Hamas slams Israel’s postponement of 620 prisoner releases, calling it a violation of the ceasefire deal as families wait in anguish. Hamas has condemned Israel’s decision to postpone the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners, rejecting Israel’s claim that the captives’ handover ceremonies are “humiliating” and calling it a pretext to evade obligations under...
Ongoing Israeli Attacks, West Bank Raids, and Diplomatic Tensions Raise Concerns Middle East: As ceasefire negotiations continue, Hamas has proposed exchanging all Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners in “one go” during the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire deal. The proposal aims to secure a permanent truce and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. However,...
Ceasefire Fragile as Lebanon Rejects Israeli Troop Presence in Key Locations Beirut/Tel Aviv: Israel has continued withdrawing its forces from southern Lebanon in line with a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah, but it has announced that troops will remain in five strategic locations, raising tensions and uncertainty over the fragile deal. The Israeli military confirmed on...
Trump’s Controversial Gaza Plan Sparks Global Outrage Former U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a highly controversial plan for Gaza, suggesting that the U.S. should take control of the territory, relocate its population, and redevelop it into the “Riviera of the Middle East.” His remarks, widely condemned by international leaders and human rights organizations, have...
Jerusalem/Beirut: Israel’s security cabinet is set to convene to discuss the next phase of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, even as far-right ministers push for renewed military operations in Gaza. Meanwhile, tensions continue to escalate across the region, with Israeli military actions reported in Lebanon and the occupied West Bank. In Lebanon, Israeli tanks advanced...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the proposals put forward by the new US administration regarding Gaza, due to pressure from the Zionist Lobby, have no worth from our perspective. They are futile efforts. No one has the power to expel Gazans from their eternal homeland. Palestine belongs to Palestinians. Erdogan’s statement comes in response...
The United States is doing all in its power to thwart the exercise of inalienable rights of Palestinian people to have their own independent state, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at the General Debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly. “It is impossible to fully normalize the situation in the...
Turkish President Erdoğan and his counterpart Putin have repeatedly met each other in recent years to coordinate their moves in Syria. In September 2018, they reached a de-escalation deal on Idlib in Sochi, Russia, aimed at turning Idlib into a de-escalation zone in which acts of aggression and offensive are expressly prohibited. With nowhere to...