Tel Aviv, October 24 (IANS) Hamas has released two elderly Israeli women, who were held hostage by the Palestinian militant group during the October 7 surprise attacks.An Israeli military spokesman in a stateme
Tel Aviv, October 23 (IANS) In a joint statement on Monday, the Shin Bet intelligence agency and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that airstrikes have destroyed 320 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.According
United Nations, October 22 (IANS): After a fortnight of diplomatic cajoling and appeals to conscience by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and a dose of international pressure, a small convoy of 20 trucks
JERUSALEM, OCTOBER 22 (IANS): The Israeli government has come under growing pressure from security establishment hawks to launch a pre-emptive strike on Hezbollah in Lebanon.However, it is also facing strong op
GAZA, OCTOBER 22 (IANS): The Palestinian Foreign Ministry has said it views the strike on a refugee camp in the city of Jenin as a "dangerous escalation", CNN reported.The Israeli military said it launched an a
Jerusalem, October 22 (IANS): Israel announced plans on Sunday to evacuate 14 more communities near the Lebanese border, amid escalating cross-border fighting between Israel and militants in southern Lebanon.Th
Tel Aviv, October 22 (IANS): Hezbollah is "playing a very dangerous game" and could drag Lebanon "into a war that it will gain nothing from," an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesperson has said, the media repo
Tel Aviv, October 22 (IANS) In an important development in the Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli troops have fired shells at Damascus and Aleppo in Syria, damaging the airports there.It is not known whether there
Tel Aviv, October 21 (IANS) Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that the day of attack by Hamas (October 7) will be remembered as the day on which "the final and complete destruction of Hamas began".
Islamabad, October 21 (IANS) PML-N chief and former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday returned to Pakistan after a four-year-long self-imposed exile, and headed for hometown Lahore to address a par
Tel Aviv, October 21 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces has said that it continues to prepare for the ground offensive in the Gaza Strip with plans for the expansion of the fighting being approved in recent days,
New York, Oct ober21 (IANS) The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based nonprofit, has said that at least 22 journalists have been killed since the Hamas launched its massive assault on Israel on Oct
New Delhi, October 21 (IANS) Close to 493,000 women and girls are already displaced from their homes in Gaza following the ongoing conflict, according to the estimates of UN Women's 'Rapid Assessment and Humani
Washington, October 21 (IANS) A senior White House official has said that the US was "very much involved" in securing the release of two American hostages who were held by the Hamas militant group for 14 days.O
Gaza, October 21 (IANS) For the first time since the raging Israel-Hamas conflict erupted on October 7, 20 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered Gaza on Saturday through the Rafah crossing, the only borde
London, October 20 (IANS) Columns of Israeli tanks massed on the Israel-Gaza border and thousands of soldiers readied themselves for battle as an invasion of the war-torn enclave appears imminent, media reports
Jerusalem, October 20 (IANS) The Israeli Defence Ministry on Friday ordered the mandatory evacuation of the northern Kiryat Shmona town near the Lebanon border.Kiryat Shmona is home to 23,000 residents, Ministr
Melbourne, October 19 (IANS): Australia's domestic intelligence chief has said that he has "no reason to dispute" Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's claim of the Indian government's role in the killing of Sikh separa
Tel Aviv, October 19 (IANS) Israeli tanks amassing outside Gaza ahead of a potential ground invasion have been equipped with anti-drone cages, similar to those used in the Russia-Ukraine War, media reports said
Tel Aviv, October 19 (IANS) Visiting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Thursday reiterated that the UK stands with Israel and condemed the unprecedented October 7 Hamas attack on the Jewish nation as an "un