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Families of Israeli hostages have consistently demanded the government prioritises their release
Hundreds of Israeli ex-officials appeal to Trump to help end Gaza war
JERUSALEM — A group of some 600 retired Israeli security officials, including former heads of intelligence agencies, have written to US President Donald Trump to pressure Israel to immediately end the war in Gaza."It is our professional judgement that Hamas no longer poses a strategic threat to Israel," the officials said."Your credibility with the vast majority of Israelis augments your ability to steer Prime Minister [Benjamin] Netanyahu and his government in the right direction: End the war, return the hostages, stop the suffering," they wrote.Their appeal comes amid reports that Netanyahu is pushing to expand military operations in Gaza as indirect ceasefire talks with Hamas have stalled.Israel launched a devastating war in Gaza following Hamas's attack in...
August 04, 2025

Hundreds of Israeli ex-officials appeal to Trump to help end Gaza war

On January 16, people in Jerusalem walk past posters of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas.
Netanyahu asks Red Cross to help hostages in Gaza, as families warn against an ‘expanding war’
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused Hamas of not wanting a ceasefire deal and requested that the International Red Cross bring food and medical care to hostages held in Gaza, after public fury ignited over propaganda videos showing two emaciated Israeli captives.Tens of thousands of protestors joined a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening – some holding placards reading “Stop the war” and “Leave no one behind” – as they called for Netanyahu to strike a deal that would free the Israeli hostages still held in Gaza.Videos released by the militant groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad last week showed hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski in a visibly fragile state – images that galvanized a forceful reaction both at home and abroad.On...
August 04, 2025

Netanyahu asks Red Cross to help hostages in Gaza, as families warn against an ‘expanding war’

Surrounded by security guards, Israel's far-right National Security Minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, center, participates in march marking Jerusalem Day, Monday, May 26, 2025
Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays at al-Aqsa, violating decades-old agreement
JERUSALEM — Far-right Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited and prayed at Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Sunday, the al-Aqsa compound, triggering a wave of regional condemnation and sparking fears of further escalations in tensions.The provocative move came as Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip continue, with at least 33 Palestinians killed on Sunday enroute to aid distribution points, as global criticisms mount over Israel manufacturing famine-like conditions in the besieged enclave.Ben-Gvir’s visit to the hillside compound threatens to further setback efforts by international mediators, such as Qatar and Egypt, to bring an end to Israel’s almost two-year military offensive on Gaza.The area, which Jews call the ‘Temple Mount’, is the holiest...
August 04, 2025

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir prays at al-Aqsa, violating decades-old agreement

The boat carrying more than 150 migrants sank in the Gulf of Aden
More than 60 migrants die off Yemen in boat capsize
SANAA — More than 60 migrants died when a boat carrying around 150 people sank off the coast of Yemen in bad weather on Sunday.The vessel capsized off Yemen's southern province of Abyan, and 68 bodies have been recovered, the Yemen chief for the International Organization for Migration (IOM) told the BBC. He said 12 people had been rescued and dozens were still missing.Most of the victims are believed to be Ethiopian nationals, said the IOM, which called the incident "heartbreaking".Yemen remains a major pathway for migrants from the Horn of Africa travelling to the Gulf Arab states in search of work, with the IOM estimating hundreds have died or gone missing in shipwrecks in recent months.IOM Yemen chief Abdusattor Esoev said the boat was carrying around 157 migrants on a...
August 04, 2025

More than 60 migrants die off Yemen in boat capsize

Crowds of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv over the weekend demanding the immediate release of the hostages
Leaders condemn videos of emaciated hostages as Red Cross calls for access
JERUSALEM — Western leaders have condemned videos of emaciated Israeli hostages filmed by their captors in Gaza, with the Red Cross calling for access to all remaining in captivity.UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said "images of hostages being paraded for propaganda are sickening" and they must be released "unconditionally".The calls come after the Palestinian Islamic Jihad published video of Rom Braslavski, thin and crying, on Thursday, and Hamas released footage of an emaciated Evyatar David on Saturday.Israeli leaders accused Hamas of starving hostages.Hamas's armed wing denied it intentionally starves prisoners, saying hostages eat what their fighters and people eat amid a hunger crisis in Gaza.Reports from Gaza say Palestinians desperately seeking aid near...
August 04, 2025

Leaders condemn videos of emaciated hostages as Red Cross calls for access

US envoy Steve Witkoff, pictured in July, visited Gaza on Friday for the second time this year.
US envoy Witkoff visits Gaza aid distribution site as starvation crisis deepens
JERUSALEM — Steve Witkoff, the United States’ special envoy to the Middle East, on Friday visited a controversial US-backed aid distribution site in Gaza, one of three such locations near which hundreds of Palestinians have died in recent weeks as they tried to reach scarce food supplies.An Israeli source told CNN on Friday morning that Witkoff had arrived at the aid site in the southern city of Rafah that is run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).The GHF was created to replace the United Nations’ aid role in Gaza and has been widely criticized for failing to improve conditions as the starvation crisis deepens. More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to get food, hundreds of them near GHF sites, according to the UN. The GHF disputes...
August 01, 2025

US envoy Witkoff visits Gaza aid distribution site as starvation crisis deepens

It is estimated that there are over 4 million undocumented Afghans living in Iran
Iran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel
SINGAPORE — Ali Ahmad's eyes fill with tears as he lifts his shirt to show deep bruises across his back.While he was detained, Iranian officers struck him and accused him of spying, he says. "They used hoses, water pipes and wooden boards to beat me. They treated us like animals."He was speaking to the BBC earlier this month at Islam Qala on the two countries' border, before crossing back over to Afghanistan. His name has been changed to protect his identity.Iran, which says it hosts more than four million undocumented Afghans who fled conflict in their homeland, has been stepping up deportations for months. In March those without papers were given a July deadline to depart voluntarily, but since a brief war with Israel in June, the authorities have forcibly returned...
August 01, 2025

Iran drives out 1.5 million Afghans, with some branded spies for Israel

US envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will visit Gaza Friday, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavett has confirmed
US envoy to visit Gaza, as hospital says dozens killed seeking food
JERUSALEM — US special envoy Steve Witkoff will visit Gaza on Friday to inspect food distribution sites, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed.Leavitt said Witkoff would visit the territory along with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee and "secure a plan to deliver more food and meet with local Gazans to hear first-hand about this dire situation on the ground".Witkoff, who is on a visit to Israel, also had a "productive" meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the press secretary added.Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said 111 people had been killed, 91 of them while seeking aid, in the 24 hours before Thursday midday.A hospital director told the BBC that more than 50 Palestinians were killed and 400 others injured while...
August 01, 2025

US envoy to visit Gaza, as hospital says dozens killed seeking food

Smoke rises from Gaza as the sun sets, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border, July 30
US allies break with Trump to force diplomatic shift on Gaza
NEW YORK — As Canada joins France and the UK in announcing plans to recognize a Palestinian state, the US is standing firmly with Israel — but does Trump have a long-term plan for Gaza's future?Of all history's declarations about the Middle East, one that may be less prominent in the global collective memory was in Tokyo in November 2023.Then-US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken laid out a series of principles for the "day after" the war in Gaza at a meeting of the G7, a group of the world's most powerful countries.He travelled there from Tel Aviv, after meeting Israel's leadership a month after the Hamas attacks on October 7, during the ensuing Israeli offensive on Gaza.Blinken listed what amounted to US conditions for Israel's military objectives and...
July 31, 2025

US allies break with Trump to force diplomatic shift on Gaza

Canada Foreign Minister Anita Anand addresses the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, July 28, 2025
Canada and Malta say they will recognize Palestine, joining France and UK
NEW YORK — Canada and Malta both announced on Wednesday that they plan to formally recognize the state of Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly in September, joining France and the United Kingdom, who announced earlier they would do so.The move to recognize Palestine as a state comes amid a renewed push in Europe to put pressure on Israel to stop its devastating war in Gaza, which has led to widespread starvation in the strip, as well as to halt the expansion of settlements in the West Bank."The level of human suffering in Gaza is intolerable," Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney speaking after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, emphasising the need for international cooperation to ensure lasting peace and stability in the region."Canada has long been committed...
July 31, 2025

Canada and Malta say they will recognize Palestine, joining France and UK

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