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Displaced Palestinian women inspect the rubble of a building as they return to an area in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025
Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza stabilization force, Israel says
BUDAPEST — Israel has said it will not allow Turkish troops to take part in an international force proposed by the US to oversee the ceasefire in Gaza.The deal brokered by US President Donald Trump earlier this month calls for a temporary stabilisation force to monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas after two years of war, but does not mention which countries would provide armed forces.The US plan said the force would train and support "vetted Palestinian police forces" and will "consult with Jordan and Egypt, who have extensive experience in this field".Speaking to journalists during a visit to Hungary, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on Monday that Israel opposes the participation of Turkish troops in Gaza."Countries that want or are ready to send armed forces...
October 28, 2025

Turkish troops will have no role in Gaza stabilization force, Israel says

Israelis gather at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to demand the return of the hostage bodies still held in Gaza on Sunday, October 26
Israel receives body of deceased hostage transferred from Hamas
JERUSALEM — Israeli authorities said Monday they had received the coffin of a deceased hostage from Gaza.The remains will be formally identified at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israel Security Agency (ISA) said in a joint statement.They requested that people refrain from speculating about the identity of the body until the family had been informed.Earlier, Hamas transferred the body to the Red Cross in northern Gaza.If the body is confirmed to be that of a hostage, Hamas will have handed over the bodies of 16 of the 28 deceased hostages that were part of the ceasefire agreement. The bodies of 12 more remain in Gaza.One of the bodies in an earlier exchange was later found not to be that of a hostage, but of a Palestinian from...
October 28, 2025

Israel receives body of deceased hostage transferred from Hamas

King Abdullah of Jordan
International troops won't want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan
AMMAN — Countries would reject being asked to "enforce" peace in Gaza if deployed under the Trump ceasefire plan, King Abdullah of Jordan has said.Under US President Trump's 20-point peace plan, Arab states and international partners are to commit stabilization forces that "will train and provide support to vetted Palestinian police forces in Gaza, and will consult with Jordan and Egypt who have extensive experience in this field." Hamas is to disarm and give up political control of the territory."What is the mandate of security forces inside of Gaza? And we hope that it is peacekeeping, because if it's peace enforcing, nobody will want to touch that," said King Abdullah.In an exclusive interview for BBC Panorama, he said that Jordan and Egypt were willing to train Palestinian...
October 27, 2025

International troops won't want to enforce Gaza peace, says King of Jordan

18-year-old Mohammed Ahmed Abu Haneen
Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid on West Bank as settlers rampage
NABLUS – A Palestinian teenager has died of wounds sustained during an Israeli military raid in the latest violence against civilians in the occupied West Bank, the Wafa news agency reported.Mohammed Ahmed Abu Haneen, 18, succumbed to injuries on Friday morning sustained during an Israeli military raid on the Askar al-Jadeed refugee camp, east of Nablus.WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli troops raided the camp on Thursday evening, sparking confrontations with residents. During the assault, Israeli soldiers fired live ammunition, hitting Abu Haneen in the back. He was critically wounded and later succumbed to his injuries Friday morning.Israeli forces also stormed the town of Aqaba, north of Tubas in the West Bank, and made a number of arrests earlier today in Hebron and Tal.The...
October 24, 2025

Palestinian teen killed in Israeli raid on West Bank as settlers rampage

Marco Rubio is travelling to Israel to try to shore up the fragile ceasefire
Rubio warns against West Bank annexation after Israel's parliament advances move
WASHINGTON – The US Secretary of State has said that a move by Israel's parliament towards annexation of the occupied West Bank would threaten Washington's plan to end the conflict in Gaza."That's not something we can be supportive of right now," Marco Rubio said before leaving for Israel as part of US efforts to shore up a fragile ceasefire deal.In an apparent attempt to embarrass Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, far-right politicians took the symbolic step of giving preliminary approval to a bill granting Israel authority to annex the West Bank.The Palestinians claim the West Bank – occupied by Israel since 1967 – as part of a hoped-for independent state.Last year, the International Court of Justice – the UN's top court – said Israel's...
October 23, 2025

Rubio warns against West Bank annexation after Israel's parliament advances move

People walk at a popular market in Cairo
Egypt joins EU funding program Horizon Europe 
BRUSSELS– European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced on Wednesday that Egypt now has access to the Horizon Europe program, but an EU official told Euronews that this access does not automatically guarantee funding."Egyptians have now access to apply for funding but the assignment of funds is based on merit," the EU official explained.Horizon is the EU's flagship program that funds projects across academia, industry and public institutions.With a total budget of €93.5 billion for 2021–2027, it is the EU’s main program for research and innovation.Horizon addresses climate change, supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and strengthens the EU's competitiveness and economic growth."Today we mark Egypt's association to Horizon Europe – that is...
October 23, 2025

Egypt joins EU funding program Horizon Europe 

Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus
Gaza health crisis will last for 'generations', WHO chief warns
GENEVA — Gaza is experiencing a health "catastrophe" that will last for "generations to come", the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned.Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told BBC Radio 4's Today programme that a massive increase in aid is needed to begin to address the complex needs of the Strip's population.Israel has allowed more medical supplies and other aid to cross into Gaza since a ceasefire with Hamas came into effect on 10 October, but Dr Tedros said levels are below those needed to rebuild the territory's healthcare system.His intervention comes as the US attempts to shore up the ceasefire it helped to broker following an outbreak of violence at the weekend.The agreement has been described by the White House as the first phase of a...
October 22, 2025

Gaza health crisis will last for 'generations', WHO chief warns

Aryeh Zalmanovich and Master Sergeant Tamir Adar's bodies have been returned by Hamas
Oldest hostage taken by Hamas among two deceased returned to Israel Tuesday
TEL AVIV — The body of the oldest hostage taken by Hamas following its October 7, 2023 attacks was among two deceased hostages returned to Israel from Gaza on Tuesday.Arye Zalmanovich and Tamir Adar’s remains had been identified and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) had informed their families, a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Tuesday night.Two coffins carrying the bodies of Zalmanovich and Adar crossed the border into Israel earlier on Tuesday and were taken to the National Institute for Forensic Medicine for formal identification and to investigate the causes of death.Hamas has now returned 15 of the 28 bodies of deceased hostages outlined in the US-proposed ceasefire agreement, which was signed on October 9.Zalmanovich was abducted alive from...
October 22, 2025

Oldest hostage taken by Hamas among two deceased returned to Israel Tuesday

Excavators are reportedly being used to search for the bodies of dead hostages in the Hamad City neighbourhood of Khan Younis
Gaza ceasefire deal going better than expected, Vance says
TEL AVIV — The implementation of a Gaza ceasefire agreement is "going better than expected" and the truce can hold, US Vice-President JD Vance has said during a visit to Israel.Vance also warned that "if Hamas does not co-operate, it will be obliterated", while refusing to give a deadline for when the Palestinian group must disarm — a part of US proposals yet to be agreed.US President Donald Trump, who brokered the ceasefire deal earlier this month, said America's "great allies" in the Middle East would be ready to "go into Gaza with a heavy force and 'straighten out Hamas' if Hamas continues to act badly".Vance's visits come after a flare-up of violence on Sunday that threatened to derail the 12-day-old truce.Israel said a Hamas attack killed two soldiers,...
October 22, 2025

Gaza ceasefire deal going better than expected, Vance says

Tal Haimi was killed while defending his kibbutz during Hamas's attack
Israel receives body of Hamas hostage Tal Haimi
TEL AVIV — The body of a hostage which was handed over by Hamas on Monday night has been identified as that of Major Tal Haimi, 41, the Israeli military has said.His return means Hamas has handed over 13 out of 28 deceased hostages under the first phase of a US-brokered ceasefire deal that began on 10 October. It released all 20 living hostages when the deal was agreed.There has been anger in Israel that Hamas has not yet returned all the deceased hostages, with the Israeli military saying the Palestinian armed group "is required to uphold the agreement and take the necessary steps to return all the hostages".Hamas has said it faces difficulty finding bodies under rubble in Gaza.Under the agreement, Israel has also freed 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1,718 detainees from Gaza, and...
October 21, 2025

Israel receives body of Hamas hostage Tal Haimi

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