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Ilan Weiss was 56 when he was killed while trying to defend kibbutz Be'eri from Hamas on October 7, 2023
Israel recovers remains of hostages, as Gaza City declared a ‘dangerous combat zone’
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military recovered the body of one hostage and the remains of another in Gaza on Friday, as it declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” ahead of a major assault.The recovered body was identified as Ilan Weiss, 56, from Kibbutz Be’eri, and the remains of the other hostage have yet to be unidentified, the Prime Minister’s Office said.Weiss’ wife and daughter, Shiri and Noga, were kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri during the Hamas-led attack on October 7, 2023 and were released during the first ceasefire in November that year. At the time, it was believed that Weiss might still be alive. But in January 2024, Kibbutz Be’eri announced that Ilan Weis had been killed during the attack on the community and his body taken into Gaza.The Israel Defense Forces...
August 29, 2025

Israel recovers remains of hostages, as Gaza City declared a ‘dangerous combat zone’

A visitor tries a range of submachine guns at the DSEI 2023 exhibition in London
UK blocks Israeli government delegation from arms trade fair
LONDON — No Israeli government delegation will be invited to a global defence exhibition in London next month because of the Gaza war, the UK has said."The Israeli government's decision to further escalate its military operation in Gaza is wrong," a UK government spokesperson said. "As a result, we can confirm that no Israeli government delegation will be invited to attend DSEI UK 2025."Israel's defence ministry called the move a "deliberate and regrettable act of discrimination" and said it would be withdrawing and not setting up a national pavilion.UK leaders have become more outspoken against Israel's conduct in Gaza, including a recent plan to expand the war and take over Gaza City."There must be a diplomatic solution to end this war...
August 29, 2025

UK blocks Israeli government delegation from arms trade fair

French U.N. peacekeepers patrol the Lebanese-Israeli border in the village of Houla, southern Lebanon, Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025
UN votes to end its peacekeeping force in Lebanon after nearly five decades
NEW YORK — The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to terminate the UNIFIL peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon at the end of next year after nearly five decades, bowing to demands from the United States and its close ally Israel.The United States initially demanded that the force be ended in six months and later sought a one-year final extension. UNIFIL will now fulfil a final 16-month mandate to continue its activities near Lebanon’s UN-drawn border with Israel until 31 December, 2026.It will have a year to withdraw its 10,800 military and civilian personnel and all UN equipment. During this period, UNIFIL was authorised to carry out a few limited activities.The multinational peacekeeping force was initially created to oversee the withdrawal of Israeli troops from...
August 29, 2025

UN votes to end its peacekeeping force in Lebanon after nearly five decades

An of overview of an Iranian nuclear Fordow facility
France, Germany and UK begin process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear program
GENEVA — France, Germany and the United Kingdom have begun the process to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.The triggering of the so-called snapback sanctions, a move that the United States welcomed on Thursday, comes as diplomatic efforts to restrain Iran’s growing nuclear program have faltered. Tehran has condemned the move and warned there could be consequences for reimplementing sanctions.The “E3” countries notified the UN Security Council Thursday that they were triggering the snapback mechanism, which would reimpose all UN sanctions that had been previously lifted in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. The mechanism was included as part of that agreement, formally called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPoA).Iran has increasingly breached the nuclear...
August 29, 2025

France, Germany and UK begin process of reimposing UN sanctions on Iran over nuclear program

The bloodied staircase at Nasser Hospital in Gaza after an Israeli double-tap attack on Monday, August 25, 2025
New video reveals third strike in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza hospital
JERUSALEM — Israel has faced global condemnation for back-to-back strikes on the biggest hospital in southern Gaza this week, which killed at least 22 people, including health workers, emergency response crews and five journalists.The attack on the hospital came just after 10 a.m. local time on Monday when a balcony at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was hit by what appears to be a tank shell, killing a Reuters cameraman and others. Nine minutes later, as a group of rescue workers and other journalists attended to the victims, they were hit as the Israeli military fired again on the hospital – a tactic known as a “double tap.”New video obtained by CNN reveals that this second “tap” was in fact two near-simultaneous strikes. These second and third strikes appear to have...
August 28, 2025

New video reveals third strike in deadly ‘double-tap’ attack on Gaza hospital

The Israeli army wants people to leave Gaza City before moving in
Blair joins White House meeting with Trump on post-war Gaza
WASHINGTON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has joined a White House meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss plans for post-war Gaza..Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff has said the US is putting together a "very comprehensive" plan on "the next day" after the war. However, little else has been disclosed about the meeting.Blair served as Middle East envoy for a few years after leaving office in 2007 — focusing on bringing economic development to Palestinian areas and creating conditions for a two-state solution.However, when Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Saar was asked by reporters what the plan was for a Palestinian state, he said there would not be any.The White House meeting came after the Israeli military warned Palestinians that the...
August 28, 2025

Blair joins White House meeting with Trump on post-war Gaza

An Iranian security official in protective clothing walks through part of the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan, 30 March, 2005
European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions
GENEVA — Representatives of three European countries threatening to reimpose UN sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program failed to agree with their Iranian counterpart on Tuesday on how to avoid the measures days ahead of a deadline, a diplomat said.The discussions in Geneva among representatives of France, Germany and the United Kingdom "ended without a final outcome," said the diplomat with knowledge of the meeting, speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak publicly about the talks.The diplomat said efforts would continue to find a solution ahead of a deadline at the end of this month to invoke the so-called snapback mechanism of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal over what the countries have deemed Iran's lack of compliance.The snapback would...
August 27, 2025

European and Iranian diplomats fail to agree on how to avoid reviving UN sanctions

Activists block a highway during a protest demanding the immediate release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, 26 August, 2025
Israeli protesters block highways asking government to secure release of hostages in Gaza
TEL AVIV — Protesters in Israel torched tyres and blocked highways on Tuesday as they demanded the government reach a ceasefire that would free the hostages still being held in Gaza, as Israeli leaders press ahead with plans for an offensive which they argue is needed to crush Hamas. "Go back to the negotiation table. There's a good deal on the table. It's something we can work with," said Ruby Chen, the father of 21-year-old Itay Chen, a dual Israeli-US citizen whose body Hamas still holds in the Strip. "We could get a deal done to bring all the hostages back." Responding to a call from Israel’s Hostages and Missing Families Forum for a "National Day of Struggle," protesters waved banners that read "Hostage Deal Now". The...
August 26, 2025

Israeli protesters block highways asking government to secure release of hostages in Gaza

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
Australia blames Iran for attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, expels Iranian ambassador
SYDNEY — Australia says it will expel Iran's ambassador after alleging the country's government directed antisemitic attacks in Sydney and Melbourne.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attacks were "extraordinary and dangerous acts of aggression orchestrated by a foreign nation". Nobody was injured in the attacks, which happened last year.Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) chief Mike Burgess said his agency had intelligence that Iran was "likely" behind more attacks on Jewish targets in Australia incidents.Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi and three other Iranian officials have been ordered to leave Australia within seven days. Iran has not yet commented on the accusations.Burgess said: "Iran has sought to disguise its involvement, but Asio...
August 26, 2025

Australia blames Iran for attacks in Sydney and Melbourne, expels Iranian ambassador

Demonstrators block a road during a protest near Jerusalem calling for the Israeli government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City and other areas in the Gaza Strip, on Sunday
Netanyahu shifts strategy on ceasefire even after Hamas accepts proposal
TEL AVIV — Nearly a week after Hamas accepted the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal from Qatari and Egyptian mediators, Israel has yet to respond – even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims he is “immediately” starting negotiations to release all the hostages and end the war.The silence reflects a fundamental shift in Israel’s approach that has befuddled mediators and families of the remaining hostages, who have accused Netanyahu of abandoning and sacrificing their loved ones.After 18 months of agreeing only to partial, phased ceasefire deals, Netanyahu is now demanding a comprehensive agreement that would secure the release of all hostages and end the war entirely – on Israel’s terms. The policy reversal comes as the prime minister simultaneously accelerates plans for a...
August 25, 2025

Netanyahu shifts strategy on ceasefire even after Hamas accepts proposal

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