As the New Zealand government weighs joining Australia in recognizing a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said he thinks Netanyahu 'has lost the plot,' and called what is happening in Gaza 'utterly appalling'
Despite unprecedented civilian suffering and clear precedents for intervention, Western governments condemn Gaza's devastation but avoid any meaningful intervention
The reported deal will allow a corridor for the transfer of aid from Israel to the Sweida region in Syria to improve the deteriorating humanitarian situation of the Druze minority, in a deal that may also improve chances of future normalization between Israel and Syria
The Israeli army will have to call up 100,000 reservists, who will be operating in a population of around 1.2 million Palestinians against well-prepared guerrilla fighters, amid a threat to the hostages and unclear legal authority for ordering civilians to once again move south
A UN report draft obtained by Haaretz acknowledges for the first time Hamas' sexual crimes committed against Israelis on October 7 and hostages held in captivity in the Gaza Strip. It also calls on Israel to hold suspects of sexual crimes against Palestinians accountable
The film 'The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue,' about Noam Tibon, a retired Israeli general who rescued his family on October 7, won't be screened at the Toronto Int'l Film Festival after organizers requested filmmakers receive approval to use Hamas footage of the deadly attack
Media reports indicate that all seven members of the Abu Hanidek family were killed when their displaced-person tents in Gaza City were bombed. Media outlets also reported that four people were killed by IDF fire in central Gaza while waiting for aid trucks
Tensions between the IDF chief and ministers had escalated last week amid debates over Netanyahu's plan to take over Gaza. A senior official from Netanyahu's office said that Israel was 'going for a full conquest of Gaza,' and added, 'If it doesn't suit the chief of staff, he should resign'
Thousands rallied across the country on Tuesday, urging the government to real a cease-fire deal with Hamas and slamming its handling of the humanitarian crisis
French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot confirmed on Tuesday that the air traffic controller would be “stripped of all ability to practice until further notice.”
Two unrelated people in far-flung cemeteries in England from 1,400 years ago exhibit close African ancestry, suggesting early medieval Britain was more diverse than thought
While nations rush to recognize a Palestinian state, they sidestep the real pressure tools that could halt Israel's war in Gaza. 'Symbolic statehood has become a moral escape hatch, not a policy.' Meanwhile, the license to kill remains valid
The heat index measures apparent temperature using discomfort units – a phrase that doesn't even begin to describe what it felt like on Tuesday at the Dead Sea. Wednesday is expected to be even worse
Though held by Hamas for nearly a decade, Abera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed aren't covered by the new laws aiding the October 7 hostages. 'They need a law that will include a broader envelope,' a source says, as both men face delays and red tape in disability claims
UC President James Milliken said that the Justice Department had made the proposal to UCLA on Friday, on the heels of the university system’s offer to engage “in good faith dialogue."