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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

The masked settler struck Umm Saleh Abu Alia with a stick used as a club
Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler
JERUSALEM — A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives.The unprovoked attack, which took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel.Mr Nathaniel said the settler knocked the woman unconscious with the first strike of his stick, before hitting her again as she lay on the ground. She has been named locally as Umm Saleh Abu Alia.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told the BBC the confrontation was dispersed after its forces arrived, and that it "strongly condemns any form of violence" by settlers.However, Mr Nathaniel said Israeli soldiers were on-site prior to the attack and had "lured"...
October 21, 2025

Palestinian woman in hospital after being clubbed by masked Israeli settler

Al Rasheed Hotel in downtown Baghdad is guarded against looters by the US Military (File photo)
Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria
BAGHDAD — A small contingent of US military advisers will remain in the country to coordinate with US forces in neighboring Syria combating the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said on Monday.Washington and Baghdad agreed last year to wind down a US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq by this September, with US forces departing some bases where they have been stationed.Al-Sudani told journalists in Baghdad that US military advisers and support personnel are now stationed at the Ain al-Asad air base in western Iraq, a base adjacent to Baghdad airport and the al-Harir air base in northern Iraq.The Iraqi PM noted that the agreement originally stipulated a full pullout of US forces from Ain al-Asad by September, but that "developments in Syria"...
October 21, 2025

Iraq says some US military personnel will stay due to Islamic State threat in Syria

The aftermath of an Israeli strike in the Bureij camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday
Gaza ceasefire appears to survive first major test as Israel and Hamas affirm commitment to deal
GAZA — A US-brokered ceasefire in Gaza appears to have survived its first major test as Israel and Hamas affirmed their commitment to the deal after two Israeli soldiers were killed in the enclave on Sunday, prompting waves of airstrikes.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that it would begin a “renewed enforcement” of the ceasefire at the direction of the political echelon.Hamas and its military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades (AQB), said on Sunday morning that they remain committed to the ceasefire and rejected involvement in the attack on Israeli forces.The stated commitment to the ceasefire comes as the deal’s key architects, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, are set to arrive in the region, according to sources familiar with the planning, as the Trump...
October 20, 2025

Gaza ceasefire appears to survive first major test as Israel and Hamas affirm commitment to deal

A cargo plane submerged in the sea after sliding off the runway upon landing at Hong Kong International Airport early Monday, October 20, 2025
Two dead after cargo plane slides off runway into the sea in Hong Kong
HONG KONG — At least two people were killed after a cargo plane veered off the runway at Hong Kong International Airport and landed in the sea, according to Hong Kong’s Civil Aviation Department (CAD).The Boeing aircraft, operated under Emirates flight number EK9788, slid off course around 3:50 a.m. Monday local time, upon arrival from Dubai, said the statement.An image circulating social media shows the aircraft partially submerged in the water with what appears to be a broken tail.Two members of the airport’s ground staff died when a vehicle they were in on the tarmac plunged into the water as the aircraft deviated from its path, police said.Four crew members were onboard the plane and were sent to local hospitals for medical treatment, CAD saidFire engines converged at the runway...
October 20, 2025

Two dead after cargo plane slides off runway into the sea in Hong Kong

President of Colombia Gustavo Petro Andrew
Trump calls Colombian president 'illegal drug dealer' in dispute over US strikes
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump lashed out at his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro on Sunday and announced he would slash US funding to the country.He accused the Colombian leader of doing "nothing to stop" drug production, in what is the latest sign of friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America.In a social media post, Trump referred to Colombian President Gustavo Petro as "an illegal drug dealer" who is "low rated and very unpopular." He warned that Petro "better close up" drug operations "or the United States will close them up for him, and it won’t be done nicely."Earlier on Sunday, Petro accused the US government of assassination and demanded answers about a US strike on an alleged drug trafficking boat on 16 September.Petro said a...
October 20, 2025

Trump calls Colombian president 'illegal drug dealer' in dispute over US strikes

Houthi fighters carry weapons as they stand near the site of Israeli airstrikes, in Sanaa, Yemen September 13, 2025
Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees in Yemen capital
CAIRO — Yemen's Houthi rebels detained two dozen UN employees Sunday, a day after they raided another UN facility in the capital Sanaa, the Associated Press reported.Jean Alam, a spokesman for the UN resident coordinator for Yemen, said the UN staffers were detained inside the facility in Sanaa’s southwestern neighborhood of Hada.He said those detained Sunday include five Yemenis and 15 international staff. He said the rebels released another 11 UN staffers after questioning.He said the UN was contact with the Houthis and other parties to “to resolve this serious situation as swiftly as possible, end the detention of all personnel, and restore full control over its facilities in Sanaa.”A second UN official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the raid, said the...
October 20, 2025

Houthi rebels detain 20 UN employees in Yemen capital

Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv was filled with smoke before the scheduled kick-off
Tel Aviv derby called off by police after 'violent riots'
TEL AVIV — The Israeli Premier League derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was canceled before kick-off on Sunday, after what police described as "public disorder and violent riots"."Dozens of smoke grenades and pyrotechnic devices were thrown," Israeli police posted on X, adding "this is not a football game, this is disorder and serious violence".Twelve civilians and three officers were injured, police said, while nine people were arrested and 16 detained for questioning.The unrest comes just days after officials in the UK said that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans should not be allowed to attend the Europa League match at Aston Villa in England next month because of safety concerns.Hapoel Tel Aviv criticised the derby cancellation, accusing Israeli police of "preparing for a war,...
October 20, 2025

Tel Aviv derby called off by police after 'violent riots'

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