Houthi rebels have backed the Gaza ceasefire agreement reached between Israel and Hamas, with the Yemeni group’s spokesperson saying they will halt their military operations against Israel as well as commercial ships…
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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: Doctors hope ceasefire revives Gaza’s devastated hospitals
In the dimly lit corridors of al-Amal Hospital in western Khan Younis, one of the 17 partially operational healthcare facilities in Gaza, a rare sense of hope grips the staff and…
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…
Iran: Two supreme court judges shot dead
Two senior Iranian judges have been shot dead in an apparent assassination in the country’s supreme court. Ali Razini and Mohammad Moghiseh were killed after a gunman entered the court,…
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…
Syria: ICC chief prosecutor meets de facto leader Ahmad al-Sharaa
The International Criminal Court’s (ICC’s) chief prosecutor has made an unannounced visit to Syria to meet with Ahmad al-Sharaa, the leader of Syria’s new de facto government, to discuss how…
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…