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A leaked photograph of an enclosure where detainees in gray tracksuits are seen blindfolded and sitting on paper-thin mattresses
Israel’s top court to discuss closure of desert detention camp for Gaza detainees after abuse reports
TEL AVIV — Israel’s Supreme Court on Wednesday will for the first time discuss the closure of the desert detention camp of Sde Teiman where Palestinian detainees from Gaza have allegedly been held under conditions of extreme abuse.The hearing comes in response to a petition by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and other human rights groups, which drew heavily on CNN reporting about the makeshift prison to make a case for it to be shut down.CNN’s investigation, in which Israeli whistleblowers as well as Palestinian former detainees and eyewitnesses described horrific conditions at the facility, including continuous blindfolding and handcuffing, sparked an international outcry.The White House called the allegations detailed in CNN’s report “deeply concerning” and...
June 05, 2024

Israel’s top court to discuss closure of desert detention camp for Gaza detainees after abuse reports

Fire near Kiryat Shmona
Fires in northern Israel fuel demands to tackle escalation with Hezbollah
TEL AVIV — Hezbollah rockets have sparked days of bushfires in northern Israel, with swathes of forest reserve destroyed and 11 people hospitalized for smoke inhalation.Patches of scorched earth start to appear half an hour out from the Lebanon border, plumes of grey smoke mapping the route to either side across the hills.Local residents in Israel’s largely-deserted northern communities have been battling scattered fires for several weeks. One member of a civil defense team said there had been 15-16 fires in the area since then. But high temperatures over the past few days have led to a sharp increase.Firefighters on Monday battled for 20 hours to put out fires around the town of Kiryat Shmona.The fires – which forest administrators say have so far burned through 3,500 acres of land...
June 05, 2024

Fires in northern Israel fuel demands to tackle escalation with Hezbollah

A ball of fire and black smoke rises moments after an Israeli air strike in Bureij, central Gaza, on June 3, 2024
Israeli forces launch new ground and air assault on central Gaza, killing at least 15 Palestinians
GAZA — The Israeli military launched a new ground and air assault in central Gaza on Tuesday, as its forces ramp up attacks amid a deepening humanitarian crisis.The IDF claimed Tuesday afternoon local time that fighter jets were attacking Hamas targets in the Bureij area “at the same time as ground forces that are operating in a targeted manner and with intelligence guidance,” in the same area.CNN cannot independently verify the IDF’s statement.The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that 15 people had been killed and dozens injured during the Israeli operation, with the casualties occurring east of the Bureij and Al-Maghazi displacement camps. It said the local Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital was overwhelmed with admissions.A CNN producer in the area said that at least six bodies had been...
June 05, 2024

Israeli forces launch new ground and air assault on central Gaza, killing at least 15 Palestinians

Mourners carry the coffin of Saeed Abiyar, an Iranian millitary adviser, reportedly killed Monday
Iranian military adviser killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syrian city
TEHRAN — Israeli airstrikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo early Monday killed an Iranian military adviser, according to Iranian media.CNN has contacted the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for comment, but it does not regularly acknowledge strikes.Saeed Abiyar, an adviser to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) in Syria, died in the attack, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim news agency reported.Abiyar is believed to be the first IRGC member to be killed by Israel since April, when Israel bombed Iran’s embassy compound in Damascus, killing several commanders.The latest incident occurred around 12.20 a.m. local time on Monday after Israel launched an aerial attack with missiles, targeting “a number of points” in the vicinity of Aleppo city, Syrian state media SANA reported,...
June 04, 2024

Iranian military adviser killed in Israeli airstrikes on Syrian city

Smoke and fire are seen near Kiryat Shmona, Israel, following what Israeli police said were rocket attacks from southern Lebanon on Monday
Blazes break out in northern Israel after cross-border attacks from Lebanon
TEL AVIV — Large fires broke out in northern Israel overnight, Israeli police said early Tuesday, attributing the blazes to rocket fire from southern Lebanon.The flames consumed some 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres or 400 hectares) of the northern region, local Israeli firefighting chief Boris Eisenberg said. Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services said 18 firefighting teams, including an air firefighting squadron, had been deployed.Teams worked through the night and “gained control in all sectors,” Eisenberg said.Two other fires were spreading in the north due to the weather conditions and an interceptor falling in Biriya Forest in Upper Galilee, Uri Cohen, a spokesperson for the fire and rescue services in the north, said Tuesday.“We saw the interception and responded with increased forces...
June 04, 2024

Blazes break out in northern Israel after cross-border attacks from Lebanon

Palestinians who have returned to Jabalia refugee camp since the Israeli withdrawal say homes and infrastructure have been destroyed
Gazans returning to Jabalia describe 'horrifying' destruction
GAZA — Palestinians who have returned to Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza in recent days have expressed shock at the level of destruction following a three-week Israeli military operation there against Hamas and other Palestinian armed groups.One displaced man who was among the more than 60,000 people who fled the intense battles and bombardment in the camp and its surrounding area last month said he had witnessed “horrifying scenes”.“Even the sand beneath our feet is scorched; it's unbearable to walk on,” he told BBC Arabic. “The streets are strewn with rubble and demolished buildings. Words fail to describe the devastation.”The man - who asked not to be named - also said he had seen injured and dead people “lying on the ground” and that essential services and...
June 04, 2024

Gazans returning to Jabalia describe 'horrifying' destruction

Chaim Peri and Nadav Popplewell
Israel confirms deaths of four more hostages in Gaza
TEL AVIV — Israel's military says it has established the deaths of four more people captured by Hamas on 7 October.It says the four were killed while together during an Israeli operation in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, adding that their bodies were still being held by the militants.The men were named as British-Israeli Nadav Popplewell, 51, Chaim Peri, 79, Yoram Metzger, 80, and Amiram Cooper, 85.IDF spokesman Rear Adm Daniel Hagari said intelligence gathered in recent weeks had led to the assessment."We assess that the four of them were killed while together in the area of Khan Younis during our operation there against Hamas," he said, without giving further details.Last month, Hamas claimed that Nadav Popplewell had died in an Israeli strike in April. The UK Foreign...
June 04, 2024

Israel confirms deaths of four more hostages in Gaza

Israeli forces have continued striking targets in Gaza even as the US and its allies push for both sides to accept a ceasefire proposal
US expects Israel will accept Gaza ceasefire plan if Hamas does
WASHINGTON — The US has "every expectation" Israel will accept a ceasefire proposal that would begin with a six-week cessation of hostilities in Gaza if Hamas takes the deal, a senior White House official has said.The three-part plan unveiled by President Joe Biden last week would also see a "surge" of humanitarian aid, as well as an exchange of some hostages for Palestinian prisoners before a permanent end to the war.The proposal, however, has encountered vocal opposition from some members of Israel's government.The negotiations come as fighting continues in Rafah, which came under intense Israeli airstrikes over the weekend.According to the UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, all 36 of its shelters in the Rafah area are empty after residents were...
June 03, 2024

US expects Israel will accept Gaza ceasefire plan if Hamas does

Smoke billows following Israeli strikes in Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday
Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah
TEL AVIV — The Israeli military is in central Rafah, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a statement Friday, despite international concern and anger over its military operation in Gaza’s southernmost city.The IDF statement confirms what eyewitnesses told CNN earlier this week, when tanks were spotted in central Rafah for the first time since it entered the city earlier this month.“IDF troops in central Rafah located Hamas rocket launchers, terror tunnel shafts, and weapons. The troops also dismantled a Hamas weapons storage facility in the area,” the IDF said in the statement.On Wednesday, the Israeli military said it had established “operational control” over the Philadelphi Corridor, a 14-kilometer (8.7-mile) buffer zone on the Palestinian side of the Egypt-Gaza...
May 31, 2024

Israel confirms its forces are in central Rafah

Aerial view of the Pentagon in Washington
US and UK carry out strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for first time in months
WASHINGTON — The US and UK carried out a series of strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen on Thursday for the first time in more than three months, according to US Central Command.In addition, the US unilaterally destroyed eight aerial attack drones over Yemen and the Red Sea.The coalition strikes targeted 13 Houthi targets in parts of Yemen controlled by the Iran-backed terror group. They marked the fifth round of coalition strikes against the Houthis, who have repeatedly attacked US Navy ships and commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The two waterways, separated by the Bab-el-Mandeb strait, are critical to international shipping routes.The last round of strikes occurred on February 24, as the US and UK targeted Houthi weapons and radar sites.The US has tried to...
May 31, 2024

US and UK carry out strikes against Houthi targets in Yemen for first time in months

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