Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday reiterated China’s strong support for Palestine’s legitimate rights and its bid for full United Nations membership, while addressing the United Nations General Assembly. Amid rising violence in the Middle East, Wang expressed Beijing’s commitment to the Palestinian cause and called for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.“China has always…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday delivered a fiery speech at the UNGA, as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a fresh wave of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu’s remarks came amid rising tensions following a year of conflict with Hamas, and new reports of attacks involving Iran-backed groups, including Hezbollah and Yemen’s…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (PTI file photo) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivered a forceful plea to the UN General Assembly on Thursday, beginning his speech by declaring three times, “We will not leave,” as he called for immediate action to halt the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Palestine is our…
The Israeli military is investigating whether Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who is considered the mastermind behind the October 7 attacks, is dead, after reports of him being alive made rounds in the media, New York Post reported. Officials from Israel’s intelligence agency, Shin Bet, and the Israel Defense Forces have said that there is currently…
Workers searched for survivors following an Israeli airstrike that killed at least 37 people in a suburb of the Lebanese capital, making it the deadliest attack in nearly a year of conflict between Israel and the powerful Iran-backed militant group.Israel’s military confirmed that the strike targeted an underground gathering of Hezbollah commanders, including Aqil and…
A missile from Yemen on Sunday entered central Israel and landed in an open area, according to a statement from the Israeli military. The statement confirmed that no injuries were reported and that the missile was identified as a surface-to-surface missile. The military added that the explosions heard shortly before 7 am (0400 GMT) were…
At least 40 people were killed and 60 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Mawasi humanitarian zone in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian Wafa news agency. Gaza’s civil defence agency reported the casualties early Tuesday, stating that the strike targeted an area housing displaced civilians.Civil defence official…
US President Joe Biden expressed his devastation and outrage following the recovery of six bodies of hostages, including an Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, from a tunnel in the Gaza Strip. President Biden described the incident as “tragic” and “reprehensible,” while issuing a statement that “Hamas leaders will pay for these crimes” and vowing continued efforts to…
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed at least 18 people from the same family on Saturday. The airstrike targeted a house and adjacent warehouse sheltering displaced people at the entrance to the town of Zawaida, as confirmed by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, where the casualties were taken. An Associated Press reporter counted the…
Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir drew criticism from various quarters after he, along with hundreds of Israelies, entered Jerusalem‘s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and performed prayers — this comes as the Middle East remains on edge amid fear of anticipated large-scale Iran and Lebanon attacks in the wake of Hamas chief’s assassination.Ben Gvir and some 2,250…
