At least 103 people were killed and 141 others injured after two separate blasts occurred close to the tomb of former Iranian general Qasem Soleimani on the fourth anniversary of his death, officials said on Wednesday (January 4, 2024). He was killed by a US drone in 2020. Numerous people were taking part in the […]
Tag: Middle East
Senior Hamas leader Saleh Al-Arouri killed in Lebanon
A senior Hamas leader was killed after Israel carried out a strike in southern Beirut on Tuesday (January 2, 2024). The Hamas leader was identified as Saleh Al-Arouri. The Biden administration was not told about the operation in advance, a US official told CNN. Hamas media outlet Al Aqsa TV said Saleh Al-Arouri, deputy head […]
IDF says it discovered explosive devices in a children’s playground in Gaza
Israel Defense Forces on Sunday (December 31, 2023) said its soldiers discovered explosive devices in a children’s playground connected to a kindergarten on the outskirts of the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza. IDF shared a video of the explosives on X. IDF said the explosive had been neutralized. “Their terror knows no bounds—Hamas planted […]
IDF recovers bodies of five hostages killed by Hamas
The Israeli Defense Forces on Monday (December 25, 2023) said it recovered the bodies of five hostages who were killed during Hamas captivity. The IDF also released a video of a Hamas tunnel network on the social media platform X. In an X post, IDF said: “In a centralized intelligence effort, IDF troops located and […]
Israel-Palestine crisis: IDF finds ‘biggest’ Hamas tunnel in Gaza Strip
The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) on Sunday (December 17, 2023) said it has discovered the ‘biggest’ Hamas tunnel in the Gaza stripe which is located close to the Erez Crossing. IDF said the crossing is used by Gazans daily to enter Israel for work and medical treatment in Israeli hospitals. “This massive tunnel system branches […]
Hamas will not negotiate issue of releasing hostages until Israel stops Gaza operation
Hamas on Saturday (December 16, 2023) said that it would not negotiate a hostage exchange until Israel ended its military operation in the Gaza Strip. “The Hamas movement reiterates its position not to conduct any negotiations on the exchange of prisoners until the military operation against our people finally ends,” the Palestine group said in […]
Israel-Palestine conflict: IDF ‘mistakenly’ kills three hostages in Gaza
The Israel Defence Forces on Friday (December 15, 2023) said it ‘mistakenly’ killed three hostages during its campaign in Gaza. IDF said they were misidentified as a ‘threat’. “During combat in Shejaiya, the IDF mistakenly identified 3 Israeli hostages as a threat and as a result, fired toward them and the hostages were killed,” the […]
Israel-Hamas Conflict: Gaza hospital capacity decimated, says WHO
The last barely functioning hospital in northern Gaza is a “humanitarian disaster zone”, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (December 12, 2023), highlighting the disastrous consequences of ongoing Israeli bombardment for critically ill and injured civilians across the enclave. Briefing reporters from Gaza, Richard Peeperkorn, WHO’s representative in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, […]
Israel-Hamas conflict: UN General Assembly votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza
The UN General Assembly met on Tuesday (December 12, 2023) afternoon in Emergency Special Session on the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict and as the ongoing crisis in Gaza shows no signs of abating. Member States adopted a resolution, demanding an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and well as “ensuring […]
Israel-Palestine conflict: Gaza fighting continues amid ‘apocalyptic’ conditions; Security Council to meet Friday
Two months to the day since Hamas’ terror attacks in Israel prompted a massive Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, the situation in the war-torn enclave is becoming “apocalyptic” with hostilities making meaningful humanitarian efforts “nearly impossible”, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday (December 7, 2023). In a joint statement 27 aid organisations including UN agencies and […]
