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November 25, 2023

Middle East

Israel will remain in Gaza until all hostages return - IDF chief

Halevi noted that the Israeli military is using the four-day truce in Gaza to "learn, prepare ourselves and our capabilities better" ahead of the continued fighting.

By Editors Desk

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi speaks to Israeli Air Force soldiers and officers on November 25, 2023 (credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT)

November 24, 2023

Middle East

Hamas Releases 24 Hostages After Israel Truce Deal

Four-day pause in fighting came after complex, fraught talks

By Dave Dave

The ICRC in Israel and the occupied territories said that it transported the group of hostages from Gaza to the Rafah border crossing with Egypt [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

November 24, 2023

Middle East

25 hostages, including a two-year-old, released by Hamas during four-day truce with Israel

Twenty-five hostages were released by Hamas on Friday, including a child as young as two, at the start of a four-day truce with Israel.

By Editors Desk

People attending a demonstration to show solidarity with Israel and against anti-semitism hold up photographs of hostages taken by Hamas on October 22, 2023 Getty Images

November 22, 2023

Middle East

Inside the 'excruciating' work of a secret US cell that secured the release of 50 hostages

Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire deal for at least four days in exchange for the release of hostages held by Hamas and prisoners in Israel.

By Editors Desk

US President Joe Biden / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS, AFP Via Getty Images

November 22, 2023

Middle East

Israel-Hamas hostage deal delayed

US officials involved in negotiations say the two sides are still working out “final logistical details”

By Editors Desk

Israeli soldiers are seen during a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023. © AP / Victor R. Caivano

November 21, 2023

Middle East

Israel approves hostage deal with Hamas – media

The ceasefire is expected to last at least four days, unless the Supreme Court blocks the agreement

By Editors Desk

Families and friends of about 240 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza call for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring them home during a demonstration in Tel Aviv, Israel, Nov. 21, 2023 © AP / Ariel Schalit

November 21, 2023

Middle East

Israel and Hamas agree deal for release of some hostages and four-day ceasefire

Fifty Israeli hostages held in Gaza will be freed over four days in exchange for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners and a lull in Israeli military operations

By Editors Desk

Photograph Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

November 21, 2023

World

BRICS urges 'immediate, durable and sustained' truce in Gaza

The BRICS groups of nations called for a truce in Gaza during a virtual meeting, during which South Africa accused Israel of 'war crimes' and acts 'tantamount to genocide.'

By Editors Desk

November 21, 2023

Middle East

US says Israel hostage deal 'closer than ever'

A deal to release hostages taken from Israel during Hamas's attacks last month is "closer than ever before", according to a senior US official.

By Editors Desk

BIR SULTAN/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock. The Israeli government is facing criticism for how it is handling the hostage situation

November 17, 2023

Middle East

Bowen: Ceasefire demands will grow without proof of Hamas HQ at Al-Shifa

It is now days since Israeli forces entered Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, and what appears to be happening on Friday is that they are continuing their search for evidence of this being a key Hamas command centre.

By Editors Desk

An IDF-supplied photo shows Israeli soldiers inside the Al-Shifa hospital complex in Gaza City / Reuters

November 17, 2023

Middle East

South African ruling party backs cutting ties with Israel

The African National Congress said it could not support the “genocidal actions of the Israeli regime”

By Editors Desk

South African ruling party backs cutting ties with Israel

November 16, 2023

World

South Africa refers Israel to ICC

Pretoria accuses the Israeli government of committing genocide in Gaza

By Editors Desk

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa. © PHILL MAGAKOE / AFP

November 15, 2023

World

Arab and Muslim leaders blame West for Gaza misery

Hypocrisy, double standards and a failure to understand the region. These are the charges being levelled at the West, primarily the US, by leaders of 57 Arab and Muslim countries who convened at the weekend in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

Reuters / Leaders warned of the "disastrous repercussions" of what they called Israel's "retaliatory aggression"

November 15, 2023

Middle East

Israeli troops enter Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital after gunbattle at gates

Doctor inside hospital says tanks on grounds, gunfire heard

By Editors Desk

Smoke rises during an Israeli military bombardment of the northern Gaza Strip on on Monday amid ongoing battles between Israel and Hamas. (Fadel Senna/AFP/Getty Images)

November 13, 2023

Middle East

Macron explains ‘killing babies’ remark to Israeli president

The French leader told Isaac Herzog that he did not intend to accuse Israel of deliberately harming Palestinian civilians

By Editors Desk

FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron meets Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem on October 24, 2023. © GPO - Handout / Anadolu via Getty Images

November 12, 2023

Middle East

In pictures: Israel at war with Hamas

Updated 5:46 AM EST, Sun November 12, 2023

By Editors Desk

This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip early on Sunday, November 12, shows flares being fired by Israeli troops over the Gaza Strip. Kenzo Tribouillard/AFP/Getty Images

November 12, 2023

Middle East

Fighting Rages Near Gaza’s Main Hospital as Netanyahu Rejects Ceasefire Calls

Organizers say tens of thousands of people attended a rally Saturday evening for Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.

By Editors Desk

November 12, 2023

Middle East

‘What we are doing in Gaza we can also do in Beirut’ – Israel

Defense minister warns Hezbollah against making a ‘grave mistake’ if it continues to attack areas near Israel’s northern border

By Editors Desk

Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant speaks with a soldier as he makes observation on the area with Israeli army near Gaza border in Israel on October 15, 2023 © Getty Images / Israeli Ministry of Defense/Anadolu via Getty Images

November 12, 2023

Middle East

What Pregnant Women Face in Gaza

“The situation is critical without any water”

By Editors Desk

A girl and her infant brother, both wounded, are treated at the Nasser Medical Hospital following an Israeli airstrike in the Al-Amal neighborhood in central Khan Yunis, Gaza, on October 19, 2023. Loay Ayyoub—The Washington Post/Getty Images

November 11, 2023

United States

Harvard, Columbia and Penn Pledge to Fight Antisemitism on Campus

The universities are trying to address criticism by banning pro-Palestinian student groups, condemning slogans and starting task forces to address antisemitism.

By Editors Desk

Claudine Gay, the Harvard president, condemned the phrase “from the river to the sea.”Credit...Sophie Park for The New York Times