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A banner bearing pictures of  Yousef Al-Ziyadnah and his son Hamza in the city of Rahat
Israeli military says hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, ‘grave concerns’ for second captive
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Wednesday it had recovered the body of a hostage from a tunnel in southern Gaza.Yousef Al-Ziyadnah, 53, who was kidnapped during the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, was found dead in a tunnel in the Rafah area, a statement from the Israel Defense Forces said.The IDF said he had been “killed in captivity” and confirmed that the dead bodies of at least two Hamas operatives were found nearby.Al-Ziyadnah’s body was discovered alongside evidence currently under investigation by the IDF that it says raised “grave concerns” for the life of his son, Hamza Al-Ziyadnah, 23, who was also being held hostage. It did not elaborate on what that evidence was.“We are currently investigating the circumstances” of the death, the IDF’s...
January 09, 2025

Israeli military says hostage found dead in Gaza tunnel, ‘grave concerns’ for second captive

Minister of Housing and Urban Planning Dr. Khalfan Al Shueili speaking to journalists in a briefing in Muscat on Wednesday.
Oman aims for metro project by 2032, minister says
By Anas AlyusufMUSCAT — Oman is advancing plans to establish a metro system, with the project currently in its final decision-making stage, Minister of Housing and Urban Planning Dr. Khalfan Al Shueili has revealed.Speaking to journalists in a briefing in Muscat on Wednesday, Dr. Al Shuaili said the metro, envisioned as part of the country’s national spatial strategy, is expected to be operational between 2030 and 2032, depending on government actions and market conditions.Dr. Al Shuaili noted that the project could take up to a decade to complete, contingent on the selection of vendors and securing investment partners.“We aim to deliver this around 2030 to 2032,” he said, underlining the metro’s role in enhancing Oman’s transportation infrastructure.The minister also...
January 08, 2025

Oman aims for metro project by 2032, minister says

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala at the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2022
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from detention in Iran
ROME — Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has been freed from an Iranian prison and is on a plane home, a spokesperson for the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Wednesday. Sala had been reporting in Iran’s capital when she was “stopped by Tehran police” and detained on December 19, Italy’s foreign ministry said last month. On Wednesday, Meloni’s office said: “The plane that is bringing journalist Cecilia Sala home took off a few minutes ago from Tehran. “Thanks to intense work on diplomatic and intelligence channels, our compatriot has been released by the Iranian authorities and is returning to Italy,” the statement added. Meloni also thanked those who have contributed to Sala’s return possible, “allowing her to embrace her family and...
January 08, 2025

Italian journalist Cecilia Sala freed from detention in Iran

A view of a building of the United Nations' International Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, on December 2, 2024
Ireland joins genocide case against Israel at International Court
THE HAGUE — Ireland has joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, Turkey, the Maldives, Chile, Spain, and the State of Palestine in asking to intervene in the case.South Africa first filed its case against Israel in December 2023, accusing the country of committing genocide during its ongoing offensive in the Gaza Strip. Israel has vehemently denied that it is engaged in genocide and continues to fight South Africa in court.Ireland’s declaration of intervention puts forward no further allegations against Israel, instead focusing on the legal framework for its involvement in South Africa’s case....
January 08, 2025

Ireland joins genocide case against Israel at International Court

Israeli policemen block a main road after gunmen opened fire on cars and a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank, killing at least three people
Gunmen kill at least three Israelis in West Bank bus attack
JERUSALEM — A group of gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Israelis in the occupied West Bank on Monday, killing at least three people and wounding seven others.The attack occurred in the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq, on one of the main roads crossing the territory. Two women and a man were killed in the shooting, Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service reported.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to “reach the despicable murderers” behind Monday’s attack and “settle accounts with them and with everyone who assisted them. No one will be spared.”The IDF said it was looking for the attackers.Hamas praised the attack in a statement but did not claim responsibility for it.Palestinian militants have carried out scores of attacks against Israelis in recent years....
January 06, 2025

Gunmen kill at least three Israelis in West Bank bus attack

Soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) stand near a military vehicle on March 4, 2024 in southern Israel near the border with Gaza
Israeli soldiers face growing risk of arrest abroad after Gaza service
RIO DE JANEIRO — A former Israeli soldier on vacation in Brazil fled the country suddenly after a case was brought against him there alleging he was responsible for war crimes while serving in Gaza.The case is the latest in a series of lawsuits brought by the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) that has tracked the activities of hundreds of Israeli soldiers serving in Gaza.Last week, a Brazilian judge ordered police to investigate the soldier, based on the complaint brought by the HRF, accusing him of “participating in massive demolitions of civilian homes in Gaza during a systematic campaign of destruction.”The lawyer who brought the case on behalf of the foundation, Maira Pinheiro, was quoted in Brazilian media as saying that as Brazil is a signatory to the Rome Statute, it is obliged to...
January 06, 2025

Israeli soldiers face growing risk of arrest abroad after Gaza service

Protesters in Tel Aviv called for the hostages to be returned last week
Hamas lists 34 hostages it may free under ceasefire
GAZA — A senior Hamas official has shared with the BBC a list of 34 hostages that the Palestinian group says it is willing to release in the first stage of a potential ceasefire agreement with Israel.It is unclear how many hostages remain alive.Among those named are 10 women and 11 older male hostages aged between 50 and 85, as well as young children that Hamas previously said had been killed in an Israeli air strike.A number of hostages that Hamas says are sick are also included on the list.Reports from Hamas-run Gaza say Israeli air strikes killed more than 100 people there at the weekend.The Israeli prime minister's office denied reports that Hamas had provided Israel with a list of hostages.Ceasefire negotiations resumed in Doha, Qatar, over the weekend, but the talks do not...
January 06, 2025

Hamas lists 34 hostages it may free under ceasefire

The hospital director was detained during an Israeli raid last Friday
Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital chief Abu Safiya
JERUSALEM — Israel has confirmed it is holding Gaza hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safiya after earlier telling a local NGO that it was unaware of his case, sparking concern for his well being.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement said he was "currently being investigated by Israeli security forces" in person.The statement did not offer an explanation for the confusion but repeated that he was suspected of being a "terrorist" and for "holding a rank" in Hamas, the armed Palestinian group at war with Israel in Gaza.Dr Abu Safiya was arrested as the Israeli military forced patients and medical staff to leave Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza last Friday, alleging the facility was a "Hamas terrorist stronghold".On Thursday the IDF told...
January 03, 2025

Israel confirms it is holding Gaza hospital chief Abu Safiya

Israel has attacked heavily-populated areas saying Hamas militants hide amongst displaced civilians
Hamas police chief among 40 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza safe zone, medics say
GAZA — More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in 15 Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's Hamas-run Civil Defense service.The chief of Gaza's police force and his deputy were among 11 killed in an overnight attack on a tent camp for displaced families in the southern al-Mawasi "humanitarian zone", it said.The Hamas-run interior ministry condemned what it called the "assassination" of Mahmoud Salah and Hussam Shahwan, who it said had been "performing their humanitarian and national duty".Israel's military confirmed it had carried out a strike targeting Shahwan, who it alleged was a "terrorist" who had helped Hamas's military wing plan attacks on Israeli forces.Six people were reportedly killed in...
January 03, 2025

Hamas police chief among 40 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza safe zone, medics say

Israel has killed 2,100 Palestinian infants and toddlers in Gaza since start of the war.
Palestinian statistics bureau projects Gaza population down by 6% since start of war
JERUSALEM — The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) estimates that Gaza's population has fallen by about 6% since the start of Israel's war on the enclave.Israel’s air and ground offensive has killed over 45,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The PCBS states that more than 55,000 are presumed dead, as 11,000 people remain missing. About 100,00 Palestinians that left Gaza since 7 October, 2023, it adds.As such, the PCBS says Gaza's population has declined by around 160,000 to 2.1 million. While Israel's foreign ministry says this number is fabricated, it matches the estimate made by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). As of July 2024, OCHA estimates that about 2.1 million people remain in the Gaza...
January 02, 2025

Palestinian statistics bureau projects Gaza population down by 6% since start of war

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