a dozen of the agency's staff were involved in the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Top diplomats of both...
The mother of a Filipino Israeli Defense Force soldier mourned his death in the war between Israel and Hamas. GARIN (Imelda Garin FB) Sergeant First Class (Reserves) Cydrick Garin was killed in a massive explosion perpetrated by Hamas militants in Gaza on Monday, January 22. Garin’s mother,...
