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04 Jan

ICJ to hold hearings next week over S.Africa’s case against Israel’s ‘genocidal acts’ in Gaza

The Hague, Jan 4, The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that it will hold hearings next week on a case filed by South Africa accusing Israel of committing "genocidal" acts" in Gaza amid the raging war with Hamas. According to The Hague-based ICJ -- which is the UN's principal judicial organ -- the hearings will be dedicated to South Africa’s request for “provisional measures” -- emergency steps the court can order to preserve the rights of a party, reports CNN. The development comes after the court confirmed South Africa's case filed on December 29, 2023, concerning "alleged violations by…

09 Nov

IDF captures key Hamas stronghold in Gaza after 10 hour-long battle

Tel Aviv, Nov 9, The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday said that it has captured a key stronghold of the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip after a 10 hour-long battle. In a statement, the military said the Nahal Infantry Battalion captured the stronghold named as 'Outpost 17' in the Jebaliya region. The IDF further claimed that several Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants were killed in the fierce fighting. The military said it also located a tunnel shaft adjacent to a kindergarten school that leads to an extensive underground route. The fighting took place within the tunnel…

06 Nov

IDF strikes 450 Hamas targets in Gaza, key militant killed

Tel Aviv, Nov 6, The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Monday announced that fighter jets struck 450 Hamas targets overnight in Gaza during which a key member of the militant group was killed. In a statement, the military said that Jamal Musa, who was responsible for Hamas's special security operations, was killed along with several other terrorists. The IDF also said that it took control of a Hamas military compound in the Gaza Strip. "IDF ground forces took control of a Hamas outpost in Gaza . In this outpost, the terrorist organisation Hamas had observation posts, training facilities for terrorist…

17 Oct

Biden to visit Israel tomorrow: Blinken

Tel Aviv. Oct 17, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced that President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday during which the latter will hear from the Jewish nation on "how it will conduct its operations in a way that minimises civilian casualties". Blinken, who arrived in Tel Aviv on Monday marking his second trip to the war-torn nation since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack on Israel on October 7, announced the visit at the end of an over seven-hour long meeting with the Jewish state's war cabinet, CNN reported. During his visit on Wednesday, the President “will…

13 Oct

Israeli flag carrier to fly home overseas reservists in mass mobilisation

Jerusalem, Oct 13, Israeli flag carrier El Al announced hat four chartered flights have been arranged to bring home overseas reservists on Saturday amid the country's large-scale military mobilisation against the Hamas militant group. Two of the flights will depart from New York and two others from Bangkok, Thailand, and Madrid, according to a statement issued by the airline. The flights are intended for reserve soldiers who received an emergency call-up by the Israeli military, as well as other security and rescue personnel abroad whose presence in Israel is deemed essential, Xinhua news agency quoted the statement as saying. It…

12 Oct

Airstrikes target Hamas tunnel network in Gaza: Israel Defense Forces

Jerusalem, Oct 12, The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) on Thursday said the latest airstrikes were aimed at destroying a network of tunnels in the Gaza Strip that the Hamas has used as an operations centre for decades. "Think of the Gaza strip as one layer for civilians and one layer for Hamas," IDF spokesman Jonathan Conricus said in a post on X. The tunnels, which were built over the years since the militant group took control of the envlave in 2007, have served as a way for Hamas to move supplies as well as plan and launch operations against Israel,…

12 Oct

No electricity, fuel, water for Gaza until hostages freed: Israel Minister

Jerusalem, Oct 12, Israel's Energy Minister Israel Katz on Thursday said that there will be no supply of electricity, fuel or water for the Gaza Strip until the Hamas militant group frees hostages. In a post on X, the Minister said: "No electrical switch will be turned on, no water hydrant will be opened and no fuel truck will enter (Gaza) until the Israeli abductees are returned home. "Humanitarian for humanitarian. And no one will preach us morals." According to Israeli authorities, the militant group has taken up 150 people as hostages in Gaza following its attack on October 7.…

09 Oct

Gaza death toll increases to 493, with 2,751 injured

Gaza, Oct 9 (IANS) Since Israel began carrying out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip in response to the Hamas militant group's surprise attack on October 7, the death toll in the besieged enclave increased to 493 on Monday, with 2,751 people injured, according to Palestinian health authorities. In a statement sent to Xinhua news agency, the Hamas-run Health Ministry said the victims included 91 children and 61 women, who were killed when Israeli airstrikes hit their houses . Among the injuries, 244 were children and 151 were women, the Ministry added. Meanwhile, Israel has maintained its death toll at more…

18 Jan

Israeli Prime Minister confirms captive in Gaza alive

Jerusalem, Jan 18 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed that an Israeli held captive in Gaza is alive, a day after Hamas released a rare video of him. "Yesterday we received additional confirmation of what we have known all along -- that Avera (Mengistu) is alive," Netanyahu said in a statement after a meeting with Ronen Bar, the Chief of the Shin Bet internal security agency on Tuesday. In a rare video released on Monday by Hamas, an Islamist Palestinian group that runs the Gaza Strip, Mengistu is seen seated against a white background, appealing for Israel's help to…

17 May

At UNSC, India condemns rocket attack that killed Indian nurse

United Nations: While mourning the death of an Indian nurse in Israel, India's Permanent Representative T. S. Tirumurti on Sunday condemned the rocket attacks from Gaza that killed her.Speaking at a rare Security Council meeting held on a Sunday, he, however, also reiterated India's support for the Palestinian cause and condemned the retaliatory attacks by Israel. Soumya Santosh, who is from Kerala, was killed in Ashkelon inside Israel by the rocket launched reportedly by the Iran-backed Hamas organisation from Gaza last week. She was working as a caregiver for the elderly.The Council met in a virtual session as the situation in…