Kaid Farhan Elkadi is the eighth hostage rescued by Israeli forces since the start of the war in Gaza / EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock

Rescued Israeli pleads for hostage deal with Hamas

 11:23 28/08/2024

 

Kaid Farhan Elkadi was freed in a "complex operation" in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli military says.

Israeli soldiers conduct a raid on the al-Fara'a camp near Tubas on Wednesday. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images)

Israel launches raids in West Bank with mass arrests, gun battles; 9 killed

 09:35 28/08/2024

Israel’s military and internal security service said the operation was aimed at infrastructure used by militants in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm.

A portrait of slain Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is displayed during a demonstration denouncing his killing. Picture: Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP

Israel declares 48hr state of emergency

 06:45 25/08/2024

Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has launched a large-scale attack involving rockets and drones on Israel.

‘Murdered’: Devastating find inside Gaza

‘Murdered’: Devastating find inside Gaza

 08:07 20/08/2024

The Israeli military has made a disturbing discovery while searching for hostages in Gaza.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, left, meets with Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Tel Aviv on Monday. (Kevin Mohatt/AFP/Getty Images)

Blinken says Israel agrees to U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal, urges Hamas to do the same

 15:34 19/08/2024

U.S. secretary of state did not mention if plan meets demands made by militants

Columbia University President Minouche Shafik testified before Congress in April about antisemitism on campus. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images

Columbia University President Resigns

 08:39 15/08/2024

Minouche Shafik's abrupt resignation ends an embattled 13-month tenure marked by protests over the Israel-Hamas war. She is the fifth Ivy League president to step down over the past year.

Israeli strike in Gaza kills more than 70, hospital head says

Israeli strike in Gaza kills more than 70, hospital head says

 09:50 10/08/2024

Israel says it targeted Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants embedded in the Gaza City school - one of several hit recently.

The inauguration ceremony for Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran’s new president, in Tehran in late July. PHOTO: IRANIAN PRESIDENCY/ZUMA PRESS

U.S. Warns Iran of ‘Serious Risk’ if It Conducts Major Attack on Israel

 14:52 08/08/2024

The Biden administration has been mounting an intensive campaign to encourage both sides to de-escalate.

Israel Defence Forces

Israel and Hezbollah trade strikes as tensions simmer

 14:39 06/08/2024

 

An Israeli air strike kills four in southern Lebanon, while Hezbollah drones injure two in Israel.

Ismail Haniyeh was in Tehran to attend the inauguration of its new president /. EPA

Iran says Hamas leader killed from close range

 23:00 03/08/2024

Western media reports suggest Israel's secret service planted bombs inside the building Ismail Haniyeh was staying in.

An undated handout photo reportedly shows Mohammed Deif.

‘Eliminated’: Israel makes huge Hamas claim

 07:06 01/08/2024

Israel says it has made a major move in its war against Hamas — after two bombshell assassinations in the past 24 hours.

File photo: Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh (L) and Gaza leader Yahya Sinwar shown in the Palestinian coastal territory in October 2011. © Said Khatib, AFP

Who’s who: Top Hamas leaders on Israel’s radar

 10:19 31/07/2024

Since Hamas's deadly cross-border attack on October 7, 2023, Israeli authorities have been targeting the Palestinian militant group’s top leaders both in Hamas-controlled Gaza and on foreign soil. The group's political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who died in an air strike on his Tehran home on July 31, is the most senior Hamas official to have been killed so far. FRANCE 24 takes a look at some of the key figures on Israel’s hit list.

Iran’s supreme leader condemned Israel and the U.S. during President Masoud Pezeshkian’s endorsement ceremony.

’Full-scale war’ warning, chief assassinated

 08:09 31/07/2024

The head of Hamas has been assassinated — leading to warnings we are on the brink of a “full-scale war”.

An Israeli fighter jet at an airbase in Eilat, Israel on July 20, 2024. ©  IDF / Anadolu / Getty Images

Israel bombs targets in Lebanon – media

 21:50 27/07/2024

The reported airstrikes came after Israel accused Hezbollah killing 12 civilians in the Golan Heights

At least 50 people were injured in the strike, Gaza officials say.

Israeli air strike on Gaza school kills at least 16

 09:44 07/07/2024

 

The school, located in the Nuseirat refugee camp, was sheltering displaced people, Palestinian officials say.

Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, speaks during a ceremony at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 18 June 2024. Photograph: Shaul Golan/AP

US Congress faces growing calls to withdraw Netanyahu invitation: ‘a terrible mistake’

 13:26 27/06/2024

Notable Israelis add their voices to oppose invite extended by Mike Johnson, which Democrats plan to boycott

People protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government and also call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv Israel on Saturday. Leo Correa/The Associated Press

'He doesn't see anybody': Critics accuse Netanyahu of putting political survival ahead of Israelis' security

 12:32 24/06/2024

Pressure is building on Israeli prime minister, but options for replacing him are limited

Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images

Israel: Tensions appear between govt and IDF as army says Hamas cannot be eliminated

 10:52 20/06/2024

The Israeli army’s chief spokesman on Wednesday appeared to question the stated goal of destroying the Hamas militant group in Gaza in a rare public rift between the country’s political and military leadership. France 24's correspondent in Jerusalem Irris Makler has more.

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