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Ronen Bar was formally dismissed by the Israeli cabinet on Thursday
Netanyahu fires Israel's security chief over 'distrust'
TEL AVIV — Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation's security service over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas.The Israeli cabinet met on Thursday evening to formally approve the early dismissal of Ronen Bar, who was appointed in October 2021 for a five-year term as the Shin Bet's chief.Netanyahu announced his intention to sack Bar in a video statement on Sunday, citing an "ongoing distrust" between the two men which he said had "grown over time".The move sparked outrage and further inflamed anti-government demonstrations in Jerusalem, which saw thousands of Israelis join forces with protestors opposing Israel's renewed assault on Gaza.Since Tuesday, Israel has launched an intense wave of...
March 21, 2025

Netanyahu fires Israel's security chief over 'distrust'

Israeli soldiers operate a tank near the southern border with Gaza on Wednesday
Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since Gaza truce collapses as toll mounts 
JERUSALEM — Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire.Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the Strip with airstrikes before launching a ground offensive a day later. More than 500 people, including 200 children, have been killed since the new offensive began, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.Hamas fired three projectiles at central Israel, the Israeli military said. One was intercepted and two “fell into an open area,” with no casualties reported.Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, confirmed it had launched an attack, saying it had “bombed the city of Tel Aviv deep inside the occupied...
March 21, 2025

Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since Gaza truce collapses as toll mounts 

Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad Hassan al-Shibani in Damascus, 20 March, 2025
Germany reopens Damascus embassy 13 years after closure
DAMASCUS — Germany has reopened its embassy in Damascus, 13 years after it was shuttered in the early phase of Syria's civil war.Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reopened the mission during a visit to the Syrian capital, her second trip to the country since the fall of former President Bashar al-Assad in December.In a statement published on the Foreign Ministry website, Baerbock said her trip is meant to renew the message that "a political new beginning between Europe and Syria, between Germany and Syria is possible".But she added that that comes with "clear expectations that there is freedom, security and opportunity in Syria for all people — for women and men, for people belong to all ethnic groups and religions."Clashes earlier this month between fighters...
March 21, 2025

Germany reopens Damascus embassy 13 years after closure

Police officers clash with protesters during a protest against the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu in Istanbul, 20 March, 2025
Thousands rally in Istanbul for second night to protest against İmamoğlu’s arrest
ISTANBUL — Thousands of people have gathered outside Istanbul's city hall for a second consecutive night to protest against the arrest of the city's mayor, which many view as a politically driven attempt to eliminate a key rival from the next presidential race.Ekrem İmamoğlu, a prominent political opponent of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was arrested after a dawn raid on his residence on Wednesday as part of investigations into alleged corruption and terror links.Prosecutors accuse him of exploiting his position for financial gain, including the improper allocation of government contracts.In a separate investigation, prosecutors also accuse him of aiding the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), by allegedly forming an alliance with Kurdish groups for the Istanbul...
March 21, 2025

Thousands rally in Istanbul for second night to protest against İmamoğlu’s arrest

Neighbours watch as volunteers and rescue workers search for survivors among the rubble of a building hit in an air strike in Khan Younis, 20 March, 2025
At least 85 killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, health authorities say
GAZA — At least 85 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza overnight and into Thursday, according to local health officials in the enclave.The strikes reportedly hit multiple homes in the middle of the night, killing men, women and children as they slept.One of the strikes in the early hours of Thursday hit the Abu Daqa family's home in Abasan al-Kabira, a village just outside of Khan Younis near the border with Israel.It was inside an area the Israeli military ordered evacuated earlier this week, encompassing most of eastern Gaza.The strike killed at least 16 people, mostly women and children, according to the nearby European Hospital, which received the bodies.Those killed included a father and his seven children, as well as the parents and brother of a month-old...
March 21, 2025

At least 85 killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, health authorities say

Hussein Daraghma, a Palestinian farmer from al-Farisiyah in the Jordan Valley, told CNN his family was terrorized by Israeli settlers on a regular basis
Palestinians fear annexation as Israeli outposts proliferate West Bank 
BARDALA, West Bank — Jihad Suleiman Al-Sawafta, 46, has lived on his farm in the occupied West Bank village of Bardala his entire life. But when Israeli settlers showed up in December, Al-Sawafta said his land, and his livelihood, shrank to a fraction of its former self.“The settlers brought another settler here and placed him in our area. The Israelis built a road that separates us from grazing and agricultural areas, and the settlers don’t allow us to farm on them,” he told CNN.“They crowded the area. They took thousands of dunams (1,000 square meters) from Bardala and its grazing lands,” he said, referring to his Palestinian town in the northern part of the West Bank. He added that the Jordan Valley, a fertile strip of land long considered the West Bank’s breadbasket, had...
March 20, 2025

Palestinians fear annexation as Israeli outposts proliferate West Bank 

Alaa Abu Hihal's pregnant wife, and baby, were killed in the Israeli bombardment
Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes
JERUSALEM — In Gaza, Palestinians have been burying their dead.At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Strip, Alaa Abu Hihal stands cradling his baby son Mohammed in his arms.The child's tiny face peeps out of a white shroud.Mohammed was one of more than 170 children killed in Israel's renewed bombardment of Gaza on Tuesday, which shattered the ceasefire deal in place for the past two months.Alaa's wife lies in a body bag at his feet. She was just 20."We only got married two years ago," Alaa says. "She was seven months pregnant when she was killed."Israel says it broke the ceasefire because Hamas was stalling for time over the release of Israeli hostages. It accuses Hamas of hiding behind civilians and of preparing to attack Israel...
March 20, 2025

Gazans grieve children killed in massive Israeli strikes

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Trump gives Iran two-month deadline to reach new nuclear deal
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump, in a letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei proposing negotiations on a new nuclear deal, made clear that Iran has a two-month deadline to reach an agreement, a source familiar with the letter’s contents told CNN.The directive comes as Trump has said he would like to reach a deal with Iran to gain more control over their nuclear capabilities. Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff delivered the letter to the president of the United Arab Emirates Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan while he was in Abu Dhabi last week, the source said. The UAE later gave the letter to the Iranians.“President Trump made it clear to Ayatollah Khamenei that he wanted to resolve the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program diplomatically – and very soon...
March 20, 2025

Trump gives Iran two-month deadline to reach new nuclear deal

The Houthis say they are acting in support of the Palestinians in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza
Houthi missile fired at Israel intercepted as fresh air strikes hit Gaza
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi group has claimed responsibility for a missile fired at Israel, which was intercepted.The ballistic missile was fired toward Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, the group's military spokesperson said in a televised statement.Sirens sounded in several areas of Israel, the Israeli Defense Forces said. No injuries have been reported and the IDF says the missile was stopped before entering Israel.Meanwhile, Gaza's Hamas-run civil defense agency said Israeli strikes early on Thursday have killed at least 10 people.Israel has extended its ground operations in Gaza, after launching a wave of air strikes that the Hamas-run health ministry says killed more than 430 people in two days.The air strikes on Thursday reportedly targeted six homes east of Khan Younis, a...
March 20, 2025

Houthi missile fired at Israel intercepted as fresh air strikes hit Gaza

The IDF said it had begun 'targeted ground activities' in Gaza
Israel extends ground operations in Gaza after deadly air strikes
JERUSALEM — Israel says it has extended its ground operations in Gaza, after launching a wave of air strikes that the Hamas-run health ministry says killed more than 430 people in two days.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops had moved in up to the Netzarim Corridor, which divides the north and south of the Strip.The renewed assault on Gaza marks the end of the fragile ceasefire deal that had been in place since January.Earlier, the UN said two people — including one of its staff — had been killed after an explosion at its compound in Deir al-Balah.A foreign ministry spokesman said it would launch an investigation, but denied Israel was to blame.The IDF said it had begun "targeted ground activities" to create what it called a "partial buffer between the north...
March 20, 2025

Israel extends ground operations in Gaza after deadly air strikes

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