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Trump envoy says headed to Middle East this week to discuss Gaza peace deal

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff said on Sunday that he was headed to the Middle East...

Published 23 Feb, 2025 07:56pm

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Israel says army to stay in evacuated West Bank camps for ‘coming year’

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Sunday said troops would stay in occupied West Bank refugee camps for the coming year,...

Published 23 Feb, 2025 06:06pm

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Hamas says Gaza truce gravely endangered after Israel’s prisoner delay

GAZA STRIP: Hamas on Sunday said Israel has gravely endangered a five-week-old Gaza truce by delaying the release of...

Published 23 Feb, 2025 05:39pm

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Tens of thousands vow support for Hezbollah at Beirut funeral of slain leader

BEIRUT: Tens of thousands of mourners dressed in black vowed support for Hezbollah at the Beirut funeral of slain...

Updated 23 Feb, 2025 11:08pm

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Israel says it is postponing release of Palestinian prisoners

Hamas rejects criticism of the handover events on Saturday, describing them as a solemn show of Palestinian unity

Updated 23 Feb, 2025 11:02pm

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Hamas frees 6 Israeli hostages in latest transfer under truce

NUSEIRAT: Palestinian fighters freed six Israeli hostages on Saturday, with hundreds of Palestinian prisoners...

Updated 22 Feb, 2025 08:40pm

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Kibbutz confirms death of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas

JERUSALEM: An Israeli kibbutz on Saturday confirmed the death of Gaza hostage Shiri Bibas, after the International...

Published 22 Feb, 2025 09:59am

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Hamas rejects Netanyahu ‘threats’ over hostage Shiri Bibas

GAZA CITY: Hamas rejected on Friday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “threats” to make Hamas pay after he...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:43pm

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Israel to release 602 prisoners in Gaza swap Saturday: Palestinian NGO

RAMALLAH: Israel will free 602 inmates from jails on Saturday as part of a hostage-prisoner swap with Hamas under an...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 06:25pm

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Hamas confirms it will release six Israeli hostages Saturday

GAZA CITY: Hamas confirmed it will hand over Saturday six hostages held alive in the Gaza Strip as part of the...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 05:15pm

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Arab states scramble to counter Trump’s Gaza ‘Riviera’ plan

DOHA/RIYADH: Arab states who were swift to reject President Donald Trump’s plan for the US to take control of Gaza...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 03:27pm

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Israeli PM Netanyahu says Hamas will pay for not returning Shiri Bibas

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that Israel would make Hamas pay for...

Published 21 Feb, 2025 12:33pm

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Hamas hands over bodies of youngest Gaza hostages taken from Israel

JERUSALEM: Hamas handed over the bodies on Thursday of Israeli infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 02:13pm

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Israeli fire kills three Palestinians in West Bank refugee camp

Three Palestinians were killed on Wednesday by Israeli forces in the al-Faraa camp near Tubas in the occupied West...

Published 20 Feb, 2025 08:36am

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Israel indicts five reservists over alleged prisoner abuse

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military prosecutor has filed indictments against five reservists, alleging severe abuse and...

Published 19 Feb, 2025 05:18pm

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Hamas to free 6 Israeli Gaza hostages, hand over 4 bodies this week

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Hamas said Tuesday that it would hand over all six living Israeli hostages due for release under...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 08:29pm

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Qatar says Palestinians to decide Gaza future

DOHA: Qatar, a key mediator in the Gaza conflict, said on Tuesday that Palestinians – not outsiders – must decide...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 06:22pm

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Israel to begin negotiations on second phase of Gaza ceasefire deal

JERUSALEM: Israel will begin negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal, including an exchange of...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 05:23pm

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Arab League summit on Gaza postponed to March 4: Egypt

CAIRO: An extraordinary Arab League meeting on Gaza, initially set for next week, has been postponed to March 4,...

Published 18 Feb, 2025 05:14pm

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Palestinian detainee says he was tortured in Israeli detention centre

KHAN YOUNIS: Palestinian medic and ambulance worker Tarek Rabie Safi, freed from an Israeli jail as part of a...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 08:37pm

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Israeli military says it killed Hamas official in southern Lebanon

BEIRUT: The Israeli military on Monday killed a Hamas leader in southern Lebanon’s Sidon area, it said in a...

Published 17 Feb, 2025 06:34pm

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Gazans must return home, EU plans to tell Israel

BRUSSELS: The EU plans to tell Israel next week that Palestinians uprooted from their Gaza homes should be ensured a...

Updated 17 Feb, 2025 07:15pm

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Three Israeli hostages released in Gaza as ceasefire holds

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israeli hostages Iair Horn, Sagui Dekel-Chen and Sasha (Alexander) Troufanov arrived at a release...

Updated 15 Feb, 2025 07:42pm

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Hamas expected to name Israeli hostages it will free this weekend

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Hamas was expected Friday to name three hostages it will release this weekend as part of a...

Published 14 Feb, 2025 11:01am

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Yemen’s Houthis say they will attack if US, Israel try to displace Gazans

DUBAI/ADEN: Yemen’s Houthis will immediately take military action if the US and Israel try to forcibly displace...

Published 13 Feb, 2025 08:45pm

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Hamas says committed to truce, Israeli hostage release timeline

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Hamas said Thursday it was committed to honouring a truce with Israel that has come under severe...

Published 13 Feb, 2025 06:38pm

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Israel seen as likely to attack Iran by midyear, Washington Post reports

U.S. intelligence warns that Israel is likely to launch a preemptive attack on Iran’s nuclear program by midyear,...

Updated 13 Feb, 2025 08:24pm

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China says ‘Gaza belongs to the Palestinians’, opposes ‘forced displacement’

BEIJING: China Wednesday reiterated its opposition to what it called “forced displacement” of Palestinians when...

Updated 12 Feb, 2025 07:30pm

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Qatar, Egypt ‘working intensively’ to resolve Gaza truce ‘crisis’: Palestinian source

GAZA CITY: Mediators Qatar and Egypt were “working intensively” to resolve the crisis surrounding the Gaza ceasefire...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 05:14pm

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Senior Arab officials warn that Trump Gaza plan would inflame Middle East

DUBAI: US President Donald Trump’s plan to take over Gaza and resettle Palestinians, which has drawn global...

Published 12 Feb, 2025 04:23pm