Israel’s security cabinet on Friday recommended approval of a ceasefire deal after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed a deal had been reached that would end the 15-month conflict with Hamas in Gaza and free dozens of hostages. held by militants there. Mediators Qatar and the United States announced the ceasefire on Wednesday, but the deal […]
The group says it will stop attacking ships linked to Israel when all phases of the Gaza ceasefire agreement are completed. Yemen’s Houthis will limit their attacks on commercial vessels to ships linked to Israel only as long as the ceasefire in Gaza is fully implemented, the group said, potentially reducing disruptions that have affected […]
A boy from the Gaza Strip seeking medical treatment arrived in Winnipeg on Thursday, supported in part by the Manitoba government, and a federal cabinet minister called on other provinces to do the same. The 11-year-old Palestinian boy and his mother were met at the airport by Prime Minister Wab Kinew, who said the province […]
When Palestinian fighters led by Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, 2023, taking some 250 people captive, it set in motion an issue that instantly became vital to much of Israeli society. The captives immediately became a symbol for Israelis, used to justify Israel’s brutal war on Gaza, which has already killed more than […]
Israel on Thursday delayed a Cabinet vote on the long-awaited ceasefire deal that would end fighting in the Gaza Strip and free dozens of hostages. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes killed at least 72 people in the conflict-torn territory. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blamed a last-minute dispute with Hamas for delaying approval, as rising tensions in Netanyahu’s […]
Beirut, Lebanon – The ceasefire agreed to by Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas has generated some optimism that Israel’s 15-month war against Gaza will finally end and Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners will be freed. But some analysts are still unsure whether the deal, announced Wednesday and set to begin Sunday, will go ahead […]
Steve Witkoff was just a spectator at the US Capitol when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of Congress in July, an experience the real estate investor described as “epic” and “spiritual.” Five months later, the Bronx-born businessman with no experience in diplomacy was in Israel as Donald Trump’s chosen Middle East […]
My school in the Khan Younis refugee camp was one of my favorite places. I had dedicated teachers and a deep love of learning, so much so that education became my life’s work. But, beyond the joy of learning, the school was a place where we Palestinians could find a connection with those we could […]
A fourth baby died of hypothermia in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced by nearly 15 months of war are huddled in tents along the rainy, windswept coast as winter sets in. Jomaa al-Batran, 20 days old, was found with his head “cold as ice” when his parents woke up on […]
The father of the three-week-old victim, Sila Mahmoud al-Faseeh, says the family slept on the cold sand in a tent exposed to strong winds. Three Palestinian babies have died of hypothermia in the al-Mawasi refugee camp in southern Gaza in recent days, as temperatures plummet and an Israeli blockade of food, water and essential winter […]
Arthur HELLER
