Gaza City, Palestine – Aya Hassouna is thin with a pale face. Her eyes are red, and her voice is full of sadness. She had a husband, Abdullah, and two children, four-year-old Hamza, and two-year-old Raghad. But as she returned with hundreds of thousands of other Palestinians to northern Gaza after months of displacement in … Read more
Organisation’s spokesperson says Israel’s observer status means it cannot formally withdraw from the body. Israel says it is withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), following in the footsteps of the United States, which announced its decision earlier this week. In response to Thursday’s announcement by Israel’s foreign minister, UNHRC spokesperson Pascal Sim … Read more
Allies and adversaries of the United States reacted with shock and disapproval Wednesday to President Trump’s announcement of plans for the United States to “take over” the Gaza Strip. Mr. Trump’s suggestion that the Palestinian territory — part of the land that many people hope will eventually become an independent Palestinian state — be redeveloped … Read more
The exceptional immunity that Israel has enjoyed for decades has placed international law and its institutions at a knife’s edge. Israel has killed UN workers, banned UNRWA, barred UN representatives from entry, and repeatedly insulted the UN and its officials. Successive Israeli governments and their allies have also used all means possible to exert pressure on the International Criminal Court (ICC) not … Read more
President Trump, standing alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a joint news conference at the White House, said the U.S. would “take over the Gaza Strip” and “own it,” promoting the idea that the Palestinian people should live elsewhere. Mr. Trump said the Palestinians in Gaza “should not go through a process of rebuilding” … Read more
A week into office, United States President Donald Trump surprised the world and many of his policymakers by announcing his plans to create a missile defence shield, calling it the “Iron Dome for America”. At first, the name evoked Israel’s Iron Dome air defence system, which is designed to intercept and destroy low-level targets, rockets, … Read more
Government Media Office says securing temporary shelters is the ‘most pressing’ humanitarian need in Gaza. Local authorities in the Gaza Strip have called on donors and aid groups to prioritise sending tents and temporary shelters to help house people whose homes have been destroyed by Israel. The Gaza Government Media Office said on Monday that … Read more
Niece of freed hostage says ceasefire is a “really fragile deal” – CBS News Watch CBS News Hanna Siegel, the niece of Keith Siegel, an Israeli-American hostage who was freed by Hamas on Saturday, tells “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” that she is worried because the ceasefire is a “really fragile deal.” Be the … Read more
Tel Aviv — American-Israeli dual national Keith Siegel was among three hostages released by Hamas militants in the war-torn Gaza Strip on Saturday, more than 15 months after they were taken captive by the group during its Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist attack. Siegel was freed in Gaza City about two hours after Israelis Yarden Bibas and … Read more
The group representing the families of Israeli hostages confirmed Friday the names of three more captives whom Hamas is expected to hand over on Saturday, and there’s a dual U.S.-Israeli national among them. Keith Siegel, 65, originally from North Carolina, moved to Israel four decades ago and was among those seized during Hamas’ Oct. 7, … Read more