The Lebanese army has announced that it has completed the first phase of its plan to disarm Hezbollah, covering the area between the Israeli border and the Litani River.
Tel Aviv and Damascus have agreed to set up a joint mechanism for sharing intelligence and coordinating military de-escalation under the supervision of the United States.
Israel’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar arrived in Somaliland for the first high-level diplomatic visit after Tel Aviv recognised the breakaway region’s independence, triggering condemnation and concerns that Palestinians may be forcibly expelled by Israel there.
A Syrian delegation including Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani was taking part in a new round of talks with Israel on Monday, state news agency SANA reported, the first in several months.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on Israel to reverse a pending ban on dozens of nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) working in Gaza and the occupied West Bank.
Several countries in the Middle East and Asia have called on Israel to allow “immediate, full, and unhindered” deliveries of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip as winter storms lash the bombarded Palestinian enclave.
Hamas has condemned Israel's decision to ban several aid groups from operating in the Gaza Strip, urging the international community to prevent what it described as a move targeting Palestinians.
The European Union warned Wednesday that Israel's threat to suspend several aid groups in the Gaza Strip from January would block "life-saving" assistance from reaching the population.
The United Nations has warned that Israel’s recent actions against the UN agency for Palestinian refugees risk depriving millions of people of basic services, including education and healthcare.
Israel has warned that it would suspend from January several aid organisations operating in the Gaza Strip for failing to provide details about their Palestinian staff, accusing two Doctors Without Borders employees of links to militant groups.
The foreign ministers of 10 nations have expressed "serious concerns" about a "renewed deterioration of the humanitarian situation" in the Gaza Strip, saying the situation was "catastrophic".
United States President Donald Trump has warned Hamas of dire consequences if it fails to disarm, while also threatening to “quickly eradicate” and “knock down” any endeavours by Tehran to rebuild its nuclear programme.
Most United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members have slammed Israel’s recognition of Somaliland at a meeting convened in response to the move, which several countries announced may also have serious implications for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas’ armed wing confirmed on Monday the death of its spokesperson, Abu Obeida, months after Israel announced he had been killed in an airstrike in Gaza.
According to a report, requests by Israelis working for multinational companies in Israel to relocate abroad increased over the past year in response to the war on the Gaza Strip.
The leader of Yemen’s Houthis has warned any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be considered a “military target”, in the latest condemnation of Tel Aviv’s move to recognise the breakaway region.
Tel Aviv's recognition of the breakaway region of Somaliland "is a threat to the security and stability of the world and the region," Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told an emergency parliamentary session on Sunday.
Israel has killed at least 706 family members of Palestinian journalists since the start of its genocidal war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.
Representatives of 21 Arab, Islamic, and African countries have expressed their rejection and condemnation of Israel’s decision to recognize Somalia's breakaway region of Somaliland as an independent state, warning that the move violates international law and threatens regional stability.
The African Union has stressed it "rejects any recognition of Somaliland" after Israel declared it viewed the breakaway Somali territory as a sovereign state.
The Palestinian group Hamas has denied any responsibility for an explosion that hit an Israeli armored vehicle in Rafah in southern Gaza, urging pressure on Tel Aviv to abide by a ceasefire deal in the enclave.
Four senior former army officers have written to the UK prime minister urging a full arms embargo on Israel and a suspension of involvement with any Israel-linked defence firms.
