LONDON: Six British pro-Palestinian activists were acquitted of aggravated burglary on Wednesday over a 2024 raid on Israeli defense firm Elbit’s factory, with a jury unable to reach verdicts on other charges including criminal damage. Prosecutors said the six defendants were members of the now-banned group Palestine Action, which organized a meticulously planned assault on […]
Read MoreIsraeli fire in Gaza killed at least 17 Palestinians, most of them women and children, hospital officials said today (4 February), while Israel said militant gunfire had injured an Israeli soldier. They were the latest Palestinian deaths since a ceasefire, which has been punctuated by deadly Israeli strikes, came into effect on 10 October 2025. […]
Read MoreUS Agency for International Development staffers in early 2024 drafted a warning to senior officials in Joe Biden’s administration: Northern Gaza had turned into an “Apocalyptic Wasteland” with dire shortages of food and medical aid. Three months after the 7 October 2023 Hamas attacks and Israel’s incursion into the Gaza Strip, the internal message laid […]
Read MoreIsrael has recovered the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, the military said on Monday, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in the Palestinian territory. The remains of police officer Ran Gvili – held in Gaza for more than 840 […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM: Israel said Monday it would only allow pedestrians to travel through the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt as part of its “limited reopening” once it has recovered the remains of the last hostage in the Palestinian territory. Reopening Rafah, a vital entry point for aid into Gaza, forms part of a truce framework […]
Read MoreJERUSALEM: Israel has retrieved the remains of the last remaining hostage held in Gaza, the military said on Monday, fulfilling a key condition of the initial phase of US President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war. The remains of police officer Ran Gvili’s have been identified and will be returned for burial, the […]
Read MoreWASHINGTON: US officials’ discussions with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the second phase of President Donald Trump’s 20-point peace plan for Gaza were constructive, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday. “The United States and Israel maintain a strong and longstanding relationship built on close coordination and shared priorities. The discussion was constructive and […]
Read MoreRAMALLAH: Samuel Dalou, whose family has run a produce market in the West Bank city of Ramallah for decades, was astonished when local farmers suddenly began arriving in droves offering fresh produce at extremely competitive prices. When Ahmad Salim arrived from Jenin to offer his produce, Dalou half jokingly asked how he had managed to […]
Read MoreDavos, Switzerland: US officials on Thursday presented their vision for a “New Gaza” that would turn the shattered Palestinian territory into a glitzy resort of skyscrapers by the sea, saying the transformation could emerge in three years. The war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s October 2023 attack on Israel, left much of the Palestinian territory […]
Read MoreDAVOS: Gaza’s border crossing with Egypt will reopen next week after largely being shut during the Israel-Hamas war, the Palestinian technocrat leader backed by Washington to administer the enclave announced on Thursday. Ali Shaath made the announcement by video link during an event in Davos hosted by President Donald Trump, who convened a group of […]
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