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Israel date industry fears Ramadan boycott amid Gaza war

Israel’s ongoing war on the Gaza Strip has made it increasingly difficult to sell Israeli dates in the European markets in the run-up to the holy month of Ramadan, according to Israeli media reports.

Human Rights Watch: Israel violating ICJ order by blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza

Israel has failed to comply with an order by the United Nations' top court to provide urgently needed aid to desperate people in the besieged Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch has stressed, one month after a landmark ruling in The Hague ordered Israel to moderate its war.

Hezbollah warns Israel armed group exhibited ‘minimum’ of its capabilities so far

A high-ranking Hezbollah official has stressed that the Lebanese movement has so far exhibited only the least of its capabilities in terms of military and deterrent power, warning Tel Aviv against taking any further provocative measure on the border with the Arab country.

Israeli bombs eastern Lebanon for first time since start of Gaza war, kills senior Hezbollah officer

Lebanese security officials say the Israeli military has targeted eastern Lebanon for the first time since the war on the Gaza Strip began in October last year.

Biden aide says US, Israel, Egypt and Qatar agreed on ‘basic contours’ of captive deal

The United States, Egypt, Qatar and Israel have come to an understanding of "basic contours" of a hostage agreement for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has stated.

Israeli police use water cannon at anti-Netanyahu protest

The Israeli police have scuffled with thousands of demonstrators demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his cabinet amid the war in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas warns of further escalation if Israel restricts Al-Aqsa Mosque entry during Ramadan

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned of new escalations if Israel goes ahead with a plan to restrict Muslims praying in the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan.

3 more Hezbollah members killed in clashes with Israel, death toll tops 210

The Lebanese Hezbollah group has announced that three more members of the movement were killed in border clashes with the Israeli Army.

‘Absolute victory’ in Gaza Strip not possible for Israel: Survey

A majority of Israelis participating in an opinion poll believe that it is not possible for Tel Aviv to achieve an "absolute victory" in the besieged Gaza Strip, where the regime has been waging a war since early October.

Israeli forces stealing weapons under guise of war: Report

An Israeli broadcaster has reported that there has been a disturbing increase in Israeli soldiers stealing arms and military equipment that could find their way into the hands of West Bank-based armed groups.

Over 1,500 Israelis killed, More than 14k injured in Gaza conflict: Security institute

At least 1,508 Israelis have been killed and 14,341 others injured since the outbreak of the Gaza conflict o n Oct. 7, an Israeli security institute has reported.

Palestinian women and girls raped and sexually assaulted in Israeli detention: UN experts

UN experts have decried reports of rape and sexual assault of Palestinian women and girls held in Israeli detention.

Israel’s economy shrinks by a fifth: Report

Israel’s economy has faced one of the biggest contractions in the its history in the fourth quarter of last year due to the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip, a report from the Central Bureau of Statistics has revealed.

Brazil recalls ambassador to Israel in row over president’s Gaza comments

Brazil has recalled its envoy to Israel, and Tel Aviv says Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is not welcome in the occupied territories, in a diplomatic rift after Lula compared Israel’s military campaign in Gaza to the Holocaust.

26 EU members warn against Israel’s military action in Rafah, Gaza

Nearly all member states of the European Union have warned Israel against going ahead with its planned ground offensive in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, which is packed with Palestinian refugees.

Hamas says media coverage of Gaza war part of fight against Israel

A senior official of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has praised media’s role in defeating Israel’s narrative of the Gaza war, stressing that media coverage is part of the fight against the regime.

Gaza war may cost Israel billions of dollars: Report

Israel’s attacks on Gaza are expected to cost its economy billions of dollars, according to studies on the financial aspect of the conflict.

Israeli military, intelligence believe Hamas will survive offensive

Even if Hamas is dismantled as a military force, the movement will survive as "a guerrilla group", a document circulated from Israel's military leaders to government officials has warned, according to an Israeli Channel 12 report.

Hamas says negotiations cannot be held while hunger ravaging Gazans

A Hamas official has threatened to suspend ceasefire talks with Israel unless urgent aid is brought into the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, where aid agencies have warned of a looming famine.

Hezbollah leader warns Israel will pay ‘in blood’ for killing Lebanese civilians

Hezbollah’s leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has stressed that Israel will pay a price “in blood” for killing Lebanese civilians, signalling the conflict across the Lebanon-Israel border could intensify.

Israeli PM defies calls to halt Rafah raid as Palestinian death toll approaches 29k

Despite international calls on Israel's prime minister to not to go ahead with the raid on the densely-populated city of Rafah in southern Gaza, Benjamin Netanyahu has reiterated his intention to order Israel's military to go into Rafah, according to his new statement posted on X Wednesday.

Israeli air raids killed 12 people in southern Lebanon

A series of Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon killed 12 people, including children, Lebanon’s National News Agency reported on Thursday.

Ireland, Spain call for review of EU-Israel agreement over Gaza war

The prime ministers of Ireland and Spain have implored EU leaders to take action over the “deteriorating” situation in the Gaza Strip, demanding an immediate assessment of whether Israel is complying with human rights obligations that are stipulated in a trade deal with the bloc.

France sanctions dozens of Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

France has announced sanctions against 28 Israeli settlers accused of committing human rights abuses against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Paris decision comes on the back of similar actions by the US and the UK.

Hezbollah leader says only Gaza ceasefire to end Lebanon border tensions

Hezbollah chief Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has stated that his armed group’s cross-border shelling into Israel would only end when Tel Avivl’s aggression on the Gaza Strip stops, adding diplomatic efforts so far to bring a halt to hostilities along Lebanon’s border seemed to only benefit the Zionist regime.

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