Palestinian militant group Hamas on Sunday defended its October 7 attacks against Israel but admitted to “faults” and called for an end to “Israeli aggression” in Gaza, where the health ministry said the death toll passed 25,000. Southern Gaza is the latest focus of Israel’s battle to...
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Israel on Thursday faces accusations of genocide over the war in Gaza before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The ICJ, the United Nations’ highest judicial body, will hear a case brought by South Africa that accuses Israel of violating the UN Genocide Convention due...
Israel is sending a former judge of the country’s Supreme Court, Aharon Barak, to the hearing before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the Gaza war. A spokesman for the Israeli Foreign Ministry confirmed media reports on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to the...
Nigeria has hit another milestone. It has graduated into a hybrid state, a distinction it shares with very few other nations. Simultaneously, Nigeria is at war and in peace. The United Nations has observed that literally the entire northern half of the country is a virtual war...
Israel is to face accusation of genocide before an international court, with hearings based on a South African complaint scheduled for January 11 and 12. The dates were announced Wednesday evening by the International Court of Justice, the highest UN court, in The Hague. According to the court,...
Hamas-controlled health authority said that the number of Gaza Strip residents killed in Israeli attacks had risen to 22,185. The authority, on Tuesday announced that it was 207 more than the previous day’s figure, while 57,035 people have been injured since the start of the war. However,...
North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un wrapped up the year with fresh threats of a nuclear attack on Seoul and orders for a military arsenal build-up to prepare for a war that can “break out any time” on the peninsula, state media reported Sunday. Kim lambasted...
U.S. President Joe Biden has condemned Russia’s aerial attack on Ukraine, calling on the world to stop the killings of the innocent people in the country. The attack launched on Thursday night is likely to be the biggest aerial bombardment since the war began, according to Ukraine President....
The raging war between Israel and Hamas will not end before tomorrow’s Christmas is over. The unfortunate war has instead yielded two principal casualties: the first is the nativity festivals of Christmas which have made Bethlehem a favourite destination for Christian pilgrims. Home to the historic shrines...
The Israeli army will keep up its air and ground campaign to crush Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in spite of growing calls for a ceasefire and the calamitous humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory. “We are continuing until the end. There is...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has warned Israeli authorities not to pursue Hamas members on Turkish territory. “If they dare to take such a step against Turkey, they will pay the price in a way that they will not be able to recover,’’ Erdoğan told reporters on his...
Israel and Hamas brushed off international calls to renew an expired truce Saturday as air strikes pounded militant targets in Gaza and Palestinian groups launched volleys of rockets. Smoke again clouded the sky over the north of the Palestinian territory, whose Hamas government said 240 people had...
Israeli warplanes resumed the pounding of Gaza, Palestinian civilians fled for shelter, and rocket sirens blared in southern Israel on Friday as war resumed after a week-long truce collapsed with no deal to extend it. The Israeli military announced it had “resumed combat operations”, accusing Hamas of violating...
Israeli Army on Tuesday said it has broken open the sealed blast-door at the end of a suspected Hamas tunnel under the al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip. The military published two pictures on social media platform X, formerly called Twitter, Tuesday evening showing the open door in...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday led a minute of silence at UN Headquarters in New York in honour of 101 staff killed so far during in Gaza conflict. According to UN, the number is the largest killed during a conflict in the 78-year history of the organisation....
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip as horrific, reiterating his appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire. The ambulances evacuating critically injured and sick patients to Al Shifa Hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip were...
Over three weeks after the start of the Gaza war, Pope Francis has called on Israel and the Palestinians to find a solution at the negotiating table. “Every war is a defeat. Nothing is solved by war. Everything is gained with peace, with dialogue,” the head of the...
Israeli forces have killed dozens of Hamas militants during their advance in the north of the Gaza Strip, the country’s military said on Monday. This took place as ground operations expand in the Palestinian territory. “During clashes with terrorists in the Gaza Strip, IDF (Israel Defence Forces) troops...
The Israeli Air Force has said it destroyed a radar system used by Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, during attacks on the coastal enclave. “Fighter jets destroyed an advanced detection system developed by the Hamas terrorist organisation that was used to detect aircraft...
Israeli airstrikes continued on Monday as the country’s military called up about 300,000 reservists ahead of a potential ground invasion of Gaza. Fighting between Israeli soldiers and Islamist Hamas militants continued in the border area with Gaza on Monday, as Israel’s defence minister vowed a “complete siege”...