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Israeli opposition parties criticise proposed Bill to establish October 7th inquiry
4+ hour, 11+ min ago (500+ words) A committee of Israeli ministers has voted to advance a Bill establishing an investigation into the Hamas-led attack on October 7th, 2023, giving prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu's government influence over the inquiry's composition and mandate. Under the proposal, the investigating committee will…...
Israeli government presents new settlement plan for occupied West Bank
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (446+ words) Israel's government on Wednesday presented a plan for a large West Bank settlement north of Jerusalem, designated for ultra-Orthodox residents. Atarot, made up of 9,000 housing units, will come under the jurisdiction of the Jerusalem municipality and will be built between…...
UN aid agency says Israeli police forcibly entered compound in Jerusalem
2+ week, 4+ hour ago (438+ words) Israeli police forcibly entered the compound of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees in Jerusalem early on Monday. The UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (Unrwa) said that "sizeable numbers" of Israeli forces, including police on motorcycles,…...
Israeli reports say anti-Hamas leader has been killed
2+ week, 4+ day ago (308+ words) The "head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza has been killed, Israel's public broadcaster "reported on Thursday, in what would be a blow to Israeli efforts to support Palestinian clans against the "Islamist movement. Yasser Abu…...
Palestinian state ‘only’ solution to Israeli conflict, says Pope Leo
3+ week, 1+ day ago (535+ words) The only solution in the decades-long conflict between Israel and the Palestinian people must include a Palestinian state, Pope Leo said on Sunday, reaffirming the Vatican's position. "We all know that at this time Israel still does not accept that…...
Body of Israeli hostage returned from Gaza as vow to recover all dead hostages intensifies
3+ week, 5+ day ago (489+ words) Israel has received the body of another hostage held in Gaza, leaving two unaccounted for " an Israeli police officer and a Thai resident who was working in a kibbutz on the Gaza border when Palestinian militants invaded southern Israel on…...
‘I see a power shift from Ireland to the Middle East’: How tech workers see Ireland
4+ week, 1+ day ago (789+ words) The Professionals is a series of articles in which three people from one field share their views of Ireland today. Keep an eye out for other articles: the psychologists, the teachers, the tech workers. It sounds cliche or corny, but…...
Israeli forces open fire on UN peacekeepers in Lebanon, no injuries reported
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (338+ words) Israeli military forces opened fire on United Nations peacekeepers in southern Lebanon on Sunday, in an incident the UN peacekeeping mission described as a serious violation. None of the UN forces were reported wounded. Israeli soldiers had opened fire on…...
Israeli strikes kill at least 104 people in Gaza, including 35 children
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (772+ words) Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight killed at least 104 Palestinians, including children, in what appeared to be the gravest challenge yet to the increasingly fragile US-brokered ceasefire and the deadliest day since the truce began. The strikes, one of the…...
Israeli strikes kill 26 people in Gaza as Trump says ceasefire is not at risk
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (401+ words) US president Donald Trump said on Wednesday that a US-backed ceasefire in Gaza was not at risk after Israel launched airstrikes in the Palestinian enclave, which killed 26 people in response to the killing of an Israeli soldier. Israeli planes struck…...