•United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres ( UN chief Antonio Guterres today condemned Iran’s missile attack against Israel, following criticism by Israel that he hadn’t specifically called out Tehran when he initially condemned the “broadening conflict.” “As should have been obvious yesterday in the context of the condemnation I expre...
•Deadly airstrike on Gaza An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed two Al Jazeera journalists yesterday as Benjamin Netanyahu’s military continued its war in the besieged Palestinian territory. Israeli forces targeted a car carrying reporter Ismail al-Ghoul and cameraperson Rami al-Rifi, both 27, killing them instantly, along with a child who was t...
•Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (bottom C) poses with athletes as he visited with members of the royal family the Olympic village in Paris France has opened an investigation into death threats against three Israeli athletes after threatening emails were sent to the Olympic delegation, the Paris prosecutor’s office said yesterday. Interi...
•Palestinians inspect the damage following an Israeli strike on the Khadija school housing displaced people The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said an Israeli strike on a school killed 30 people yesterday, after a days-long military operation further south killed around 170, according to emergency services. The latest strike, which Israel s...
•Palestinians flee from a school where they had taken refuge, after it was hit by an Israeli strike, in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis City on Saturday, after retrieving the bodies of five Israelis and warning of new operations. […]...
•Pope Francis during a meeting with relatives of Israeli hostages Pope Francis yesterday met relatives of several Israelis taken hostage by Hamas in the October 7 attacks. The 87-year-old pontiff had previously met a group of relatives of hostages at the Vatican in November, the same day as meeting Palestinians who have family in Gaza, [&helli...
Israel killed a top commander of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group in a strike on south Lebanon, a security source told our correspondent today, adding to fears the conflict in Gaza could spread. Hezbollah later announced the killing of a “commander” for the first time, naming him as Wissam Hassan Tawil. It said he died “on […]
Hamas deputy leader, Saleh al-Arouri, has been killed in an attack on Hamas office in Beirut. Hamas’ Al Aqsa Radio and Lebanon’s pro-Iranian Mayadeen TV confirmed word from security sources that Arouri, a member of the Palestinian Islamist movement’s politburo based abroad and a co-founder of Hamas’ military wing, the Qassam Brigades, was kill...
The Israeli military has said it expects the conflict in Gaza to continue throughout 2024. In a New Year’s message, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for “prolonged fighting”. He said some troops – especially reservists – would be withdrawn to allow them to regroup, reports AFP....
•Israeli bombardment in southern Gaza Strip today Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has insisted peace can only be achieved in Gaza if Hamas is destroyed, the territory demilitarised and Palestinian society “deradicalised”, after warning the war is set to intensify. The declarations came as the World Health Organization yesterday repor...

