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Israeli soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025, near the Gaza Strip's northern border
Leaked recording reveals ex-Israeli military intelligence chief calling 50,000 deaths in Gaza ‘necessary’
JERUSALEM — In leaked audio, the former head of Israeli military intelligence can be heard saying the deaths of tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are “necessary and required for future generations.”“For everything that happened on October 7, for every one person on October 7, 50 Palestinians must die,” said Israel Defense Force’s (IDF) Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva in the recordings released by Israel’s Channel 12 news on Friday. “It doesn’t matter now if they are children.”“The fact that there are already 50,000 dead in Gaza is necessary and required for future generations,” Haliva said in the recordings.It’s unclear when he was speaking, but the number killed in Gaza surpassed 50,000 in March.“There is no choice — every now and then, they need a Nakba in...
August 21, 2025

Leaked recording reveals ex-Israeli military intelligence chief calling 50,000 deaths in Gaza ‘necessary’

An Israeli military official said five divisions would be involved in the planned offensive
Israel calls up 60,000 reservists ahead of planned Gaza City offensive
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military says it is calling up about 60,000 reservists ahead of a planned ground offensive to capture and occupy all of Gaza City.A military official said the reservists would report for duty in September and that most of the troops mobilised for the offensive would be active-duty personnel.They added that troops were already operating in the Zeitoun and Jabalia areas as part of the preparations for the plan, which Defence Minister Israel Katz approved on Tuesday and will be put to the security cabinet later this week.Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza City are expected to be ordered to evacuate and head to shelters in southern Gaza.Many of Israel's allies have condemned the plan, while the UN and non-governmental organisations have warned that...
August 20, 2025

Israel calls up 60,000 reservists ahead of planned Gaza City offensive

The Rafah crossing in Egypt, 18 August 2025
Aid drivers hope for Gaza entry as Egyptian and Palestinian leaders meet at Rafah crossing
RAFAH — Approaching the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip on the long, bumpy Mediterranean road, it is hard to ignore the increasing presence of camouflaged military personnel and equipment.Young soldiers holding machine guns peek out from abandoned structures, the meshed windows of armoured vehicles suddenly appear between the divots of sand dunes.Then you reach the wall.Concrete sheets stretch metres into the sky and far off into the distance, with one road bisecting them, leading to the actual crossing.It is lined with hundreds of trucks laden with aid bound for Gaza, but largely lying dormant as Israel continues to allow just a trickle of humanitarian access through the Rafah crossing.A WHO worker standing in front of a lorry laden with ICU beds told Euronews that just 40 vehicles...
August 20, 2025

Aid drivers hope for Gaza entry as Egyptian and Palestinian leaders meet at Rafah crossing

Syrian soldiers raise the Syrian national flag in front of the Defence Ministry building in Damascus, 19 July 2025
Syria and Israel hold first direct talks in US-brokered meeting
DAMASCUS - Syria and Israel held their first acknowledged direct talks Tuesday as Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani met with an Israeli delegation in US-brokered discussions aimed at de-escalating regional tensions following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.The two sides spoke about restoring a 1974 ceasefire agreement, which had established a buffer zone between Syria and Israel, according to Syria's state-run news agency SANA.Neither Syrian nor Israeli officials offered an official statement outlining details about what was said during the meeting, but a senior Trump administration official confirmed the talks.Washington has been pushing for the two countries to normalise relations amid a recent surge of tensions between them, in line with US President Donald Trump's...
August 20, 2025

Syria and Israel hold first direct talks in US-brokered meeting

Netanyahu said Anthony Albanese would be remembered as a 'weak politician'
Netanyahu accuses Australian PM of 'betraying' Israel
SYDNEY — Israel's prime minister accused his Australian counterpart of having "betrayed Israel" and "abandoned" Australia's Jewish community, after days of growing strain between the two countries.Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that history would remember Anthony Albanese "for what he is: a weak politician".Australia barred a far-right member of Netanyahu's ruling coalition from entering the country on Monday, and Israel in turn revoked the visas of Australian representatives to the Palestinian Authority.Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke said Netanyahu was "lashing out" in response to Canberra recently announcing it would join the UK, France and Canada in recognising a Palestinian state."Strength is not measured by how...
August 20, 2025

Netanyahu accuses Australian PM of 'betraying' Israel

Hostages' families and their supporters want the Israeli government to agree a deal to end the war and bring them all home
Israel demands release of all Gaza hostages, casting doubt on ceasefire proposal
CAIRO — Israel is demanding the release of all 50 hostages held in Gaza, an Israeli official has said, casting doubt on whether it will accept a new proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that Hamas agreed to on Monday.The proposal, put forward by Qatar and Egypt, would see the release of around half the hostages and is "almost identical" to a US proposal Israel had previously accepted, according to Qatar.Israel has not explicitly rejected it - but Israeli government spokesman David Mencer told the BBC that it is not interested in "partial deals"."Things have changed now. The prime minister has laid out a plan for the future of Gaza," Mencer said.Palestinian sources said the proposal would see 10 living and 18 dead hostages handed over while the sides negotiated a...
August 20, 2025

Israel demands release of all Gaza hostages, casting doubt on ceasefire proposal

Hostages' families and their supporters want the Israeli government to agree a deal to end the war and bring them all home
Mediators await Israeli response to new Gaza ceasefire proposal
CAIRO — Arab mediators are awaiting a formal response from Israel after Hamas said it had accepted a new proposal for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal.The plan was presented by Qatar and Egypt, which are trying to avert a major new Israeli offensive to occupy Gaza fully.Qatar said it was "almost identical" to a US proposal for a 60-day truce, during which around half of 50 hostages held in Gaza - 20 of whom are believed to be alive - would be handed over and the two sides would negotiate a lasting ceasefire and the return of the rest.In recent days, Israel's government has said it would no longer accept a partial deal - only a comprehensive one that would see all the hostages freed.Local media quoted a senior Israeli official saying: "Israel's position...
August 19, 2025

Mediators await Israeli response to new Gaza ceasefire proposal

Jalal Uddin, electrical and technology officer aboard a Panamanian-flagged ship watches as containers filled with aid are loaded at the port in Limassol, 18 August, 2025
Ship with hundreds of tons of food aid for Gaza nears Israeli port after leaving Cyprus
JERUSALEM — A ship loaded with 1,200 tons of food for Gaza approached the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening humanitarian crisis in the Strip as famine threatens the territory.The Panamanian-flagged vessel was screened by Israeli officials at the Cypriot port of Limassol before departing. It's carrying food aid such as pasta, rice, baby food and canned goods.Around 700 tonnes of the aid is from Cyprus, purchased with money donated by the United Arab Emirates to the so-called Amalthea Fund, set up last year for donors to help with seaborne aid.The rest comes from Italy, the Maltese government, a Catholic religious order in Malta and the Kuwaiti nongovernmental organisation Al Salam Association.Cyprus' Foreign Ministry said the aid...
August 19, 2025

Ship with hundreds of tons of food aid for Gaza nears Israeli port after leaving Cyprus

Israeli troops are seen near the border with Gaza on August 6.
Hamas says it has agreed to new ceasefire proposal as mediators push to renew talks
ISTANBUL — Hamas says it has agreed to a new Gaza ceasefire proposal as mediators from Qatar and Egypt push to renew talks ahead of a major Israeli assault on Gaza City.In a statement, Hamas said it had accepted the new proposal presented on Sunday by Qatar and Egypt.Basem Naim, a senior member of Hamas’ political bureau, said on social media, “The movement has accepted the new proposal from the mediators. We pray that God extinguishes the fires of this war on our people.”Two Israeli officials told CNN that Israel had received the Hamas response from mediators. One of the Israeli officials said that the government’s position had not changed, which includes calling for the release of all the hostages, the disarmament of Hamas, and Israeli security control of the besieged...
August 19, 2025

Hamas says it has agreed to new ceasefire proposal as mediators push to renew talks

Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty
Egypt warns Israel that mass displacement of Gazans is a ‘red line’
RAFAH — The displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip is a “red line” and Cairo will not allow any party to risk Egypt’s national security or sovereignty, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty said on Monday.In an exclusive interview with CNN in the northern Egyptian town of Al-Arish, close to the Gaza border, Abdelatty said that Egypt is working through “different channels, with one objective, to alleviate the burden and suffering of Palestinians,” adding that mass Palestinian emigration from Gaza would not be tolerated by his country.“We will not accept it, we will not participate in it, and we will not allow it to happen,” Abdelatty told CNN, adding that displacement is guaranteed to be a “one way ticket” for Palestinians out of Gaza, which would lead to...
August 19, 2025

Egypt warns Israel that mass displacement of Gazans is a ‘red line’

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