U.S. Will Keep Aid Flowing To Israeli Unit Accused Of Rights Abuses
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department said Friday it has opted against what would have been its first-ever blocking of aid to an Israeli military unit over rights abuses, saying it is now satisfied with Israeli efforts to remediate the abuse. While the U.S. has...
Israeli Athletes Receive Threats At Paris Olympics: ‘Psychological Terror’
PARIS (AP) — Israel’s Olympic team said some athletes have received threats as they compete in Paris amid larger tensions over Palestinian deaths during the war in Gaza and the threat of a wider regional conflict in the Middle East. Yael Arad, president of the...
Israeli Court Hears Charge Soldiers Sexually Abused Palestinian At Shadowy Base
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli military court opened an initial hearing Tuesday for nine soldiers detained over what a defense lawyer said were allegations of sexual abuse of a Palestinian at a shadowy facility where Israel has held prisoners from Gaza during the war. The...
Strike On Israeli Golan Heights Kills 12 And Threatens To Spark A Wider War. Hezbollah Denies A Role.
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A rocket strike Saturday at a soccer field killed at least 12 children and teens, Israeli authorities said, in the deadliest strike on an Israeli target along the country’s northern border since the fighting between Israel and the Lebanese militant...
Israeli Airstrikes Hit School Sheltering People In Gaza, Killing At Least 30
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli airstrikes hit a school used by displaced Palestinians in central Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 30 people including several children, as the country’s negotiators prepared to meet international mediators about a proposed cease-fire. Seven children and seven...
‘Monstrous’: Hear From An Israeli Hostage’s Relative Arrested During Netanyahu’s Speech To Congress
WASHINGTON ― As he flew into the United States to watch the speech Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu intended to give to U.S. lawmakers, Zahiro Shahar Mor was determined not to disrespect America. Mor’s 79-year-old uncle, Abraham Munder, was among the hundreds of people captured...
Israeli Military Says It Has Struck Houthi Targets In Yemen In Response To Attacks
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — The Israeli army said Saturday it has struck several Houthi targets in western Yemen following a fatal drone attack by the rebel group in Tel Aviv the previous day. The Israeli strikes appeared to be the first on Yemeni soil since...
Israeli Airstrikes Kill 13 Palestinians In Central Gaza As Cease Fire Talks Continue
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — At least 13 people were killed in three Israeli airstrikes that hit refugee camps in central Gaza overnight into Saturday, according to Palestinians health officials, as cease-fire talks in Cairo appeared to make progress. Among the dead in Nuseirat Refugee...
Far-Right Israeli Minister Visits Jerusalem Holy Site, Threatening Gaza Cease-Fire Talks
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s far-right national security minister visited Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site on Thursday, threatening to disrupt Gaza cease-fire talks. Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist settler leader, said he had gone up to the contested Jerusalem hilltop compound of Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray for...
Israeli Attack Targeting Hamas Military Commander Kills At Least 90 In Southern Gaza
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said it targeted Hamas’ shadowy military commander in a massive strike Saturday in the crowded southern Gaza Strip that killed at least 90 people including children, according to local health officials. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “there...
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