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A video circulating on social media shows dozens of masked men dressed in black hitting and kicking a man on the ground. Israeli settlers beat a 67-year-old man, Basim Saleh Yassin, as he was trying to flee a plant nursery in the West Bank. The footage shows Yassin running from a group of masked men…
Israel on Monday handed over the bodies of 45 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said, a day after Hamas returned the remains of three hostages. Israeli officials identified the three as soldiers who were killed in the Hamas-led attack on Oct. 7, 2023, that triggered the war. The exchange marked another step forward for the…
Last Updated:January 16, 2025, 00:03 IST The deal was finalised after months of intermittent negotiations led by Egyptian and Qatari mediators with support from the US. Two Palestinian sources close to the talks told AFP on Wednesday that Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad had approved the draft agreement. (Reuters file) Mediators on Wednesday said…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, speaking in parliament today, reaffirmed India’s long-standing support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict by calling for the establishment of a “sovereign, independent, and viable Palestinian state” alongside Israel. Mr Jaishankar, responding to a claim during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha on India allegedly abstaining…
Salfit: In a red box factory that stands out among the drab hills of the West Bank, Chat Cola’s employees race to quench Palestinians’ thirst for local products since the Gaza war erupted last year. With packaging reminiscent of Coca-Cola’s iconic red and white aluminium cans, Chat Cola has tapped into Palestinians’ desire to shun…
Salfit: In a red box factory that stands out among the drab hills of the West Bank, Chat Cola’s employees race to quench Palestinians’ thirst for local products since the Gaza war erupted last year. With packaging reminiscent of Coca-Cola’s iconic red and white aluminium cans, Chat Cola has tapped into Palestinians’ desire to shun…
Beirut: Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement said on Tuesday there would be no negotiations while fighting continued with Israel and it claimed sole responsibility for a drone attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home. The group “takes full and sole responsibility” for targeting Netanyahu’s house, Mohammad Afif, head of the Iranian-backed operator group’s media office,…
Two Hamas sources said the Palestinian operator group was moving towards appointing a Doha-based ruling committee rather than a single successor to its chief Yahya Sinwar, who was killed by Israeli troops last week. “The Hamas leadership’s approach is not to appoint a successor to the late chief, the martyr Yahya Sinwar, until their next…
New York: Tim Walz, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris’s running mate, on Thursday promised Muslim Americans an equal role in their administration should they win the election, as Democrats scramble to win back Muslim backing that has eroded over US support for Israel. Vice President Harris and Walz, the governor of Minnesota, are trying to…
Countries worldwide have drafted contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a dramatic escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah and Iran’s missile attack on Israel on Tuesday. No country has launched a large-scale military evacuation yet, though some are chartering aircraft as Beirut airport stays open. Here are…