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  Israeli military intelligence head resigns, says 'failed to avert October 7 attack by Hamas'

  World | April 22, 2024 14:02 IST

  The head of Israeli military intelligence, Major General Aharon Haliva said he accepted responsibility for the intelligence failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on October 7.

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  VIDEO: IED explodes as Israeli man tries to remove Palestinian flag near West Bank settlement

  World | April 21, 2024 16:37 IST

  An Israeli civilian is lightly injured as a result of an improvised explosive device near the West Bank settlement of Kochav Hashahar.

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  US vetoes Security Council resolution backing full UN membership for Palestine

  World | April 19, 2024 11:12 IST

  The resolution got 12 votes in its favour, with Switzerland and the UK abstaining and the US vetoing against Palestinian membership. Despite supporting a two-state solution for the Israel-Palestine conflict, the US said that it has to come from direct negotiations between both sides.

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  US university faces backlash for cancelling Muslim student speech because of pro-Palestine stance

  World | April 17, 2024 9:27 IST

  Tabassum, who described herself as a "first-generation South Asian-American Muslim," said that the USC officials refused in an April 14 meeting with her to share details of the university's security assessment.

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  Gaza woman had twins after 10 years of IVF. Israeli attack killed both, including 12 family members

  World | March 04, 2024 14:19 IST

  The mother had woken up at around 10 pm to breastfeed Naeim, the boy, and went back to sleep with him in one arm and Wissam, the girl, in the other. Her husband was sleeping beside them. Suddenly, an attack killed 14 members of her family including her husband.

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  US Air Force member, who uttered Free Palestine before setting himself on fire, dies

  World | February 26, 2024 19:12 IST

  he 25-year-old airman, Aaron Bushnell, of San Antonio, Texas, died from his injuries, the Metropolitan Police Department said Monday.

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  Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh resigns amid soaring US pressure

  World | February 26, 2024 14:49 IST

  With the latest move by the Prime Minister, it is expected that it could open the door to US-backed reforms in the Palestinian Authority.

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  'We put our lives in danger...': Gaza residents resort to eating mallow plant amid food shortage

  World | February 25, 2024 17:42 IST

  Hunger and infectious diseases are spreading and some 80% of Gaza's 2.3 million people have been displaced, with about 1.4 million crowded into the southern city of Rafah on the border with Egypt.

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  Biden fed up with Netanyahu, hurls 'abusive' remarks as hospitals in Gaza piled up with dead bodies

  World | February 13, 2024 11:25 IST

  According to a media report, Biden allegedly hurled "abusive" remarks against his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during his private conversation. However, a spokesperson for the National Security Council said that the two leaders have a "respectful relationship".

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  Hamas proposal calls for 135-day ceasefire, Israeli withdrawal as Blinken pushes to end war

  World | February 07, 2024 15:04 IST

  The militant group's proposal - a response to an offer sent last week by Qatari and Egyptian mediators - comes amid the biggest diplomatic push yet for an extended halt to the fighting, and was met with hope and relief in the Gaza Strip.

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  Israeli opposition party mulling to oust Netanyahu in no-confidence vote amid hostage crisis

  World | January 22, 2024 19:06 IST

  The Gaza militants had held at least 253 people in the cross-border Hamas rampage of October 7 that triggered the worst fighting in decades. At least 130 are still in Gaza after others were brought home in a November truce.

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  EU foreign policy chief Borrell says two-state solution process must continue

  News | January 22, 2024 18:25 IST

  EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell insisted on Monday that the two-state solution process for Palestinians and Israelis must continue.

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  EU foreign policy chief Borrell says two-state solution process must continue

  News | January 22, 2024 16:22 IST

  EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell insisted on Monday that the two-state solution process for Palestinians and Israelis must continue.

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  Israeli forces kill over 30 militants in Gaza's Khan Younis | Israel- Hamas War

  News | January 18, 2024 17:56 IST

  Israeli forces have killed over 30 militants in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis over the past 24 hours, an Israeli military spokesperson said. The forces have expanded their operations toward a Hamas regiment in southern Khan Younis, the spokesperson added.

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  EXPLAINED: Killing of Hamas no. 2 Arouri could lead to expansion of war's footprints in Middle East

  World | January 03, 2024 21:12 IST

  The United States has sought to prevent any widening of the conflict, including by deploying two aircraft carriers and other military assets to the region. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was expected in the region this week.

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  Top Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri, whom Netanyahu threatened to kill even before war, assassinated

  World | January 03, 2024 16:12 IST

  Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing, had headed the group’s presence in the West Bank. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before the Hamas-Israel war began on October 7.

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  Israel Forces find bodies of 5 hostages in tunnel, over 68 killed in Gaza strikes on Christmas eve

  World | December 25, 2023 15:48 IST

  Israel-Hamas war: The 68 fatalities include at least 12 women and seven children. Besides airstrikes, the IDF claimed it recovered the bodies of at least five Israeli hostages killed in captivity from an underground tunnel network of Hamas in northern Gaza.

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  Usman Khawaja reprimanded for wearing black armband in Perth Test against Pakistan

  Cricket | December 21, 2023 19:38 IST

  Australian opener Usman Khawaja has been pulled up by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for sporting black armband during the first Test against Pakistan in Perth. Khawaja was barred from wearing shoes that had the message "all lives are equal" and hence wore a black armband.

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  Relatives at hospital in Rafah say last goodbyes to loved ones killed in Israeli strike

  News | December 22, 2023 6:47 IST

  People gathered around the bodies of their loved ones after Israeli strikes killed at least 27 Palestinians on last night in Gaza's southern city of Rafah. A woman bursts into tears after recognizing the body of her child, while another says goodbye to a nephew or niece .

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  Hamas official says their tunnels in Gaza are prepared against pumping water into them

  News | December 15, 2023 18:46 IST

  A Hamas member played down Israel's attempts to flood the group's tunnels in Gaza saying when militants built them