Saad Edhi, hundreds of Gaza aid workers released from Israel custody
- 22-May-2026
Humanitarian activist Saad Edhi and 430 volunteers associated with the Global Sumud Flotilla have been released after being detained by Israeli forces. Saad Edhi and others were shifted to Turkiye after release from the Israeli custody Adalah, an organisation representing Palestinians based in the United States, stated that the humanitarian workers were being deported by […]
Israel strikes south Lebanon day after ceasefire extension
- 16-May-2026
BEIRUT: Israel launched new airstrikes against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Saturday, a day after the two countries agreed to extend a truce following talks in Washington. “The IDF has begun striking Hezbollah infrastructure sites in several areas in southern Lebanon,” the Israeli military said. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported strikes on at […]
Israel says Hamas armed wing chief killed in Gaza strike
- 16-May-2026
The Israeli military on Saturday confirmed that Ezzedine Al-Haddad, chief of Hamas’ armed wing, was killed in an air strike in Gaza the day before. “The IDF and the ISA announce that yesterday, in a precise strike in the area of the City of Gaza, Ezzedine Al-Haddad was eliminated,” the military said, referring to itself […]
Lebanon says over 10,000 homes destroyed or damaged since Israel truce
- 14-May-2026
More than 10,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Lebanon since a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hezbollah, the head of the country’s National Council for Scientific Research said on Wednesday. “Since the current ceasefire… we have witnessed 5,386 housing units that were completely destroyed, and 5,246 housing units damaged,” CRNS chief […]
Israel strikes Beirut for the first time since the ceasefire
- 07-May-2026
BEIRUT: Israel struck Beirut on Wednesday for the first time since agreeing to a ceasefire with Hezbollah last month, with Israel saying it targeted a commander of the militant group’s elite Radwan force in the city’s southern suburbs. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz announced the action in a joint statement. […]
Israel approves plan to buy F-35 and F-15IA fighter jets from Lockheed, Boeing
- 04-May-2026
JERUSALEM – Israel gave final approval for a plan to purchase two new combat squadrons of F-35 and F-15IA advanced fighter aircraft from Lockheed Martin and Boeing in a deal worth tens of billions of dollars, the defence ministry said on Sunday. The deal, approved by Israel’s Ministerial Committee on Procurement, is a first step […]
Israel using water access as ‘weapon’ in Gaza: MSF
- 28-Apr-2026
GENEVA, Switzerland: Israeli authorities are systematically depriving people in Gaza of the water they need to live, Doctors Without Borders warned Tuesday, decrying a campaign of “collective punishment” against Palestinians. The extensive destruction of civilian water infrastructure in Gaza coupled with obstruction of access constitutes “an integral part of Israel’s genocide”, said the medical charity, […]
Israeli fire kills two in Gaza, Hamas clashes with Israeli-backed militia
- 20-Apr-2026
CAIRO: Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia, witnesses said. Medics said one man was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Bureij camp in the central area of the enclave, while […]
Lebanese return to ‘unliveable’ areas as ceasefire with Israel mostly holds
- 17-Apr-2026
People uprooted by the war in Lebanon began returning to devastated towns and neighbourhoods on Friday, with many finding their homes destroyed or uninhabitable and hesitant to stay for fear a ceasefire between Hezbollah and Israel could unravel. U.S. President Donald Trump announced the 10-day ceasefire agreement between the governments of Lebanon and Israel on […]
Israeli attacks prevent Lebanese from burying their dead in ancestral lands
- 16-Apr-2026
BEIRUT: Brothers Ali and Wael Sabbagh stood facing the remains of the building that contained their family home for more than 50 years. The site was pounded into rubble by Israeli strikes last week in an attack that killed their mother, brother, and the family’s helper. Their grief has been compounded by their inability to […]