Israel
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A bit more from our interview with Isaac Herzog now – turning toward the situation in Gaza. As we reported in our 6.10am post, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has said that Hamas rejected the latest proposal for a deal to return Israeli hostages. When pressed by a reporter on his reaction to that news, the…
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Addressing the media in English, an Israeli military spokesperson says plans for both offensive and defence action has been authorised following last night’s attack by Iran. Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari says: “Hamas and Iran want to ignite the Middle East and to escalate [in] the region,” adding that the IDF remains “on high alert” and…
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Iran’s attack on Israel was a “declaration of war”, Israel’s president has told Sky News. Isaac Herzog said it was “about time the world faces this empire of evil in Tehran”. World leaders need to “make it clear” to the Iranian regime that its behaviour is “unacceptable”, Mr Herzog added. “We should be looking lucidly…
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Many of us went to bed last night worried about what we would wake up to. Iran was attacking the country it calls Little Satan and wants wiped off the map, sending hundreds of drones and missiles. The attack was neutralised. Nearly all the missiles and drones were intercepted and did not reach their target. But…
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Israel will “pay the price” for its oppression in Gaza, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas. In a phone call with Abbas, Erdogan said: “All means must be mobilized for a cease-fire in Gaza, including (the implementation of the) UN Security Council resolution,” according to Türkiye’s Communications Director Fahrettin Altun.…
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A barrage of rockets was launched from southern Lebanon towards Galilee in northern Israel, an Israeli media outlet reported on Friday evening. “Heavy missile fire was directed towards Galilee, along with several sirens sounding amid concerns of aircraft penetration into Israeli territory,” reported Israeli daily Maariv. “Sirens were activated in the communities of Dafna, Snir,…
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Iran’s threat to carry out a retaliatory attack on Israel in reprisal for the bombing of its consulate in Damascus, Syria are “very credible,” the White House said Friday. “We still deem the potential threat by Iran here to be real, to be viable, certainly credible, and we’re watching it as closely as we can,”…
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The UN on Friday expressed deep worry over the heightened tensions between Iran and Israel. “It’s something he (Secretary-General Antonio Guterres) is following very closely. We’re very worried about a potential escalation in a situation that seems to be escalating on a daily basis,” spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said at a news conference. Noting that the…
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Israel’s war against Hamas will last so long that boys still in school can expect to fight in Gaza, Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has said. “Fighting against Hamas will take time,” he said in a statement to the media. “Boys who are now in middle school will still fight in the Gaza Strip.”…
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As a prominent member of the movement that became Hamas in the late 1980s, Ismail Haniyeh is widely considered the group’s overall leader. He was imprisoned in 1989 as part of the Israeli response to the first Palestinian uprising and then spent time in the “no man’s land” between Israel and Lebanon in 1992. Once…
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has accused Israel of killing three of his children in “the spirit of revenge and murder”. He told Al Jazeera satellite channel his sons “were martyred on the road to liberating Jerusalem and the al Aqsa Mosque”. “The criminal enemy is driven by the spirit of revenge and murder and does…
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Aid shipments to Gaza from Cyprus are expected to resume soon, officials said this afternoon, after they were stopped last week when Israel killed seven aid workers. Cyprus has about 1,000 tonnes of aid destined for starving or severely hungry people in Gaza stored on the island. It is being held there after a decision…
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More on ceasefire talks now, and Israeli officials say they have agreed to concessions allowing the return of 150,000 Palestinians to the north of Gaza. Two officials with knowledge of the talks told Reuters this formed part of a US proposal for a truce. In return, they said, Hamas would be required to give a…
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Joe Biden’s remarks don’t so much represent a shift in tone but a strengthening of his criticism of the Israeli approach. It’s clear also from the undertone that there is now no love lost between the American president and the prime minster of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. The comments, it should be noted, were recorded last…
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The Spanish prime minister has called Israel’s military actions in Gaza a threat to world stability, the Times of Israel reports. Speaking to the Spanish congress, Pedro Sanchez said Israel’s response was “disproportionate” and risks “destabilising the Middle East, and as a consequence, the entire world”. Recognising a Palestinian state was “in Europe’s geopolitical interests”,…
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s pronouncement that a date has been set for an offensive in Rafah has been dismissed by the Biden administration as an empty threat, according to reports. Senior administration officials told CNN they believed his statement made earlier this week was bravado. Publicly, US officials have said no date has been shared with them.…
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