… No-one is standing with us.” Under the terms of the US-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas last October, Israel agreed to withdraw its forces from across Gaza to a designated demarcation – the Yellow Line. …
… The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu in 2024 over alleged war crimes in Gaza, while also issuing an arrest warrant for a Hamas commander. …
… The court also issued an arrest warrant for a Hamas commander. The US at the time condemned the court’s “shameful moral equivalency” between Israel and Hamas.
… Israeli government officials say hundreds of Hamas terrorists invaded Israel while firing thousands of rockets and kidnapping elderly people, Holocaust survivors, mothers with their babies, children, young men, women, and soldiers, taking them into the Gaza Strip. …
… According to blockchain analytics firm TRM Labs, Tron is one of the biggest platforms for moving illicit crypto – reportedly including funds tied to Hamas and Hezbollah, alongside those of drug cartels and mafia networks. …
… Throughout his rule, Ali Khamenei pursued a policy of confrontation with the West and for years provided support to anti-US and anti-Israel armed groups across the Middle East, including Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis in Yemen. …
… Across the occupied West Bank, there has been a severe escalation in deadly confrontations between Palestinians, Jewish settlers and Israeli soldiers since the deadly Hamas-led attacks in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. …
Israel has moved yellow concrete blocks that mark its controlled territory in Gaza westwards, displacing families in northern Gaza including the al-Shawish family. Hamas accuses Israel of violating the October ceasefire agreement by expanding the Yellow Line beyond the agreed demarcation zone.
Israel has moved yellow concrete blocks that mark its controlled territory in Gaza westwards, displacing families in northern Gaza including the al-Shawish family. Hamas accuses Israel of violating the October ceasefire agreement by expanding the Yellow Line beyond the agreed demarcation zone.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he planned to attend the UN General Assembly in New York City this autumn despite NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani's threat to arrest him based on an ICC warrant. Netanyahu told Fox News he was "not concerned" about the threat and accused Mamdani of "fomenting hate," while the mayor has since walked back the arrest threat, acknowledging he lacked the legal power to do so.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who had pledged to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu if he visited, now says he lacks the legal authority to do so. He has instead called on the US federal government to join the ICC and enforce its arrest warrant for the Israeli Prime Minister over alleged war crimes.
Two US-based advocacy groups are suing the Trump administration, arguing that sanctions imposed against the International Criminal Court and Palestinian human rights groups violate free speech rights by suppressing pro-Palestinian advocacy. The groups say the February 2025 executive order illegally "police the political expression of millions of Americans," while Washington defends the sanctions as necessary to protect American citizens and allies.
Israel's film industry, damaged by the October 7, 2023 attack which forced filmmakers to shelve projects, is seeking to recover confidence through the premiere of "Our Loves," a film inspired by those events and directed by filmmaker Avi Nesher.
An Israeli drone attack and gunfire killed at least five people in Gaza, including a nine-year-old girl, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The strikes occurred amid ongoing Israeli military operations in the enclave following an October ceasefire with Hamas.
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Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei was absent from his father's funeral on Sunday, with senior regime figures and thousands attending. Speculation about Mojtaba's condition has continued after rumors he was wounded in US-Israel air strikes that killed his father, and he has not appeared in public since his appointment in early March.
Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least six people, including Al Jazeera cameraman Ahmed Wishah, in a strike on a central Gaza home on Saturday. The IDF accused Wishah of being "a terrorist in Hamas' military wing who served as a sniper operative," while Al Jazeera condemned the killing as a violation of international law and part of a "systematic policy of targeting journalists."
A seven-month-old Palestinian boy was shot dead by an Israeli soldier in Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Friday evening while in a car with his family. The Israeli military said soldiers "perceived a threat" from the vehicle, but the family say they obeyed orders to stop and posed no danger; the IDF has acknowledged the family were "uninvolved civilians" and expressed regret.
Donald Trump has reportedly clashed with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over military action in Lebanon, with Trump calling him "effing crazy" during a Monday phone call. The dispute threatens to complicate Trump's efforts to broker a deal extending the US-Iran ceasefire and reopening talks on Tehran's nuclear programme.
Israeli far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he was informed that the International Criminal Court in The Hague had requested a warrant for his arrest. He called arrest warrants against Israeli officials "a declaration of war" and announced he would sign an order to evacuate the Palestinian community from Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank.
Pro-Palestinian activists say Israeli forces are boarding a flotilla of more than 50 boats carrying aid for Gaza in international waters west of Cyprus, describing it as illegal piracy. This is the second such interception; Israeli forces detained 22 boats from the same flotilla near Crete last month.
Hamas has confirmed that Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, commander of its armed wing, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Friday. Israel said Haddad was responsible for the deaths and injuries of thousands of Israelis and was one of the architects of the October 7 massacre.
Hamas confirmed that Izz ad-Din al-Haddad, commander of the group's armed wing, was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Friday. Israeli officials described him as responsible for Israeli civilian and soldier casualties and an architect of the October 7 attack.
Ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Hamas have stalled, with Israeli media reporting preparations to resume military operations in Gaza. Israel's adviser Michael Eisenberg stated "all options are on the table" and cited Hamas's refusal to disarm as a key impasse, while Hamas counters that Israel is violating humanitarian commitments.
Ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas have deadlocked, with Israeli media reporting Israel is preparing to resume fighting in Gaza over Hamas's refusal to disarm. Both sides accuse each other of violating the ceasefire deal that began on 10 October, with Israel considering expanding its military control over 60% of Gaza.
At Israel's 78th Independence Anniversary celebration in Accra, Ambassador Roey Gilad warned that extremist groups operating in Mali and the wider Sahel pose dangers comparable to Hamas and Hezbollah, arguing that no country can defeat terrorism alone and that a coalition approach is essential.
The Israeli Embassy in Accra celebrated Israel's 78th anniversary with performances by Israeli violinist and dancer Tania Vinokur and Israeli school children. Ambassador Roey Gilad highlighted Israel-Ghana agricultural cooperation through MASHAV, noting that Ghana was the first African nation to host an Israeli Embassy, opened in 1956.
Israeli forces intercepted a flotilla of 22 boats carrying aid and around 175 pro-Palestinian activists in international waters near Crete; all activists have been released in Greece except two men being brought to Israel for questioning, whom the Israeli government suspects of terrorist affiliation and illegal activity respectively.