Israel Hamas War

Hamas commander working as Gaza hospital doctor killed in Israeli strike, says IDF

The military said the strike, carried out on Saturday, killed Jamal Abu Aoun, whom it identified as a platoon commander in Hamas's military wing and a doctor at Yafa Hospital in Deir al-Balah

Israel captures strategic Beaufort castle in deepest Lebanon advance since 2000

Israeli troops have captured a strategic mountain topped with a Crusader-built castle in southern Lebanon in their deepest incursion into the country in more than a quarter century

Who was Mohammed Odeh, the new Hamas chief killed in an Israeli strike?

On Tuesday (May 26), the newly appointed military commander of Hamas, Mohammed Odeh, was targeted and reportedly killed in a precise Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces have described the Hamas chief as ‘one of the architects of the October 7 massacre’

Trump says 'peace deal with Iran largely negotiated' after push from West Asian leaders

US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that a peace deal with Iran 'has been largely negotiated', following a call with Pakistani and Gulf mediators, along with officials from Israel.

US weighs using withheld Palestinian tax money for Trump’s Gaza reconstruction plan: Report

Washington is reportedly considering asking Israel to transfer part of the Palestinian Authority’s withheld tax revenues to support Donald Trump’s Board of Peace initiative for post-war Gaza reconstruction.

‘Silenced no more’: New findings document sexual torture linked to Hamas-led Oct 7 raid

The Civil Commission’s Silenced No More report identifies three recurring categories of alleged sexual violence during the Hamas-led October 7 attacks, including rape, gang rape, sexual torture, postmortem abuse and assaults carried out in front of family members

Israel deports two foreign activists seized from Gaza aid mission

Israel on Sunday deported two foreign activists who were detained after their Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters last month.

‘We will not stop calling for peace’: Palestinian envoy on Gaza, West Bank crisis

The Palestine issue is considered the motherboard problem for almost all West Asia conflicts in post-Second World War times. Both the Israeli and the Palestinian sides have blamed each other for the humanitarian crisis in the region. Can there be peace in Palestine, and how? Palestnian ambassador to India Shawesh speaks exclusively to Firstpost

Palestinians in West Bank, Central Gaza head to polls in first elections since war against Israel

Palestinians in the West Bank and a central area of Gaza head to the polls Saturday for municipal elections in the first vote since the Gaza war

UN experts urge EU to suspend Israel trade deal over human rights concerns

A group of UN experts has called on the EU to suspend its trade agreement with Israel, saying it is the “minimum required” step to comply with international law amid ongoing concerns over human rights violations.