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The Gaza administration committee is pushing to create a reconstruction and relief fund at the World Bank, according to Ali Shaath, head of the committee
Palestinians in Gaza skeptical about US ceasefire plans amid ongoing Israeli attacks
GAZA CITY — Palestinians in Gaza have expressed skepticism about US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the second phase of the ceasefire agreement has begun, amid a continuing humanitarian crisis and ongoing Israeli attacks.Israeli forces have continued deadly attacks across Gaza despite the US announcement about the launch of the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.Palestinians in Gaza City say they are not optimistic about the prospects of the recently announced second phase of the ceasefire agreement, with so many of the promises of the first yet to be fulfilled.“It’s as if we’re still in the first phase,” said one man. “The crossings were supposed to open, prices were supposed to fall, and Israeli attacks were supposed to stop. Nothing has changed except...
January 16, 2026

Palestinians in Gaza skeptical about US ceasefire plans amid ongoing Israeli attacks

The Black Hawk crashed during an emergency evacuation
Israeli military helicopter crashes near Bethlehem
JERUSALEM — An Israeli military helicopter crashed during a recovery operation near Bethlehem in the southern occupied West Bank on Friday, the Israeli army said.The Black Hawk helicopter went down while being airlifted after making an emergency landing because of bad weather, the Times of Israel reported quoting military sources.During the recovery operation, the damaged helicopter was being carried by another aircraft using a cable when it became detached and crashed to the ground. No injuries were reported.Israeli Air Force chief Tomer Bar has ordered the establishment of a military investigative committee to examine the incident, the report said. — Agencies
January 16, 2026

Israeli military helicopter crashes near Bethlehem

Israeli soldiers next to an underground tunnel in the Al-Shaboura neighborhood of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, 08 December 2025. — EPA
Israel sees spike in suicide among troops as conflicts persist
JERUSALEM — Israel is grappling with a dramatic increase in post-traumatic stress disorder and suicide among its troops as fighting persists in Gaza and Lebanon and as tensions flare with Iran, Reuters reported citing recent reports by the country's Defense Ministry.An Israeli parliamentary committee found in October that 279 soldiers had attempted suicide in the period from January 2024 to July 2025, a sharp increase from previous years.The report found that combat soldiers comprised 78% of all suicide cases in Israel in 2024.Thetwo-year assault on Gaza quickly expanded with cross-border fire between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah, and saw hundreds of thousands of soldiers and reservists deployed across both fronts in some of the heaviest fighting in the country's...
January 16, 2026

Israel sees spike in suicide among troops as conflicts persist

Iranian riot police stand guard as students protest in front of the British embassy in Tehran, Iran, 14 January 2026. — EPA
Trump claims 'killing has stopped' in Iran, as tension lingers
WASHINGTON/DUBAI — US President Donald Trump has said he has been told "the killing in Iran has stopped", but the US president has not ruled out military action against the country over its violent crackdown on anti-government protesters.The United States has withdrawn some personnel from bases in the Middle East, a US official said on Wednesday, after a senior Iranian official said Tehran had warned neighbors it would hit American bases if Washington strikes.With Iran's leadership trying to quell the worst domestic unrest the Islamic Republic has ever faced, Tehran is seeking to deter Trump's repeated threats to intervene on behalf of anti-government protesters.Iranian authorities have accused the US and Israel of fomenting the unrest, carried out by people it calls armed...
January 15, 2026

Trump claims 'killing has stopped' in Iran, as tension lingers

Protesters attend a rally in support of the nationwide mass demonstrations in Iran against the government, in Zuerich, Switzerland, 13 January 2026.  — EPA
Iran's military on high alert as Trump ramps up attack threats
DUBAI — Iran’s military is at its “peak of defensive readiness” and will “confront any aggression”, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said, as the United States ramped up its rhetoric in support of the protesters in the country.Missile reserves “have increased compared to before the 12-day war [with Israel], and all damage during this period has been repaired, keeping the force at peak readiness”, IRGC air force commander Sardar Mousavi was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.Meanwhile, direct contact between senior officials from the United States and Iran has broken down, according to reports, as tension rises.Some personnel have been advised to leave the main US air base in the region, although there were no immediate signs of a large-scale evacuation...
January 14, 2026

Iran's military on high alert as Trump ramps up attack threats

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar
Israel severing ties with several global bodies following US pullout
TEL AVIV — Israel announced on Tuesday that it was withdrawing from several international organizations, including two UN agencies, while ordering a wider review of cooperation with others. Israel's foreign ministry said persistent bias, politicisation and actions hostile to Israel were behind its decision, which follows the US withdrawal from 66 global bodies last week.In a statement on X, the ministry said, "Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar has decided that Israel will immediately sever all contact with the following UN agencies and international organizations."It listed UN Energy, the UN Alliance of Civilisations and the Global Forum on Migration and Development, which is not part of the UN system, among the bodies it was severing ties.On January 8, President Donald Trump signed a...
January 14, 2026

Israel severing ties with several global bodies following US pullout

A Palestinian family is trying to gather what remains of their belongings after their tent was damaged in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, 09 January 2026. The tent was destroyed by strong winds and heavy rain. — EPA
Eight die in Gaza as storm brings extreme cold, collapses buildings
GAZA — Eight Palestinians have died as a new storm caused freezing winds and toppled buildings in war-ravaged Gaza, piling further misery on tens of thousands of displaced people surviving in flimsy shelters.Four people have been killed since Monday night after buildings damaged by Israeli airstrikes collapsed in Gaza as a powerful storm battered the enclave, Palestinian civil defense said on Tuesday.Three people, including a 15-year-old girl, were killed when one building collapsed in Gaza City while a fourth was killed in a separate building collapse in the city.The buildings collapsed due to heavy rainfall and strong winds driven by a low-pressure weather system that began affecting the region Monday evening.Four deaths have been recorded due to cold temperatures caused by a severe...
January 13, 2026

Eight die in Gaza as storm brings extreme cold, collapses buildings

Iranians drive past a billboard reading 'Iran is our Homeland' at Enqelab Square in Tehran, Iran, 13 January 2026. — EPA
Trump announces tariffs to pressure Iran as death toll soars
DUBAI/WASHINGTON — About 2,000 people including security personnel have been killed in Iran, an Iranian official said on Tuesday, as the White House said President Donald Trump was briefed on military options following Tehran's intense crackdown on anti-government protesters.The Iranian official, speaking to Reuters, said that people he called terrorists were behind the deaths of both protesters and security personnel. This is the first time authorities have acknowledged the high death toll from an intense crackdown on two weeks of nationwide unrest.Media reports indicate Pentagon officials have discussed long-range missile attacks, cyber operations and psychological campaign responses.White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump is exploring messages from Iranian regime...
January 13, 2026

Trump announces tariffs to pressure Iran as death toll soars

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Iran summons Western envoys as death toll climbs
TEHRAN — Iran on Monday summoned the ambassadors of Britain, Germany, Italy and France over what it described as their countries’ support for recent protests inside the country, according to official media.The Foreign Ministry invited the diplomats to Tehran and presented video footage that showed acts of violence during the unrest, saying such actions went beyond peaceful demonstrations and amounted to organized sabotage, the state broadcaster IRIB reported.Iranian officials asked the four Western ambassadors to convey the footage directly to their respective foreign ministries and called on their governments to withdraw statements backing the protesters.Tehran said any political or media support for the protests constitutes “unacceptable interference” in Iran’s internal...
January 13, 2026

Iran summons Western envoys as death toll climbs

Large crowds of people have gathered in various Iranian cities in support of the country’s regime, according to video broadcast by state media
Iran says situation is 'under control' as protests become bloody
TEHRAN — Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Monday that the situation in Iran is “under control” with “many terrorist operatives” arrested.He told foreign diplomats in a televised meeting that “confessions will be released soon” and said there is “substantial evidence of foreign involvement.”He also Iran is ready to negotiate with the US based on “mutual respect and interests.” “As I have said repeatedly, we are also ready for negotiations — but fair and dignified negotiations, from an equal position, with mutual respect and based on mutual interests,” Araghchi said.The foreign minister’s statements came after US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran had “called to negotiate,” as his administration weighs potential military options...
January 12, 2026

Iran says situation is 'under control' as protests become bloody

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