The Israeli military announced on Saturday an Israeli soldier was killed and three were severely injured during combat in northern Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) identified the soldier as Warrant Officer Ghaleb Sliman Al-Nasasra.“Warrant Officer G’haleb Sliman Alnasasra, aged 35 from the Bedouin community in Rahat, a tracker in the Northern Brigade, Gaza Division, […]
File photo of Hamas fighters (Pic credit: AP) Hamas is grappling with a severe cash shortage in Gaza, as Israel tightens restrictions and intensifies its military campaign against the militant group. The financial crisis has crippled the group’s ability to pay its fighters and government employees, signaling deepening cracks in its organizational structure.Israel’s offensive hits […]
When Yona Schnitzer, a marketing writer from Tel Aviv, attended the traditional Passover Seder meal last year, he said a special prayer for the return of all of the hostages still being held by Palestinian militants in Gaza. He had thought their freedom would be secured by Passover 2025, but that did not happen. “It’s […]
American businessman Bashar Masri has been accused of directly helping Hamas in the October 7 attack. Palestinian-American businessman Bashar Masri, who was advising the Donald Trump administration until recently, resigned from his post in the dean’s council at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government after he was accused of directly helping the Hamas in building […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has instructed his military to deliver a “strong response” after around ten rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in the largest barrage since Israel resumed its offensive.As Netanyahu headed to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump, his office issued a statement confirming the prime minister had […]
Hamas is willing to release the remaining 59 hostages held in Gaza on the condition that Israel agrees to a permanent ceasefire, according to Palestinian officials speaking to the Times of Israel.The announcement comes amid Israel’s intensification of its military operations across the Strip. A senior Palestinian official told the outlet that the group, through […]
Tufts University has called for the immediate release of Rumeysa Ozturk, an international graduate student who was taken into custody by the US department of homeland security (DHS) last week. Ozturk was apprehended by masked federal agents on 25 March outside her off-campus apartment in Somerville, Massachusetts, while on her way to a Ramadan iftar […]
There were times, before Israeli airstrikes on Gaza shattered the two-month-old cease-fire on March 18, when Huda Abu Teir and her family could almost believe things might go back to normal. After fleeing from their home to a shelter for displaced people, and then to a tent, another shelter and on to another encampment during […]
Representative Image (File picture) Hamas is set to release five hostages, including American-Israeli Edan Alexander, in a renewed ceasefire offered by Egypt. The terror group has agreed to release five hostages, abducted during its October 7, 2023, attack, in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire spanning the Eid al-Fitr holiday and continuing through Passover, officials told […]
A senior Hamas representative announced on Saturday their acceptance of a fresh Gaza ceasefire proposal from mediators, whilst calling for Israeli support but emphasising that the group’s armaments remain non-negotiable.The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged receipt of the mediators’ proposal and confirmed submitting a response.“Two days ago, we received a proposal from […]
