Israel's Supreme Court to hear plea demanding independent media access to Gaza

Israel's Supreme Court is set to hear on Thursday a petition filed by an organisation representing international media outlets in Israel and the Palestinian territories, demanding independent access for journalists to Gaza. Israel's top court will...

Israel shells Koya farmland in western Daraa after incursions and threats

Israel launched artillery strikes on the outskirts of the town of Koya in western Daraa countryside (southern Syria) on the evening of Wednesday, October 22, as Israeli army incursions in the southern region have recently intensified. Enab...

Israel strikes Hezbollah positions in Lebanon

Israel has struck Hezbollah positions in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, APA reports, citing Israeli media. The Israeli army targeted a Hezbollah training camp and a precision missile manufacturing facility, as well as other facilities. "The storage of...

Israel blocking promised Gaza aid despite cease-fire, UN data shows

Israel has allowed fewer than 100 United Nations aid trucks a day to enter Gaza since the cease-fire earlier this month, far short of the 600 daily deliveries pledged under the plan brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump, according to U.N. data....

Israel Strikes Lebanon, Violating Hezbollah Ceasefire

Rabat — Today, October 23, Israel launched a series of airstrikes on the mountain range in the Bekaa region in eastern Lebanon as well as the Hermel range in the country’s northeast. This comes in the context of Israel’s greater campaign of...

'Israel would lose all support from US’: Trump fires warning over West Bank annexation

US President Donald Trump has dealt a major blow to the Israeli right’s plan to apply sovereignty over parts of the West Bank, warning that Israel would lose “all support” from the United States if it pursued annexation US President Donald Trump...

Israel is not a Colonizing Power

Along with other screams, those protesting Israel call it a colonial power; Palestine has been colonized. Yes, there have been lots of colonial powers. And the behavior of these countries leads to the definition of a colonizer. A colonizing...

Israel to lose US backing if the occupied West Bank is annexed, says Trump

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has said that Israel will lose US backing if the occupied West Bank is annexed. In a interview with Time Magazine published today, Trump affirmed that the annexation “won’t happen”. “It won’t happen because I gave my word to...

Israel bombs Lebanon's Bekaa Valley as US general visits Beirut

At least four people were killed in Israeli bombardments across Lebanon on Thursday as the US general heading the monitoring mechanism of the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire landed in Beirut. Zainab Moussa, 82, and Maher Younis, 43, were killed and two...

Israel’s Netanyahu: West Bank annexation vote is political provocation

2025-10-23T15:52:51+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Middle East A Knesset vote on West Bank takeover was a political maneuver by the opposition to stir tensions during US Vice President JD Vance’s visit, Israel’s Prime...

Israel's move to annex West Bank slammed

ISLAMABAD: A group of Muslim nations, including Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, and others, has jointly condemned Israel's latest move to impose its so-called sovereignty over the occupied West Bank, calling it a "blatant...

"Israel would lose all US support if West Bank was annexed," says Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a clear warning to Israel, stating that any attempt to annex the West Bank would lead to the Jewish state losing "all support" from the United States. In an interview with Time magazine, Trump was asked about...

Israel freezes legislative process for West Bank annexation

JERUSALEM, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- Israel on Thursday froze the West Bank annexation bills that passed a preliminary vote in the Israeli parliament, or Knesset, the day before. Ofir Katz, chairman of the government coalition, said in a statement that...

Israel Seeks to ‘Legalize’ Annexation of the West Bank

October 23, 2025 Hour: 10:58 am On Wednesday, the Israeli Parliament’s (Knesset) approved two draft laws aimed at imposing “Israeli sovereignty” over the occupied West Bank and on Israeli illegal colonial settlements. RELATED: Israel Has Killed...

Israel has no sovereignty over occupied Palestinian territory

More than a dozen Muslim and Arab states condemned yesterday a pair of Israeli bills calling for the annexation of the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement, Qatar, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkiye, Djibouti, Saudi Arabia, Oman, The Gambia,...

Israel court postpones Gaza access

Int’l media association disappointed Agence France-Presse . Jerusalem 24 October, 2025, 00:20 Palestinians stand amid tents set up inside the Imam al Shafi’i Mosque, where families have taken shelter, in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City on...

Israel rejected vast majority of Gaza aid shipment requests by NGOs since ceasefire

41 NGOs have raised the alarm over continued rejections of shipments of life-saving aid into Gaza by the Israeli authorities since the ceasefire was implemented on 10 October. Organisations operating on the ground in Gaza, including Medecins Sans...

Israel's Netanyahu says Trump should get Nobel Peace Prize

Israel transfixed as freed hostages embrace tearful families

(JNS) - "My life, my life," cried out Einav Zangauker, embracing her son, Matan, for the first time in one of many emotional moments, as the 20 living hostages embraced their joyful families upon their return to Israel after 738 days in Hamas...

Israel deports 32 foreign activists helping Palestinian harvest

The deportation of the activists comes amid a spike in attacks against Palestinians during the olive harvest season, with Israeli forces and settlers carrying out over 158 attacks against olive pickers [Wisam Hashlamoun/Anadolu via Getty Images]...