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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

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

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