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Na’ama Levy made the comments after Benjamin Netanyahu said earlier this month that defeating Israel’s enemies is the supreme objective and more important than securing the release of the remaining hostages in Gaza
Former IDF hostage in Gaza says one of her biggest fears was Israeli strikes
TEL AVIV — An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldier released during a ceasefire-hostage deal has said one of her biggest fears during captivity were strikes carried out by Israel.Na’ama Levy, one of five IDF female soldiers released in January, made the comments during a weekly rally at Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square on Sunday demanding the return of hostages.“They (strikes) come unexpectedly. At first you hear the whistles, you pray that it won’t fall on us, and then – the explosions, a noise so loud that it paralyzes the body, and the ground shakes,” Levy told a crowd of thousands.“Every time, I was sure that this was the end of me. It was one of the scariest things I experienced there and that’s also what endangered me more than anything,” she continued, describing an...
May 26, 2025

Former IDF hostage in Gaza says one of her biggest fears was Israeli strikes

The Madrid meeting comes as Israel’s aid blockade fuels a looming famine amid relentless bombing of Gaza
Spain hosts European and Arab nations to discuss Israel's Gaza assault
MADRID — Spain hosted European and Arab countries for high-level talks in Madrid on Sunday, in an effort to pressure Israel to stop its military offensive in Gaza and move forward with a two-state solution.“The only interest that all of us who are gathered here today... is to stop this unjust, cruel, inhumane war by Israel in Gaza, to break the blockade of humanitarian aid and to move definitively towards a two-state solution," Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, told media ahead of the meeting of 20 countries.Albares referred to Gaza as an "open wound in humanity," that is claiming victims every day, and warned that silence is an "accomplice to this massacre."The Madrid Group, also known as the G5+, is made up of European and Arab...
May 26, 2025

Spain hosts European and Arab nations to discuss Israel's Gaza assault

Palestinian doctor Alaa al-Najjar visits her injured husband Hamdi in the intensive care unit at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, after an Israeli airstrike hit their home
Nine out of Gaza doctor’s 10 children killed in Israeli airstrike
GAZA — Dr. Alaa al-Najjar left her ten children at home on Friday when she went to work in the emergency room at the Nasser Medical Complex in southern Gaza.Hours later, the bodies of seven children — most of them badly burned — arrived at the hospital, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza. They were Dr. Najjar’s own children, killed in an Israeli airstrike on her family’s home, Gaza Civil Defense said. The bodies of two more of her children – a 7-month-old and a 12-year-old who authorities presume to be dead – remain missing.Only one of her ten children, 11-year-old Adam, survived. Dr. Najjar’s husband Hamdi, himself a doctor, was also badly injured in the strike.Civil defense and the health ministry say that the family’s home, in a neighborhood of Khan Younis in...
May 26, 2025

Nine out of Gaza doctor’s 10 children killed in Israeli airstrike

Rubble pictured in a separate area of central Gaza on Sunday
Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 24, medics and officials say
GAZA — At least 24 Palestinians have been killed in two separate Israeli air strikes overnight, including a strike on a school sheltering displaced families in central Gaza, according to medics and civil defense officials.The strike targeted Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City, which had been housing hundreds of displaced people who fled the northern town of Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli military assault.A spokesperson for Gaza's Hamas-run Civil Defence agency said 20 bodies, including those of children, were recovered from the school – many were severely burned, after fires engulfed two classrooms turned into living quarters.The Israeli military has been contacted for comment."Flames were everywhere. I saw charred bodies lying on the ground," said Rami...
May 26, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 24, medics and officials say

The United States Embassay in Tel Aviv
American charged with plot to throw Molotov cocktails at US embassy office in Israel
NEW YORK — An American man was arrested Sunday after allegedly plotting to throw Molotov cocktails at a branch office of the US embassy in Israel, according to the US Justice Department.Officials arrested the man, 28-year-old Joseph Neumayer, at John F. Kennedy airport in New York after being deported from Israel to the US, according to a Justice Department news release.The DOJ says Neumayer, who is also a German citizen, had allegedly arrived at the US embassy office in Tel Aviv on May 19 and spat on an embassy guard without provocation.Neumeyer managed to break free as the guard attempted to detain him, leaving behind his backpack, the DOJ said, citing a complaint.Guards found three Molotov cocktails in the backpack, the department said. Law enforcement tracked down Neumeyer to his...
May 26, 2025

American charged with plot to throw Molotov cocktails at US embassy office in Israel

Tanks move into position as people attempt to stop them during the coup attempt in Ankara, 16 July, 2016 -
Turkey issues dozens of arrest warrants for military personnel over alleged links to 2016 coup
ISTANBUL — The Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has issued arrest warrants for 63 active-duty military personnel accused of links to the Gülen movement, which Ankara blames for the July 2016 failed coup attemptAccording to a statement released, simultaneous operations were carried out across 36 provinces, resulting in the detention of 56 suspects.Among those detained are four colonels, as well as officers from the Turkish land, naval, and air forces and the gendarmerie.The prosecutor's office said that the suspects include eight personnel from the air force, 13 from the Gendarmerie General Command, 36 from the land forces, and six from the navy.The detainees comprise four colonels, eight lieutenant colonels, 12 majors, 15 captains, and 24 non-commissioned officers.The...
May 23, 2025

Turkey issues dozens of arrest warrants for military personnel over alleged links to 2016 coup

Israel's PM has accused the leaders of the UK, France and Canada of being on the wrong side of history
Netanyahu launches blistering attack on Starmer, Macron and Carney 
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and the leaders of France and Canada — saying that they had "effectively said they want Hamas to remain in power".He also accused Starmer, Emmanuel Macron and Mark Carney of siding with "mass murderers, rapists, baby killers and kidnappers".Netanyahu was speaking after Thursday's attack on Israeli embassy staff in Washington. Days earlier, the UK, France and Canada had condemned Israel's expanded offensive in Gaza as "disproportionate" and described the humanitarian situation as "intolerable".Downing Street has pointed to Sir Keir's earlier condemnation of the Washington attack.In that post, Sir Keir called...
May 23, 2025

Netanyahu launches blistering attack on Starmer, Macron and Carney 

More aid lorries entered Gaza through the Israeli-controlled Kerem Shalom crossing on Thursday
UN says 90 truckloads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing
GAZA — More than 90 truckloads of humanitarian aid have been collected by UN teams inside the Gaza Strip, three days after Israel eased an 11-week-long blockade.The aid, which included flour, baby food and medical equipment, was picked up from the Kerem Shalom crossing on Wednesday night and taken to warehouses for distribution. Pictures showed a bakery producing bread with some of the flour.The UN said the delays were due to insecurity along the single access route which the Israeli military had approved.Israeli authorities said they allowed an additional 100 lorry loads through Kerem Shalom on Wednesday. However, the UN said it was "nowhere near enough to meet the vast needs in Gaza".Humanitarian organizations have warned of acute levels of hunger among the 2.1 million...
May 22, 2025

UN says 90 truckloads of aid now in Gaza after three-day delay at crossing

Gaza's water resources are scarce after Israel cut off power lines to key desalination plants in March
Gazans fear shutdown of water plants as Israel widens offensive
JERUSALEM — Chronic shortages of water in Gaza are worsening as Israel's expanding military offensive causes new waves of displacement - and desalination and hygiene plants are running out of fuel.The UN's humanitarian office has said its partners are warning that, without immediate fuel deliveries, a full shutdown of water and sanitation facilities is possible by the end of the week.Days after Israel imposed its blockade on aid in early March - which is only now being eased - it also cut off power lines to the main desalination plants - a vital source of water for Gazans.It said these steps were to put pressure on Hamas to release the remaining hostages it is holding.Although Israel has said it will now permit the entry of basic supplies into Gaza, so far this has not included...
May 22, 2025

Gazans fear shutdown of water plants as Israel widens offensive

Iranian women walk past a banner showing missiles being launched from an Iranian map in Tehran, 19 April, 2024
Fifth round of US-Iran nuclear talks to take place on Friday in Rome, Oman says
MUSCAT — Oman's foreign minister has said the fifth round of indirect talks between the United States and Iran to discuss Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program take place on Friday in Rome.So far, neither Tehran nor Washington has confirmed the meeting or announced whether they will attend.Abbas Araghchi made the announcement in a post on the social media platform X after insisting that Tehran will never stop enriching uranium, further underlining the Islamic Republic's red line in negotiations with the US.The comments by Araghchi come after several rounds of negotiations, including at an expert level over the details of a possible deal.However, no agreement has been reached yet and American officials including President Donald Trump, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and...
May 22, 2025

Fifth round of US-Iran nuclear talks to take place on Friday in Rome, Oman says

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