Death toll from Syria violence rises to 940 - monitor

The death toll from violence in Sweida province, the heartland of Syria's Druze minority, has risen to 940 since last weekend, a war monitor has said, despite the announcement of a ceasefire. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the dead...

Israel refuses to renew visas for heads of 3 UN agencies in Gaza

Israel has refused to renew the visas of the heads of at least three United Nations agencies operating in Gaza, a move linked by UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, to their efforts to protect Palestinian civilians...

Israel to boost defense spending amid ongoing conflicts

JERUSALEM, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Israel will raise its defense spending by 42 billion shekels (about 12.5 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025 and 2026, the ministries of finance and defense said Thursday in a statement. Local media reported that the...

Readers sound off on Bonhoeffer’s theory, Israel’s violence and RFK Jr.’s candy questions

Group-think makes people blind to the obvious Bloomington, Ind.: Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor and philosopher murdered by the Nazis, argued that evil people are not nearly as dangerous as stupid people. His theory suggests that evil is...

Israel says it will ‘allow’ Syrian forces to enter own city amid ongoing conflict

Tom Barrack says Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire

U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Tom Barrack said on Friday that Israel and Syria have agreed to a ceasefire supported by Turkey, Jordan and neighbors. "We call upon Druze, Bedouins, and Sunnis to put down their weapons and together with other minorities...

world Israel's Netanyahu called Pope Leo after Gaza church strike, Vatican says

ROME - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Pope Leo on Friday (July 18), the Vatican said, a day after an Israeli strike on Gaza's sole Catholic church killed three people and injured several more. During the call, the pope renewed...

Hamas says ready for long battle as Israel kills 41 more in Gaza

GAZA/ VATICAN CITY - The Health Ministry in Gaza says an “unprecedented” number of starving Palestinians are pouring into hospitals across the besieged territory. As the daily death toll in Gaza continues to mount, with at least 41 people killed...

Report: Israel Seeks US Help on Deals to Move Palestinians Out of Gaza

The director of Israel’s Mossad agency, David Barnea, visited Washington this week seeking US help in convincing countries to take hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from Gaza, two sources with knowledge of the issue told Axios on Friday....

Photo exhibition highlights Việt Nam–Israel cultural ties

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Hamas’ Abu Obaida TORCHES Muslim Nations, Warns Israel On Hostages | Watch FULL SPEECH In English

'Majboori hai': BJP MP claims Party may not win 150 seats without PM Modi, says 'party runs on cult' BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has underlined the importance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership for the party’s electoral success, saying that...

Israel strikes Catholic church in Gaza, killing three [VIDEO]

US President Trump, who voiced his displeasure with Netanyahu in a phone call. Israel has struck a Catholic church in Gaza, killing at least three people and injuring seven others The Israeli government claimed it made a mistake and is blaming...

Israel warns Syria of ‘painful blows’ in Sweida

(JNS) On Wednesday Israel has launched an air campaign against the new Syrian regime’s forces, striking in southern Syria and in the capital Damascus to enforce a demilitarized buffer zone on its border and to prevent a potential massacre of the...

Israel to reconnect Gaza to grid four months after cutting it off

(JNS) Israel is preparing to reactivate one power line to the Gaza Strip four months after cutting the flow of electricity to the enclave, the Defense Ministry’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit confirmed in a...

Rep Josh Gottheimer addresses stablecoins regulation and US-Israel cooperation in recent posts

Rep. Josh Gottheimer, who represents New Jersey’s 5th district in the U.S. Congress, posted a series of statements on his social media account this week addressing legislative priorities ranging from stablecoin regulation to U.S.-Israel...

Netanyahu's party accuses Biden administration of attempted coup in Israel after GOP releases NGO report

Prime Minister Netanyahu's Likud party Friday slammed former U.S. President Joe Biden's administration for allegedly transferring over a billion dollars to leftist groups in Israel protesting his government's attempts to overhaul the country's...

Ceasefire deal reached between Syria, Israel with U.S. mediation

DAMASCUS, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Syrian and Israeli leaders have reached a ceasefire agreement under the auspices of the United States after deadly sectarian clashes in southern Syria prompted Israeli intervention with massive strikes recently. U.S....

Israel Strike Destroys Catholic Church in Gaza

US takes credit for Israel-Syria ceasefire

The announcement follows a week of deadly clashes between Druze militias, Bedouin tribes, and central government forces in Sweida province – as well as a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting various locations, including the Defense Ministry in...