Benny Gantz: a former Israeli general with big political ambitions
Benny Gantz, who quit Israel’s war cabinet Sunday, is a centrist politician with dreams of toppling Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government.
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Iran announces six candidates approved for June 28 presidential election
Iran on Sunday announced the six candidates, mostly conservatives, approved for the June 28 election to replace president Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash.
Abbas calls for emergency UN session after scores dead in Israeli raid on Nuseirat
Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for an emergency UN Security Council session over a deadly Israeli air raid on al-Nuseirat refugee camp near where four Israeli hostages were freed the same day. Hamas said more than...
Who are the four hostages Israel freed from Gaza?
Israeli troops on Saturday rescued four Israeli hostages held in Gaza since Hamas militants captured them on October 7 in the attack on the Supernova music festival in southern Israel. Here are short profiles of the freed captives, identified by...
UN chief to call out Israel and Hamas for violations against children
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has added Israel's military to a global list of offenders for committing violations against children in 2023, said Israel's U.N. envoy Gilad Erdan, describing the decision as "shameful."
Blinken to visit Middle East next week to push ceasefire plan as war enters ninth month
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit the Middle East next week to push a plan for an Israel-Hamas ceasefire, the State Department announced Friday. Blinken, who will be paying his eighth visit to the region since the October 7 Hamas...
Hamas has not yet responded to latest Gaza ceasefire proposal, says Qatar
Hamas has not yet given its response to the latest ceasefire proposal to the mediators and is still studying it, Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed Al-Ansari said on Thursday, adding that Qatar, Egypt and the US mediation efforts are still...
Gaza hospital says dozens killed in Israeli strike on UN school
A hospital in central Gaza said Thursday at least 37 people were killed in Israeli bombardment overnight of a UN-run school which the Israeli military said housed a "Hamas compound".
Israel using white phosphorus in military operations in Lebanon, rights group say
Mohammad Hammud, in his late 70s, was at home with his wife in a south Lebanon border village when Israeli bombing hit. This time, the attack was different.
Israel wants 'endless' truce negotiations, Hamas says
Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan accused Israel on Tuesday of prolonging truce negotiations and repeated the Palestinian militant group's position which rejects any deal that excludes a permanent ceasefire. The statement came as mediator Qatar...
Israeli government estimates more than a third of the 250 Gaza hostages are dead
More than a third of the 250 hostages kidnapped in the October 7 Hamas attack may already be dead, an Israeli government tally revealed on Tuesday. Four more hostages were declared dead by the Israeli military on Monday, including three men seen...
Biden sees Hamas as ‘only obstacle’ to Gaza ceasefire deal
US President Joe Biden told Qatar's emir Monday that Hamas was the only obstacle to a Gaza ceasefire deal with Israel, and urged him to press the militant group to accept it, the White House said. An Israeli government spokesperson had earlier...
Four more Israeli hostages have died in Gaza, Israel's military says
The Israeli military said another four Israeli hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7 had died in captivity and that their bodies are being held by the Palestinian Islamist group.
Israel battles Hamas as mediators call on both to accept Gaza truce plan
Israel bombarded the Gaza Strip and battled Hamas Sunday as mediators called on both sides to agree to a truce and hostage release deal outlined by US President Joe Biden.
Iran's hardline ex-president Ahmadinejad registers candidacy for snap presidential poll
Iran's hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday registered his candidacy for a presidential election this month, state media reported.
Israel pounds Gaza after Biden outlines comprehensive ceasefire plan
Israeli forces hammered Rafah in southern Gaza with tanks and artillery Saturday, hours after US President Joe Biden said Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire backed by France and Germany. While the Palestinian militant group...
Gaza mediators urge Israel, Hamas to 'finalise' truce deal outlined by Biden
Qatari, Egyptian and US mediators called on Israel and Hamas Saturday to "finalise" the truce deal outlined by US President Joe Biden, as Israeli forces pounded Rafah in southern Gaza.
Biden urges Hamas to accept Israel's new roadmap to end Gaza war
US President Joe Biden said Friday that Israel was offering a new roadmap towards a full ceasefire in Gaza that he urged Hamas to accept, saying it's "time for this war to end".
See one doctor’s journey out of Rafah
Dr. Adam Hamawy is a war surgeon who spent several weeks in Gaza’s European Hospital. He documented for CNN how he and his colleagues eventually left Gaza af...
Israel accused of using torture in military prison of Sdei Teiman
In Israel, human rights groups have filed a court case in a bid to close the Sdei Teiman military prison. Set up after the October 7 attacks in the heart of the Negev desert, it serves as a detention centre for prisoners from Gaza. Numerous...
Syria's Ghouta chemical attack: Exiled activists seek justice for 2013 atrocity
In August 2013, a chemical attack using sarin gas was perpetrated in Syria’s Ghouta region, northeast of Damascus, killing some 1,400 people. Attributed to the regime of Bashar al-Assad, the crime remains unpunished to this day. But Syrian...