JERUSALEM: “I believed in peace with Gaza, but I was mistaken,” said Avida Bachar, a resident of kibbutz Beeri near the Gaza Strip, speaking from his hospital bed. Bachar lost his wife and son in the bloody October 7 attack … read more
ISTANBUL: Turkiye teetered on the edge of political crisis Wednesday as one top court filed a criminal complaint against members of another over its order to release a jailed opposition politician. The Supreme Court of Appeals said it was filing … read more
JERUSALEM: Quiet sobs during memorial speeches, mourning crowds lighting candles… Israel fell silent briefly on Tuesday, marking one month since the deadly Hamas attacks of October 7 plunged it into war. At Jerusalem’s Hebrew University around 1,000 people observed a … read more
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel’s ground forces in the Gaza Strip aimed on Wednesday to locate and disable Hamas militants’ vast tunnel network beneath the enclave, the next phase in an Israeli offensive that has killed thousands of Palestinians. Since Hamas gunmen killed … read more
LONDON: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Tuesday spoke with Egyptian Minister of Defense Gen. Mohamed Ahmed Zaki, the Pentagon said. The two discussed efforts to bolster security in the Middle East following an attack by the Gaza-based Hamas … read more