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The ICC's chief prosecutor's application says that there are 'reasonable grounds' to believe Israeli and Hamas leaders bear criminal responsibility for 'extermination as crime against humanity'; Israeli defense chief Gallant is also included, along with Hamas leaders Haniyeh and Deif

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant ■ Israeli defense minister vows to expand Israel's Rafah offensive ■ Qatar: 'No political will' for Gaza truce ■ Iranian president, foreign minister killed in helicopter crash ■ Israeli forces assassinate top Hamas police officers in central Gaza strikes, IDF says ■ Israeli drone reportedly attacks truck in western Syria ■ White House's Sullivan briefs Netanyahu following Saudi Arabia visit: 'There's potential for Israel and the Palestinian people'

  The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, revealed Monday that the court was pursuing arrest warrants for top leaders from both Hamas and Israel. The statement, made initially on CNN, was later confirmed in an official statement.  This unprecedented move against Israel's top officials stems from false allegations of war crimes and crimes […]

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi's death is likely to trigger a power struggle, but Ayatollah Khamenei and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps both want a weak, compliant successor who will continue the regime's nuclear and regional proxies strategy but will be blamed for the government's shortcomings

Led with banners reading 'Resistance by any means necessary,' 'Resisting the Nakba since 1948,' and 'From Gaza to Jenin, revolution until victory,' demonstrators marched through Brooklyn.

After complaints by groups including Israel's Association of Museums, the Reina Sofia Museum has changed the title to 'Critical Thinking Gatherings,' while keeping the subtitle 'International Solidarity with Palestine'

Since the beginning of Ebrahim Raisi's term in 2021, Iran's economy has collapsed, the currency has tanked, and the country erupted into riots and violent crackdowns

A Hamas-affiliated Telegram account took seriously an Israeli joke about a Mossad agent named "Eli Copter" being responsible for the crash, repeating the claim before deleting the post. 

  Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in Gaza who masterminded the bloodiest attack on Jews in a single day since the Holocaust, is now seeking to have arrest warrants against him and other Hamas leaders canceled by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC prosecutor's office announced Monday it was seeking arrest warrants for Israeli […]

  Benny Gantz's Saturday night press conference offered nothing groundbreaking. His speech merely rehashed the countless leaks about divisions within the war cabinet over the past months. By Gantz's standards, it was a bold move – he declared, "unity cannot be a fig leaf for paralysis." This is quite significant for someone who has thrived […]

Shezaf won the award for her work investigating attacks by Israeli 'hilltop youth' settlers, as well as conditions and abuses of Palestinians in Israeli detention centers. The Israel Press Institute said her work 'led to a change in policy' by Israeli authorities

  IDF forces discovered recently footage in Gaza shot while sisters Dafna and Ella Elyakim were captives and decided to air it on Sunday, in a rare move. In the video, 8-year-old Ella Elyakim is seen in Gaza days after being kidnapped from her father's home in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on Oct. 7. Little Ella […]

The fate of the president of Iran, whose plane was involved in the accident, became clear in the morning hours as the burnt remains of his helicopter were found. His death may lead the Islamic Republic to a succession crisis and damage internal trust, which is already low, in the regime

  An Israeli airstrike near the city of Homs in central Syria has left one person killed and five injured, Syrian sources have reported online. The strike is believed to have targeted two locations in the Homs area. Al-The Hezbollah-linked outlet Al-Mayadeen television reported that an Israeli missile struck a truck in the city of […]

  "The Israelis go on the trajectory, potentially, to inherit an insurgency with many armed Hamas left or, if it leaves, a vacuum filled by chaos, filled by anarchy, and probably refilled by Hamas. We've been talking to them about a much better way of getting an enduring result, enduring security," Secretary of State Antony […]

  Israel was not involved in the death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash that also killed several members of his entourage, an Israeli official told Reuters on Monday. "It wasn't us," said the official, who requested anonymity.  Raisi, a hardliner and potential successor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in […]

During the Israel-Hamas war, he met with foreign officials and the leader of Hamas and Hezbollah. He also threatened retaliation against Israel and praised an April attack on Israel

The 16-year-old assailant was taken into custody and released on conditions with charges pending, though the investigation is ongoing, said the police.

Iran's constitution says that the first vice president – who is Mohammad Mokhber – takes over, with the confirmation of the supreme leader, who has the final say in all matters of state in Iran; A council must arrange an election for a new president within a maximum period of 50 days