The poverty rate across the Palestinian territories will almost double in 2024 to 74.3% after months of relentless attacks by Israel on the Gaza Strip, according to a new report by the United Nations development agency that announced the impacts of the war have set back development in the enclave by as much as 69 years.
Lawyers at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) have written to American attorney general Merrick Garland, urging him to investigate Israel for potential war crimes in the Gaza Strip as well as the killings of American citizens in the West Bank.
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it has confirmation it killed Hashem Safieddine, a senior Hezbollah official who was the presumed successor to Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah.
A new poll has revealed that 60 percent of Germans oppose weapons exports to Israel, with a majority of voters from the country's three ruling coalition partners supporting restrictions.
The Government Media Office in Gaza announced that Israeli soldiers have prevented the entry of “more than a quarter of a million trucks of aid and goods” since the war on the besieged enclave began in October last year.
Increasing numbers of Israeli soldiers are becoming disillusioned with fighting in the Gaza Strip and other areas of conflict in Lebanon and the West Bank, leading some to refuse to return to the battlefield.
A group of approximately 50 Black Muslim leaders have signed a statement urging American voters to shun Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House and instead back candidates who support a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and an arms embargo on Israel.
Israeli authorities nabbed a “spy network” of seven Israeli citizens accused of working for Iran, Israel Police and the Israel Security Agency (ISA) have announced in a statement.
Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi has stressed that any Israeli attack on Iran will be met with an appropriate response from Tehran. He added that Iran is closely monitoring movements at the US bases in the region.
Iran's Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi held separate meetings with Bahraini King and foreign minister, discussing bilateral relations and the latest developments in the region, most notably the escalation of Israel’s atrocities in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian has warned Israel that any potential attack on Iranian positions or interests will be met with a proportional response.
A White House spokesman has stated that US President Joe Biden is “deeply concerned” after the release of classified documents on Israel’s preparation for a potential strike on Iran.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry says Israel has carried out a "hostile raid" on Rafik Hariri Hospital in Beirut, even as it announced healthcare workers would be deterred from their work.
Israel has killed at least 640 Palestinians in the northern part of the Gaza Strip since it laid siege to the area 17 days ago, medical sources have told Al Jazeera.
Iran has started construction for 110 residential units on the Iranian island of Abu Musa, which along with two other islands is a source of territorial dispute with the neighboring United Arab Emirates (UAE), Iranian deputy minister of roads and urban development announced on Monday.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will depart Monday for a high-stakes trip to the Middle East as Washington seeks to move forward with long-stalled negotiations to bring back the Israeli hostages and end the war in the Gaza Strip following the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
The US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, who built a powerful Islamic movement in Turkey and beyond but spent his later years mired in accusations of orchestrating a coup against Turkish leader Tayyip Erdogan, died at the age of 83.
Israel's military has announced that it was launching airstrikes on branches of al-Qard al-Hassan, which Tel Aviv described as financial entity of the armed group Hezbollah.
Israel’s military offensive in northern Gaza Strip may be destroying the Palestinian population through “death and displacement”, the United Nations Human Rights Office has warned, as it urged Tel Aviv to follow a top UN court order to prevent genocide in the blockaded enclave.
United Nations peacekeepers in Lebanon announced that the Israeli military “deliberately” damaged one of their positions in southern Lebanon, in the latest incident reported by the force that remains deployed in all of its positions.
