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'Surrender or starve': What are Israel's plans for north Gaza?
13 hours ago · Residents of northern Gaza's Jabalia refugee camp, along with those in the nearby towns of Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, were urgently ordered to evacuate on 6 October as Israel launched a new ground operation in the enclave’s northern region.. The Israeli military then opened two routes for evacuation to southern Gaza after designating these northern areas as …
UN urges probe into killing of Afghan migrants at Iran border
6 hours ago · Amnesty International and UN special rapporteurs on Thursday called for a transparent probe into reports that Iranian security forces had killed and wounded dozens of Afghan migrants seeking to cross into Iran from Pakistan.. Iran hosts one of the largest refugee populations in the world, mostly Afghans who fled strife in their home country in the last …
Could Iraq become a new front in Israel's regional war?
2 days ago · Amid the focus on Israel’s escalating confrontation with Iran and its Lebanese ally, Hezbollah, a new front has also opened in Iraq.. On 6 October, Iranian-backed militias in Iraq - under the banner of the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (IRI) - claimed responsibility for a drone strike on Israel.. This followed two drones launched from Iraq on 25 September which targeted the …
A practical plan for peace in the Middle East
On September 27, Ayman Safadi, Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, speaking on behalf of the Muslim-Arab committee, mandated by 57 Arab and Muslim countries, confirmed the region’s …
WHO, Red Crescent resupply two hospitals in north Gaza
4 days ago · World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said late Sunday that a WHO-Palestine Red Crescent operation had managed to resupply two hospitals in northern Gaza. "WHO and partners finally managed to reach Kamal Adwan and Al-Sahaba hospitals yesterday after 9 attempts this past week," he posted on social media platform X.
Is a regional war between Israel and Iran inevitable?
Sep 30, 2024 · On 27 September, Israel levelled several high-rise apartment buildings in the Lebanese capital.. Felt dozens of kilometres away, these Israeli airstrikes produced the largest explosions in Beirut since the current wave of Hezbollah-Israel hostilities began almost a year ago.. By targeting Hezbollah’s Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and other leaders in the …
Israeli forces target Jenin as six bodies of captives retrieved
Sep 1, 2024 · *TNA’s live coverage of the latest from the war on Gaza concludes for today* Israel's latest West Bank raid on the city of Jenin has seen most of the roads destroyed, while power and water have been cut off, as the United Nations condemned Israel for wreaking "enormous destruction" in the Jenin refugee camp.. Bashir Matahine from the Jenin …
US says 'time to finalise' Gaza deal after captive deaths - The New …
Sep 3, 2024 · The United States on Tuesday called for urgency and flexibility to finalise an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a truce in Gaza, after the recent deaths of six hostages. "There are dozens of hostages still remaining in Gaza, still waiting for a deal that will bring them home. It is time to finalize that deal," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.
Israel's new war front in Lebanon has no clear off-ramp
Sep 25, 2024 · There has recently been an alarming escalation of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict. On 23 September, Lebanon experienced its deadliest day since the end of its civil war (1975-90), with more than 560 people killed and another 1,800 injured in a single day by Israeli airstrikes in the country's south and east.. Hezbollah maintains that it will continue fighting Israel until there …