United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has put Tel Aviv and Moscow “on notice” that their armed forces and security personnel could be listed among parties “credibly suspected” of committing sexual violence in conflict zones.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has condemned the killing of five Al Jazeera journalists in an Israeli air attack in the Gaza Strip, highlighting this crime as evidence of the desperation of a globally reviled regime that is going downhill.
Israel assassinated two of Gaza’s leading journalists and their entire crew on Sunday night, signalling the likely start of a major onslaught on Gaza City.
Tens of thousands of Israeli protesters blocked streets in central Tel Aviv on Saturday night, demanding a prisoner exchange agreement with Palestinian factions and voicing opposition to a recent government decision to reoccupy the Gaza Strip, according to local media.
Iran’s Jomhouri-e Eslami newspaper has described three recent political and security developments in the Middle East and South Caucasus as a coordinated “plot” serving US and Israeli interests.
Germany will halt the export of military equipment and weapons to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip, Chancellor Friedrich Merz stated Friday, sparking an angry response from Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Israeli Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Department announced Wednesday it has received 80,000 soldiers since the outbreak of the war in the Gaza Strip in October 2023, including 26,000 for mental illnesses.
Hamas has announced it is open to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) delivering aid to Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated he requested the Geneva-based international organisation to step in.
Nearly nine out of 10 Israeli military investigations into allegations of war crimes or abuses by its soldiers since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip have been closed without finding fault or left without resolution, according to a conflict monitor.
Hamas has denied a claim by the United States special envoy to the Middle East that it was preparing to disarm in exchange for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has made resolving the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip a precondition for engaging in further ceasefire talks, as Israeli sources indicate that the framework for a partial agreement may be abandoned.
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Thursday unveiled key elements of a draft response to a US proposal on disarming Hezbollah, stressing the army should hold weapons as the country seeks to restore sovereignty and stability.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem has stressed that calls for the Lebanese group’s disarmament serve only Israel, amid pressure from the United States on Beirut to take such steps.
French lawyers have submitted a request to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for an investigation into the role of French officials "in the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide" by Israeli forces against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
A European Commission proposal to deny Israel partial access to the EU's €95 billion Horizon Europe research fundfailed to garner the necessary qualified majority support when EU ambassadors met in Brussels on Tuesday to discuss the issue.
The United Kingdom will recognise a Palestinian state by September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip by then, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced on Tuesday after an emergency cabinet meeting in London.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stated that Tel Aviv will move to annex parts of the Gaza Strip if a ceasefire accord with Hamas is not reached, according to Israeli media.
Awdah Hathleen, a Palestinian activist who was part of the crew on the Academy Award-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot dead by an Israeli settler on Monday, the film's co-directors announced.
The Dutch government has barred two Israeli far-right ministers from entering the European country, citing their incitement of violence and support for ethnic cleansing.
US President Donald Trump has stated that Gaza is experiencing "real starvation" as he urged Israel to get people food, seemingly recalibrating his stance on the humanitarian situation in the Strip as images of emaciated children have sparked renewed worries about hunger in the enclave.