Israel’s economy suffered a contraction that was among the deepest in history when the war erupted against Hamas, after hostilities paralyzed businesses, prompted evacuations and a record call-up of reservists. Gross domestic product had a
The United States on Tuesday vetoed – for the third time -- a draft UN Security Council resolution on the Israel-Hamas war, blocking a demand for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. Thirteen council members voted in
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Tuesday said the United Nations still has not received any evidence from Israel supporting its claims that 12 of the agency’s employees participated in the
Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea added the group used drones to target a number of US warships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea as well as sites in Eilat in southern Israel. Since November,
Hamas condemned a US decision to veto a UN Security Council push for a Gaza ceasefire, saying it amounted to giving Israel the “green light” to carry out “more massacres”. “This veto serves the agenda
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday that Israel would not pay any price for the return of hostages still held in Gaza. Asked about the 134 hostages who
The UN’s food agency said Tuesday it has suspended aid deliveries to northern Gaza despite widespread hunger, after a convoy of trucks faced gunfire and looting. The World Food Program (WFP) resumed deliveries on Sunday
Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh arrived in Cairo Tuesday for talks with Egyptian officials, the militant group said, days after mediators said prospects for a new truce with Israel had dimmed. The Qatar-based head of Hamas’
Israel ordered new evacuations from parts of Gaza City on Tuesday, as a study led by the UN children’s agency found that one in six children are acutely malnourished in the isolated and largely devastated
UN rights experts called Monday for an independent probe into alleged Israeli abuses against Palestinian women and girls, including killings, rapes and sexual assault. The statement by the seven independent UN experts prompted an angry
