Lebanon: President Aoun wants Israel out of his country by January 26 deadline

 new president has demanded that Israel must withdraw from his country’s south by the January 26 deadline agreed in last year’s Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire as he met the United Nations chief…

Palestine: Israeli forces recover body of soldier held in Gaza since 2014

The Israeli military says special forces have recovered the body of a soldier killed in the 2014 Gaza war, which had been held hostage by Hamas since then. Staff Sgt…

LIVE UPDATE: Gaza ceasefire

Summary Israeli forces have been using tear gas on Palestinians outside Ofer Prison This is an attempt by Israeli forces to push families and media back because they do not…

Palestine: Israel-Hamas ceasefire in Gaza to take effect on Sunday morning

The  ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas will take effect at 08:30am (06:30 GMT) on Sunday, Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson announced in a post on X. “Based…

Israel: Netanyahu issues warning ahead of Gaza ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country is ready to resume the war against Hamas should talks for a second phase of the ceasefire fail. In a televised speech…

Lebanon: Macron urges Israel to accelerate troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon

French President Emmanuel Macron has called on Israel to accelerate its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon as a deadline for the pullout nears under the terms of a ceasefire that…

USA: Former CIA employee pleads guilty to leaking files on Israel’s Iran strikes

A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee has pleaded guilty to leaking secret documents about Israel’s plans to strike Iran last year during a period of escalating regional tensions linked to Israel’s…

Palestine: Gaza atrocities will ‘haunt’ Antony Blinken- former US diplomat

Israel’s devastating offensive in Gaza — and the United States’ support for it — will “haunt” outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken for the rest of his life, says a…

Qatar: PM Sheikh Mohammed calls for Gaza ceasefire agreement to be ‘fully implemented’

Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has called for the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement to be fully implemented and said hopes the next phase…

Israel: Cabinet approves Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal

Israel’s government has approved the new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for it to take effect on Sunday. The decision came after hours of…