West Asia

UN chief renews ceasefire calls to end ‘nightmare’ in Gaza

Oct 30, 2023 04:26

The UN chief has warned that the situation in the Gaza Strip is deteriorating rapidly due to incessant Israeli bombardment as he repeats desperate appeals for a ceasefire to end the “nightmare” of bloodshed.
Rift deepens in Israeli war cabinet over Netanyahu’s comments

Oct 29, 2023 10:33

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come under harsh criticism after he blamed the regime's so-called security and intelligence services for giving him faulty assessments before Hamas's surprise attack on October 7.
Jewish peace group demands end to Israeli genocide in Gaza

Oct 29, 2023 10:27

A US-based Jewish peace group has called for an end to the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, joining the global demand for an immediate ceasefire in the enclave which has been under relentless bombardment for over three weeks.
Israeli jets bombard areas near Gaza’s largest hospital

Oct 29, 2023 10:14

Israeli warplanes have conducted airstrikes on areas close to the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, as the regime’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave enters its 23rd day.
Three young Palestinian men killed by Israeli fire in fresh West Bank raids

Oct 29, 2023 09:45

At least three young Palestinian men have been fatally shot as the Israeli army carried out a number of overnight raids in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials.
'Israel will get a lot bigger': US congressman urges Israel to reoccupy Gaza

Oct 29, 2023 09:42

A far-right US Republican congressman of Israeli descent has called on the Tel Aviv regime to press ahead with its brutal aggression and occupy the Gaza Strip amid Washington’s unswerving support for the illegal entity to invade the besieged area.
Hamas: Netanyahu will face defeat 'greater than what he fears’ in Gaza

Oct 29, 2023 09:38

The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against any plans to expand the regime’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip after more than three weeks of incessant bombardments in the besieged area.
Dozens of Palestinians martyred overnight in Israeli air raids across besieged Gaza

Oct 29, 2023 04:53

Dozens of Palestinians have been martyred and many more injured in overnight Israeli air raids on various residential neighborhoods across the Gaza Strip, as the Tel Aviv regime has upped its bombardment of the besieged enclave amid assertions that its military was “expanding” ground operations in the territory.
Simultaneous attacks hit 3 US bases in Syria

Oct 29, 2023 04:47

Simultaneous attacks have targeted three military bases housing US occupation forces in Syria.
As Israel escalates war on Gaza, Red Cross urges halt to 'intolerable' human suffering

Oct 29, 2023 04:40

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has demanded a halt to the "intolerable" human suffering in the besieged Gaza Strip, as the Israeli regime escalates its now 22-day-old bloody war of aggression against the coastal territory.