An American unit in Israel supported the military operation to rescue four Israeli hostages in the central Gaza strip, CNN has reported citing a US official.
The waves of NATO expansion eastward have not made Europe a safer place, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has stated. Several members of the US-led military bloc have openly supported the use of Western-supplied arms in Ukrainian strikes deep into Russian territory.
Female Iranian kurash wrestlers have featured notable displays of physical might and grappling skills at the 13th edition of Asian Senior Kurash Championship in Iran, finishing as the vice champion of the high-status continental competition.
Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the White House on Saturday to protest President Joe Biden’s response to Israel’s ongoing military strikes on the Gaza Strip which has so far claimed the lives of nearly 37,000.
Police say that 33 demonstrators were arrested during rallies in Tel Aviv calling for new elections and the return of the remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip. The demo was held hours after the military announced that four hostages were rescued alive from Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
More than 210 Palestinians were left dead and dozens more wounded in Israeli air raids in central Gaza on Saturday, as Israel announced the rescue of four captives.
French President Emmanuel Macron went beyond merely talking about the possibility of deploying NATO troops in Ukraine, taking steps to form a coalition of military trainers who would work inside the former Soviet republic preparing Kiev’s soldiers to fight Russian forces.
The United Nations Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) has urged investigations into all violations against the UN in Gaza, "including attacks on our buildings".
At least 1.5 million displaced individuals in the Gaza Strip have contracted infectious diseases due to displacement resulting from the Israeli war on the besieged enclave, the Gaza Media Office has reported.
An opinion poll in Israel has shown that majority of Israelis will not vote for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or any party that backs him in upcoming elections.
Saudi Arabia's minister of Hajj and Umrah has faced a deluge of criticism after he stated "political slogans" would have no place during the Hajj, in an apparent reference to acts of solidarity with Palestinians amid Israel's ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened for a second time to send arms to Western adversaries, in response to the Western military support for Ukraine, while declining to name any countries or groups.
Some 40 percent of Germans said Berlin should recognize Palestine as an independent state, while 27% said they were against such a move, a new survey revealed on Friday. About 33% indicated that they were not sure.
Unemployment in the Gaza Strip has reached nearly 80% since the Israeli war erupted last October, the United Nations labour agency has reported, bringing the average unemployment rate across Palestinian territories to more than 50%.
US President Joe Biden has blocked a proposal by his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron to dispatch Western instructors to train Kiev’s forces in Ukraine, Politico has reported.
American munitions were used by Israel in an airstrike on a school doubling as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in central Gaza, according to a CNN analysis.
Paris has no plans to dispatch troops to Ukraine, however, the deployment of French instructors to Ukraine is not a taboo subject, French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has stated.
Minister of Communications and Information Technology (ICT) Issa Zarepoor has stated Iran is constructing the biggest space center of the Middle East in its southeastern port city of Chabahar.
The United Nations has reported that in addition to the carnage in the Gaza Strip, more than 500 Palestinians, most of them children, have been killed since Oct. 7 last year in the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli army has targeted a United Nations-linked school in central Gaza, killing at least 40 displaced Palestinians and injuring dozens more, according to officials and local media.
