Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to undergo prostate removal surgery, his office says

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo prostate removal surgery on Sunday after he was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection, his office said. The 75-year-old leader underwent a test at Hadassah Hospital on Wednesday, where he was “diagnosed with a urinary tract infection resulting from a benign prostate enlargement,” the prime minister’s office said … Read more

‘This horror must end’: WHO condemns Israeli assault on key Gaza hospital | Israel-Palestine conflict News

The World Health Organization has condemned Israel’s storming of a vital hospital in northern Gaza, saying assaults on medical facilities are a “death sentence” for thousands of Palestinians and that “this horror must end”. An Israeli military assault on the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Friday put the last major health facility in northern Gaza out … Read more

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza and Yemen airport where WHO chief was about to board plane

The Israeli military said airstrikes in Yemen on Thursday targeted the Houthi rebel-held capital of Sanaa and the port city of Hodeida. The World Health Organization’s director-general said the bombardment occurred as he was about to board a flight in Sanaa, injuring a crew member. Israel’s army later told The Associated Press it wasn’t aware … Read more

Israeli soldiers burn Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, force hundreds to leave | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Israeli soldiers have stormed Kamal Adwan Hospital, the last remaining medical facility in the northern Gaza Strip, torching large sections and ordering hundreds of people to leave. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said on Friday that contact had been lost with staff inside the hospital in Beit Lahiya, which has been under siege and heavy pressure … Read more

How Israel pulled of its exploding pagers plot against Hezbollah

How Israel pulled of its exploding pagers plot against Hezbollah – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News’ “60 Minutes” got an inside look at how Israel pulled off one of the most daring and sophisticated intelligence operations in history. In the so-called pager plot, devices worn by members of the Hezbollah militia were turned … Read more

Israel acknowledges it assassinated Hamas chief Haniyeh for first time | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Defence Minister Israel Katz warns Houthi rebels that Israel will ‘behead’ its leaders as it did to Hamas. Israel’s Minister of Defence Israel Katz has for the first time publicly acknowledged that his country assassinated Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, warning that the Yemen-based Houthis will also be struck a “severe blow”. Speaking on Monday … Read more

Syria and the stakes for regional powers | Syria’s War

As Syria’s new leadership takes shape, competing media narratives in Iran and Turkiye illuminate the region’s shifting geopolitical dynamics. Contributors:Dina Esfandiary – Senior MENA adviser, Crisis GroupÖzge Genç – Visiting fellow, The Middle East Council on Global AffairsRahaf Aldoughli – MENA Studies Lecturer, Lancaster UniversityRasha Al Aqeedi – Researcher, The Arab Gulf States Institute On … Read more

Rare look inside Gaza shows the challenges complicating a humanitarian crisis

Southern Gaza Strip — In a rare moment of access to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory, CBS News visited a critical aid distribution center on Wednesday just inside the Gaza Strip, near the Karem Shalom border crossing from Israel. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza after more than a year of the Israel-Hamas war remains dire. Israeli officials … Read more