Hamas and Egyptian mediators said on Monday they were going ahead with talks in Cairo on securing a ceasefire in Gaza, despite Israel's decision not to send a delegation, as Washington pressed again for a
A downturn in Egypt's private sector activity deepened in February as a drop in Suez Canal freight due to attacks on shipping in the Red Sea worsened a long-running foreign currency shortage, a survey showed
India's embassy in Israel on Tuesday advised its nationals working in Israeli border areas to move to safer parts of the country. The advisory comes a day after an anti-tank missile attack near Israel's border
Turkish police detained seven people, including a private detective, suspected of selling information to Israel's Mossad intelligence service, Turkey's intelligence agency said on Tuesday. The detective, who was a former public servant, was suspected of
Israel on Tuesday launched its first international bond sale since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and since Moody's hit the country with its first ever sovereign credit rating downgrade last month. According to an investor
Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant said on Tuesday the continuing tension with Iran-backed Hezbollah at the border with Lebanon was moving the situation nearer to a military escalation. Israel and Hezbollah have been trading fire
An exchange of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages in Gaza can only happen after a ceasefire, senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan said on Tuesday, as ceasefire talks in Cairo between Hamas, Egypt and Qatar continued
Israel will allow a similar number of worshippers into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the first week of Ramadan as in previous years, a statement by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said on Tuesday, without
The United Nations has warned that widespread famine in the Gaza Strip is "almost inevitable" without action. A formal conclusion that famine has arrived in the coastal enclave of 2.3 million people could come next
The United Nations' food agency said it was "largely unsuccessful" in its attempt on Tuesday to resume deliveries to northern Gaza which is nearing famine. The World Food Programme (WFP) had paused its deliveries on
