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Judge Joan Donoghue, President of the International Court of Justice, speaks at Peace Palace in The Hague, the Netherlands, January 26, 2024
Top UN court stops short of ordering Gaza ceasefire
THE HAGUE — The UN’s top court ordered Israel to “take all measures” to prevent genocide in Gaza, but stopped short of calling for Israel to suspend its military campaign in the war-torn enclave.In a hearing in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Friday, the International Court of Justice said Israel must limit the death and destruction caused by its military campaign, as well as prevent and punish incitement to genocide, and to ensure the provision of humanitarian aid to Gaza.South Africa had accused Israel of violating international laws on genocide in its war in Gaza, and wanted the court to order a halt in fighting.Friday’s decision related only to South Africa’s request for emergency measures, which act like a restraining order while the Court considers the full merits of the...
January 26, 2024

Top UN court stops short of ordering Gaza ceasefire

A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke billowing over Khan Younis during Israeli bombardment on Thursday
Khan Younis: UN says 12 killed at Gaza shelter as fighting rages
RAFAH — At least 12 people were killed and 75 injured when a UN facility sheltering civilians was struck in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, the UN's Palestinian refugee agency says.UNRWA said two shells hit its Khan Younis Training Centre during fighting in the city's western outskirts.Its commissioner condemned the "blatant disregard of basic rules of war".Israel's military said it had ruled out that the incident was the result of an air or artillery strike by its forces.It added that it was reviewing Israeli operations nearby and examining the possibility that it was "Hamas fire".Israeli troops have been battling Hamas fighters as they advance into western Khan Younis, a day after the military said it had completely encircled the city.Clashes and...
January 25, 2024

Khan Younis: UN says 12 killed at Gaza shelter as fighting rages

This aerial photograph taken on March 8, 2023 shows The Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, located in Arlington County, across the Potomac River from Washington, DC
US carries out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq
WASHINGTON — The US carried out airstrikes in Iraq targeting facilities used by Iranian-backed militias in the country on Tuesday following repeated attacks on US forces, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in a statement.The strikes targeted three facilities used by Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah and other Tehran-affiliated groups in Iraq.Austin said in the statement that the strikes “are in direct response to a series of escalatory attacks against US and coalition personnel in Iraq and Syria” by Iranian-backed militia groups.US Central Command also released a statement on Tuesday saying US forces “conducted unilateral airstrikes” targeting “KH headquarters, storage, and training locations for rocket, missile, and one-way attack UAV capabilities.”According to a US...
January 24, 2024

US carries out airstrikes on Iranian-backed militias in Iraq

An Israeli tank along a fence on January 19, 2024, as damaged buildings are seen in the Gaza strip amid continuing battles between Israel and Hamas
Israel’s spy chief proposed Hamas leaders leave Gaza as part of broader ceasefire talks
TEL AVIV — Israel has proposed that Hamas senior leaders could leave Gaza as part of a broader ceasefire agreement, two officials familiar with the ongoing international discussions told CNN.The extraordinary proposal, which has not been previously reported, comes as Israel has struggled to achieve its stated goal of completely destroying Hamas. Despite its nearly four-month war in Gaza, Israel has failed to capture or kill any of Hamas’s most senior leaders in Gaza and left around 70% of Hamas’ fighting force intact, according to Israel’s own estimates.Though it would give safe passage out of Gaza for top Hamas leaders who orchestrated the October 7 attack, draining Gaza of its leaders could weaken Hamas’ grip on the war-torn area while also allowing Israel to continue tracking...
January 23, 2024

Israel’s spy chief proposed Hamas leaders leave Gaza as part of broader ceasefire talks

Relatives and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas attend a protest calling for their release outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence, in Jerusalem on Sunday
Netanyahu touts ‘initiative’ to free hostages in Gaza as pressure mounts
TEL AVIV — Israel has offered a two-month ceasefire to Hamas as part of a prospective hostage deal, Axios reported Monday, citing two unnamed Israeli officials.It would be “the longest period of ceasefire that Israel has offered Hamas since the start of the war,” wrote Axios reporter Barak Ravid, who is also a CNN analyst.The proposal comes after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ call for an end to the Gaza war in exchange for the release of hostages held there, as he faces increasing public pressure to bring the captives home.In order to release the remaining hostages, Netanyahu said Hamas was demanding an end to the war, the release of Palestinian prisoners and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza. “I work on this around the clock. But to be clear:...
January 23, 2024

Netanyahu touts ‘initiative’ to free hostages in Gaza as pressure mounts

Palestinians line up with their children to receive vaccination against diseases, which recently entered Gaza as part of aid, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip
Israel-Hamas war: Palestinian death toll soars past 25,000 in Gaza
GAZA CITY — The Palestinian death toll in Gaza from over three months of war between Israel and the territory's Hamas rulers has soared past 25,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said on Sunday.At least 178 bodies were brought to Gaza's hospitals in 24 hours along with nearly 300 wounded people, according to Health Ministry spokesperson Ashraf al-Qidra.Women and children are the main victims in the Israel-Hamas war, according to the United Nations.Since 7 October, some 85% of Gaza’s population have fled their homes, with hundreds of thousands packing into UN-run shelters and tent camps in the southern part of the tiny coastal enclave. UN officials say a quarter of the population of 2.3 million is starving as only a trickle of humanitarian aid enters because of the fighting and...
January 22, 2024

Israel-Hamas war: Palestinian death toll soars past 25,000 in Gaza

File photo of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. — courtesy EPA
Israel’s Netanyahu defies Biden over Palestinian state
JERUSALEM — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again rejected the idea of creating a Palestinian state.His comments came hours after a phone call with US President Joe Biden after which the US leader indicated Netanyahu may still accept the idea.Netanyahu's remarks appeared to deepen a public divide with the US.The US believes a Palestinian state alongside Israel — known as a "two-state solution" — is vital for long-term stability.But the White House acknowledged this week the US and Israeli governments "clearly see things differently".Speaking to reporters after the two leaders held a call for the first time in almost a month, Biden insisted a two-state solution was still possible with Netanyahu in office."There are a number of types of...
January 21, 2024

Israel’s Netanyahu defies Biden over Palestinian state

People and security forces gather in front of a building destroyed in an explosion in Damascus on Saturday. — Getty Images
Senior Iran Revolutionary Guard officials killed in Syria strike blamed on Israel
TEHRAN — Four senior members of Iran's security forces have been killed in a suspected air strike on the Syrian capital.Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard blamed Israel for the attack, which it said killed four military advisers as well as a number of Syrian forces.Israel has not commented. For years it has carried out strikes on Iranian-linked targets in Syria.Such strikes have intensified since the Israel-Gaza war began following Hamas's Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.Senior figures among the Revolutionary Guard — a major military, political and economic force in Iran — have been present in Syria since the civil war began there in 2011, helping to support the regime of President Bashar Al-Assad against widespread rebellion to his rule.Saturday's attack is understood to...
January 20, 2024

Senior Iran Revolutionary Guard officials killed in Syria strike blamed on Israel

Gaza has seen relentless bombing since the war began
Gaza destruction risks lost generation of children, says UN official
JERUSALEM — This week Al Israa University became the latest major public building in Gaza to disappear from the map, blown up and destroyed by Israeli forces who had reportedly used it as a military base for several weeks.The war in Gaza has already led to an unprecedented loss of life, but there's also growing concern about the destruction of public and private buildings.Now a senior UN official has told BBC News of his fears that the widespread damage will lead to a "lost generation" of young people.Israel declared war on Hamas after the group led a massive attack on communities inside Israel, killing about 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and taking some 240 others back to Gaza as hostages.Around 130 remain in captivity. Almost 25,000 Palestinians have since been...
January 19, 2024

Gaza destruction risks lost generation of children, says UN official

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has told the United States that he opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state once the conflict in Gaza comes to an end.In a news conference, a defiant Netanyahu vowed to press on with the offensive in Gaza "until complete victory": the destruction of Hamas and return of the remaining Israeli hostages, adding that it could take "many more months".With almost 25,000 Palestinians killed in Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, and 85% of the Strip's population displaced, Israel is under intense pressure to rein in its offensive and engage in meaningful talks over a sustainable end to the war.Israel's allies, including the US - and many of its foes - have urged a revival of the...
January 19, 2024

Netanyahu publicly rejects US push for Palestinian state

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