TEL AVIV: Just weeks before Hamas launched the Oct 7 attacks on Israel, the head of Mossad arrived in Doha for a meeting with Qatari officials. For years, the Qatari government had been sending millions of dollars a month into the Gaza Strip – money that helped prop up the Hamas government there. Benjamin Netanyahu … Read more
The war has already killed more than 15,000 Palestinians and displaced over three-fourths of Gaza’s 2.3 million residents, who are running out of safe places to go. Palestinians inspect a house after it was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al Balah, Gaza, on Monday, Dec. 4, 2023. (AP Photo/ Hatem Moussa) Israel-Hamas War: Israel’s … Read more
The sides agreed to extend their truce through Wednesday, with another two planned exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel. This undated photo released by Hostages and Missing Families Forum Headquarters shows twin sisters, Emma Aloni Cunio and Yuli Aloni Cunio, 3 years-old, released Monday, Nov. 27, 2023, to Israel after 52 days … Read more
TEHRAN: Iran accused Israel on Thursday of trying to sabotage its ballistic missile program through faulty foreign parts that could explode, damaging or destroying the weapons before they could be used. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the accusation, made in a report aired on Iranian state television. The report described the alleged Israeli operation as … Read more