Middle East

As war rages in Gaza, Israel’s crackdown on West Bank insurgency is killing Palestinian youths

In the web of battered, sun-baked streets winding up the hillside, bloodshed is as unrelenting as the heat. So it is not hard to see why, when raid sirens and gunfire erupted yet again on a morning in late May, 15-year-old Mahmoud Hamadneh turned his bike down an alley that held out the promise of ...

12:17 Et September 12, 2024

Cairo: Bourita Reiterates Morocco's Continued Tireless Efforts to Defend Holy Places, Notably Al-Quds

Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Nasser Bourita, reaffirmed, Tuesday in Cairo, the Kingdom’s continued tireless efforts to defend holy places, notably Al Quds, to ...

12:21 Et September 11, 2024

An Israeli strike on a Gaza humanitarian zone tent camp kills at least 40 people, Palestinians say

An Israeli strike on a crowded tent camp housing Palestinians displaced by the war in Gaza killed at least 40 people and wounded 60 others early Tuesday, Palestinian ...

11:35 Et September 10, 2024

Israeli strikes in Syria leave 14 dead and more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media says

The number of people killed in overnight Israeli strikes in Syria has risen to 14 with more than 40 wounded, Syrian state media said Monday morning. Israeli strikes ...

10:04 Et September 9, 2024

Three killed in attack at West Bank-Jordan border

Three people have been killed in an attack at the border between Jordan and the occupied West Bank, Israeli officials say. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said three ...

09:44 Et September 8, 2024

Israeli soldiers fatally shot an American woman at a West Bank protest, witnesses say

Israeli soldiers killed an American woman demonstrating against settlements in the West Bank on Friday, according to two witnesses who said she was shot while posing no threat ...

11:26 Et September 7, 2024

Israeli forces appear to withdraw from a West Bank camp after a major military operation

Israeli forces appeared to have withdrawn from three refugee camps in the occupied West Bank by Friday morning, after a more-than weeklong military operation that left dozens dead and a ...

10:27 Et September 6, 2024

Israel’s Netanyahu demands open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, digging in on his stance on an issue that has ...

10:02 Et September 5, 2024

US charges Hamas leader, other militants in connection with Oct. 7 massacre in Israel

The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal court in New York City includes charges such ...

10:50 Et September 4, 2024

General strike in Israel over hostages leads to uneven disruptions, reflecting political divisions

A rare call for a general strike in Israel to protest the failure to return hostages held in Gaza led to closures and other disruptions around the country ...

11:58 Et September 2, 2024
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