36-year-old Natthapong was taken hostage alive from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, and killed shortly after by the Kataeb al-Mujahideen group, the same organization that had held the bodies of Gadi Haggai and Judy Weinstein-Haggai, which were recovered from Gaza earlier this week
JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that Israel is supporting an armed group in Gaza that opposes Hamas, following comments by a former minister that Israel had transferred weapons to it. Israeli and Palestinian media have reported that the group Israel has been working with is part of a local Bedouin tribe led by Yasser Abu Shabab. The European Council on Foreign Relations (EFCR) think tank describes Abu Shabab as the leader of a “criminal gang operating in the Rafah area that is widely accused of looting aid trucks”. Knesset member and former defence minister Avigdor Liberman had told the Kan public broadcaster that the government, at Netanyahu’s direction, was “giving weapons to a group of criminals and felons”. Popular Forces outfit denies being ‘a tool of the occupation’ “What did Liberman leak? That security sources activated a clan in Gaza that opposes Hamas? What is bad about that?” Netanyahu said in a video posted to social media on Thursday. Michael Milshtein, an expert on Palestin...
ISRAEL: Four Israeli soldiers killed in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza ■ GAZA: Israel retrieves body of Thai citizen Natthapong Pinta, kidnapped on Oct. 7, killed in Gaza; Gaza aid sites closed on Saturday due to Hamas threats, GHF says ■ U.S.: Trump says Iran will not be allowed to continue enriching uranium ■ IRAN: Lebanese media reports Iran obtained sensitive Israeli intel
McNally Capital has an 'economic interest' in the logistics company, SRS, involved in a controversial new aid distribution operation in Gaza. SRS has been under scrutiny, due to large amounts of funding coming from an unconfirmed source
Regelmatig geeft NU.nl je een overzicht van de ontwikkelingen in de oorlog tussen Israël en Hamas. Met dit keer: Een nieuwe militie, naar verluidt gesteund door Israël, houdt de gemoederen bezig in Gaza. De Gaza Humanitarian Foundation heeft zijn werk in het zuiden hervat.
The country's most disastrous government may be on the verge of collapse, not because of October 7 or over 600 days of war in Gaza, but because its leader failed to secure a permanent draft exemption for 80,000 ultra-Orthodox men
De Verenigde Staten hebben een resolutie van de VN-Veiligheidsraad tegengehouden die zou oproepen tot een "onmiddellijk, onvoorwaardelijk en permanent staakt-het-vuren" in Gaza. Volgens de VS ondermijnt zo'n oproep de huidige onderhandelingen.
The looming collapse of Netanyahu's coalition isn't just about religion and state. It's a reckoning over the Gaza war, that can't continue without new recruits and with an ultra-Orthodox public unwilling to send its sons to fight it
Na dodelijke incidenten bij hulppunten in Gaza sluit de Global Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) tijdelijk haar deuren. Hulporganisaties vrezen dat de humanitaire ramp en honger in het gebied daardoor alleen maar verergeren. Discussieer tot 21.00 uur mee over de gestopte noodhulp.
Canada, which has seen a dramatic surge in Israeli immigration since the start of the war, has quietly initiated a 'structural investigation' into alleged war crimes relating to the Gaza war. The probe falls under the auspices of a program aimed at 'denying safe haven in Canada to war criminals'
Rev. Johnnie Moore, a prominent pro-Israel evangelical and close ally of Trump, has served as a key link between the evangelical community and Prime Minister Netanyahu. He is also pushing back on claims that Israel is disproportionately harming Christians in Gaza
Given the photos and the reports coming out of Gaza, the question is not whether we know, but what we do with this knowledge. One thing is clear: Silence is complicity
Since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, 861 Israeli soldiers have fallen in combat – including twelve soldiers and one Border Police officer who have been killed since Israel ended the cease-fire in Gaza on March 18
Reports claim the BBC was concerned that Lineker would bring up Gaza during an interview that was slated to air after he left the BBC due to mutual agreement after his antisemitic scandal.
IDF chief Eyal Zamir made the statement during a visit to southern Gaza ■ Egypt and Qatar say they are continuing to work to advance a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas
As global attention remains fixed on the Gaza war, Netanyahu's government accelerates settlement expansion and annexation moves in the West Bank – threatening regional stability and dimming prospects for Palestinian statehood
In wake of Haaretz expose revealing the extent to which the Israeli mlitary has endangered the lives of hostages in Gaza, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum stated: 'No one can now claim they didn't know the cost of continuing the fighting'
Hamas confirmed Friday it is discussing U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff's cease-fire proposal with other Palestinian factions, signaling that any decision will be made collectively amid rising pressure in Gaza for a truce
Seemingly forgetting that Morgan once strongly supported Israel, U.K. ambassador Tzipi Hotovely deflected his simple questions with blatant whataboutism, failing to coherently address concerns about Israel's far-right genocidal intent in Gaza
The German pledge of 'Staatsräson,' solidarity with Israel rooted in the Holocaust, is not being thrown out. However as Israel's assault on Gaza war continues unabated, it is becoming increasingly hollow