Middle East

As Palestinian prisoners were being released last week, Israel imposed a ban on celebrations by their family members. “Expressions of joy”, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said, “are equivalent to backing terrorism”. Israel…

The 35-year-old’s wife and daughter were killed along with 10 other family members and neighbours in an Israeli attack on their home. He lies on a bed in the European Gaza Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, surrounded by sounds…

US ambassador to Israel condemned the shooting Two attackers were killed JERUSALEM: Two Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop during morning rush hour at the entrance to Jerusalem on Thursday, killing at…

There had been pressure to extend the pause to allow more hostage releases and additional aid into Gaza GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories: A truce between Israel and Hamas will continue, both sides said Thursday,…

8-year-old, teen shot dead in West Bank Erdogan calls Netanyahu ‘butcher of Gaza’ GAZA STRIP/RAMALLAH: Swerving to avoid a crater left in the road by a strike, a donkey trots along the debris-strewn streets of Khan…

Over a seven-week period, Israel’s military has reduced much of once densely populated part of Gaza to rubble More than 1 million Palestinians have fled the enclave’s north, including Gaza City, considered the urban center…

A third batch of 39 Palestinian prisoners has been freed as the exchange of captives between Hamas and Israel continues for a third day under a four-day truce deal. Large crowds of Palestinians took to the streets in Ramallah in the…

A second batch of 39 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons have been released as part of an agreement between the Israeli government and the group Hamas. Hundreds of people greeted the International Committee of the Red Cross bus carrying…

Al-Shifa Hospital has been a major focus of Israel’s ground offensive in northern Gaza, with the World Health Organization, the United Nations health agency, calling it “a death zone”. More than 200 medical personnel have been killed and…

Since February 2019, Mustapha Bendjama, the editor of the daily newspaper Le Provincial, has been held by police forces and interrogated at least 35 times. In his hometown of Annaba in eastern Algeria, he has been under constant pressure…