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President Isaac Herzog

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

last updated:

6 January, 2025

People protest against the Israeli government and show support for Gaza hostages, in Tel Aviv on Saturday. Photo: Reuters

Israel-Gaza war

Hamas official says ready to free 34 Gaza hostages under mooted deal

Israel and Hamas wrangle over the details of a deal to halt fighting in the Gaza Strip and return hostages home.

2 hours ago

Israel-Gaza war

UNRWA says 7 babies dead in Gaza from cold weather, lack of shelter

3 hours ago

Middle East

Israeli military says missile from Yemen intercepted

5 Jan 2025 - 10:53AM

Israel-Gaza war

US Congress notified of planned US$8 billion weapons sale to Israel

Package would add to at least US$17.9 billion in military aid the US has provided Israel since Hamas attacks in 2023 launched the war.

5 Jan 2025 - 12:28AMvideocam

Israeli soldiers on a military vehicle near the border between Israel and Syria. On Saturday the Biden administration notified Congress of a US$8 billion weapons sale to Israel. Photo: EPA-EFE

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as new ceasefire talks begin

At least 17 of those who died were killed in air strikes on 2 houses in Gaza City, bringing the day’s death toll across Gaza to 70.

5 Jan 2025 - 5:41AM

Israel-Gaza war

Opinion | The West and the rest: how genocide in Gaza will usher in the end of ‘his-story’

The breach of international laws by the West has led non-Western countries to seek new global historical narratives and tell ‘our-stories’.

4 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM

Israel-Gaza war

At least 30 killed in Gaza by Israeli strikes

While stalled ceasefire talks were set to resume in Qatar, dozens of Gazans were also killed the previous day.

3 Jan 2025 - 9:25PM

Colleagues and friends mourn over the body of freelance journalist Omar al-Derawi and other victims of Israeli strikes in Gaza on Friday. Photo: AP

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli strikes kill Gaza head of police, 67 others, Palestinians say

Thursday’s death toll in war-torn Gaza was among the highest of recent weeks.

3 Jan 2025 - 1:21PM

Middle East

Israeli military says commandos raided missile factory in Syria in September

Military spokesman called nighttime raid on Iranian-led facility one of Israel’s most complex operations in years.

3 Jan 2025 - 3:21PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel threatens to step up Gaza strikes as ceasefire talks reportedly stuck again

Israel conducted more than 1,400 air strikes on targets in Gaza in December alone, marking an average of 45 per day.

2 Jan 2025 - 8:14PM

Smoke rises from an Israeli strike as the Israeli military conducts operations inside the Gaza Strip. Photo: Reuters

India

Video | Indians replace Palestinian construction workers in Israel

But the imported workers still can’t fill the void left by 80,000 Palestinians banned from entering the country.

1 Jan 2025 - 10:00AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Indians replace Palestinian construction workers in Israel

But the imported workers still can’t fill the void left by 80,000 Palestinians banned from entering the country

1 Jan 2025 - 10:00AM

Israel-Gaza war

Gaza hospitals turned into ‘death traps’ by Israeli strikes: UN

A UN report details numerous attacks on medical facilities, resulting in significant casualties and damage, leaving Palestinians with limited access to healthcare.

31 Dec 2024 - 7:17PM

Middle East

Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel says it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen, following a ‘final warning’ to Houthis to halt attacks.

31 Dec 2024 - 3:13PM

Fragments of a Houthi ballistic missile launched from Yemen at Israel in the central Israeli town of Bet Shemesh, near Jerusalem. Photo: AFP

Benjamin Netanyahu

Netanyahu has undergone successful prostate surgery, Israel hospital says

Medical procedure comes as Israeli PM, 75, manages multiple crises including the war in Gaza and his trial for alleged corruption.

30 Dec 2024 - 6:22AMvideocam

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 9. Photo: AP

Israel-Gaza war

Israel targets Gaza City hospital with missile, killing 7: Palestinian officials

Israeli said Al-Wafaa Hospital was not being used at the time of the attack and was instead functioning as a Hamas command centre.

30 Dec 2024 - 4:36AMvideocam

Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel’s PM Netanyahu to undergo prostate removal surgery, his office says

Netanyahu on Wednesday was ‘diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement’, his office said.

29 Dec 2024 - 6:14AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

Israel detains director of one of Gaza’s last functioning hospitals during raid

Gaza’s health ministry said Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, was arrested on Friday along with dozens of other staff.

29 Dec 2024 - 5:46AM

Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan hospital, shows the damage inside the hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza on December 18. On Saturday, Gaza’s health ministry said Abu Safiya had been arrested by Israeli soldiers on Friday. Photo: Reuters

Middle East

WHO chief says he escaped death in Israeli strikes on Yemen airport

The head of the World Health Organization said he narrowly escaped death in fatal Israeli strikes on the airport in Houthi rebel-held Sanaa.

28 Dec 2024 - 9:03PM

Israel-Gaza war

Israeli troops forcibly remove staff, patients from Gaza hospital, officials say

Patients and staff forced to strip outside Kamal Adwan Hospital, Gaza health ministry says, but Israel denies claims it entered complex.

28 Dec 2024 - 5:55AMvideocam

Israel-Gaza war

US says it pushed retraction of Gaza famine warning; aid groups concerned

Declaration of famine would be an embarrassment for Israel, which insists its war in Gaza is aimed against Hamas, not against its civilians.

27 Dec 2024 - 5:10AMvideocam

Displaced Palestinians clamour to receive meals from the Rafah Charitable Kitchen (Tekia) in Khan Younis, Gaza. The United Nations and international organisations have warned of famine in Gaza. Photo: dpa

Israel-Gaza war

3 dead in Israeli strikes on Yemen’s airport, ports and power stations

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he was metres away from strike on airport.

27 Dec 2024 - 4:02AM

Smoke rises from Sana’a airport following Israeli strikes in the Yemen capital on Thursday. Photo: EPA-EFE

War and conflict

Pope urges ‘all people of all nations’ to silence arms in Christmas address

He called for an end to conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, singling out Christian communities in the region.

26 Dec 2024 - 12:18AM

Israel-Gaza war

Israel says Rafah military operations led to killing of 6 Gaza hostages

An investigation into the August incident found that the victims were murdered just before troops reached them.

25 Dec 2024 - 9:11AMvideocam

The Netherlands

Amsterdam court sentences 5 men for ‘hit-and-run’ style attacks on Israeli fans

The court found them guilty of public violence, theft, and assault, with one man receiving a six-month sentence stemming from riots surrounding a soccer match.

25 Dec 2024 - 12:08AM

Police stand guard as Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters light flares at the Dam square, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on November 7. Photo: AP

Middle East

Israeli army forces patients out of Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, doctors say

The Kamal Adwan hospital, one of the few still functioning in the area, was targeted by Israeli troops who claim it is a Hamas stronghold.

25 Dec 2024 - 12:02AM

UN-branded vehicles are parked at the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip. Photo: AFP

Israel-Gaza war

Israel acknowledges it killed ex-Hamas leader Haniyeh in Iran

Defence chief Israel Katz admitted to killing Ismail Haniyeh in July, warning the military would ‘decapitate’ leadership of Yemen’s Houthis.

24 Dec 2024 - 5:17AMvideocam

China-Middle East relations

China’s diplomatic clout in Mideast at risk as threats build around ally Iran

Trump factor and fall of Assad in Syria will force nations, including China, to reassess ties.

23 Dec 2024 - 4:36PMvideocam

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