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Mourners and a paramedic move the body of a Palestinian killed in an Israeli strike, according to medics, at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, Gaza, on March 17, 2025 [
Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza, vows to fight 'in full force'
GAZA — At least 13 people have reportedly been killed in air strikes across Gaza overnight, after Israel said it was resuming fighting "in full force" in the Palestinian territory.Two civilians were killed and five others injured when an Israeli drone hit a tent near the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports, citing Red Crescent medics.Israel's army said it had targeted what it called a Hamas military site, from where the group was preparing to fire into Israel. Vessels controlled by Hamas were also hit, the army said.It comes after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said it had "resumed combat in full force", adding: "This is just the beginning."The bombing is not of the same scale as it was on Tuesday, when...
March 19, 2025

Israel launches fresh strikes on Gaza, vows to fight 'in full force'

Six-year-old Manal Jouda tells CNN about the night her home was destroyed and trapping her under the rubble
Israel’s strikes in Gaza leave a generation of Palestinian children traumatized
GAZA — Mimicking the motion of combing locks of hair with a brush, Sama Tubail stares at her reflection in a mirror and begins to cry.“I’m just so sad there isn’t a single strand of hair to comb with my brush,” Sama told CNN with her head in her hands. “I hold the mirror because I want to brush my hair: I really want to brush my hair again.”For the eight-year-old, the movement brings back memories of a life before October 7, 2023 – when she had long hair and played outside with her friends in northern Gaza’s Jabalya. But since then, Sama and her family have been among the estimated 1.9 million Palestinians forcibly displaced from their homes, fleeing first to the enclave’s southern Rafah region under Israeli military orders. As the violence escalated, Sama moved to a...
March 19, 2025

Israel’s strikes in Gaza leave a generation of Palestinian children traumatized

Istanbul's Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu addresses his supporters in Istanbul, Turkey, on January 31, 2025
Turkey orders detention of Istanbul mayor and 100 others, prosecutors say
ANKARA — Turkish authorities have ordered the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, a key rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, along with around 100 other people, prosecutors said on Wednesday, according to state-run news agency Anadolu Agency.The order comes just days before the main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) is scheduled to hold a primary election, where Imamoglu was expected to be chosen as its presidential candidate.Live video from CNN Turk showed police wearing riot gear and dozens of security vehicles outside Imamoglu’s home.“I am saddened to say, a handful of people who are trying to steal the will of the people, have sent the dear police, the security forces implicating them in this wrongful doing,” Imamoglu said in a video posted to X on...
March 19, 2025

Turkey orders detention of Istanbul mayor and 100 others, prosecutors say

A girl searches for items at a house which was destroyed in strikes on the Shujaiya district in Gaza City on 18 March
Netanyahu calls strikes on Gaza 'only the beginning' as hundreds reported killed
TEL AVIV — Israel has "resumed combat in full force" against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night.In a defiant video statement, he warned that "negotiations will continue only under fire" and that "this is just the beginning".His comments came after Israeli aircraft launched massive airstrikes against what the military said were Hamas targets in Gaza.More than 400 people have been killed in the attacks, the Hamas-run health ministry said, and hundreds more injured.The wave of strikes was the heaviest since a ceasefire began on 19 January.The fragile truce had mostly held until now, but this new wave of attacks suggests plans for a permanent end to the war may be off the table.The airstrikes that hit Beit Lahia,...
March 19, 2025

Netanyahu calls strikes on Gaza 'only the beginning' as hundreds reported killed

Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, has reportedly been killed. (File photo)
Israel launches 'extensive strikes' on Gaza with at least 220 killed
GAZA — The Israeli military says it is carrying out "extensive strikes" in the Gaza Strip, with the Hamas-run health ministry reporting that at least 220 Palestinians have been killed.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was targeting what it called "terror targets" belonging to Hamas.Mahmoud Abu Wafah, the deputy interior minister in Gaza and the highest-ranking Hamas security official in the territory, has reportedly been killed in a strike.This is the largest wave of airstrikes in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Talks to extend the Gaza ceasefire have failed to reach an agreement.Many people were having their pre-dawn meal, due to it being the holy month of Ramadan, when explosions started in Gaza, witnesses say.More than 20 Israeli war planes flew...
March 18, 2025

Israel launches 'extensive strikes' on Gaza with at least 220 killed

Donald Trump
Trump warns Iran will face 'dire' consequences unless Houthi attacks stop
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it will face "dire" consequences if Yemen's Houthis continue to attack international shipping lanes.He said the Iranian leadership would be held responsible for "every shot fired by the Houthis", which have long been backed by Tehran. The group later said it had targeted a US aircraft carrier three times in the past two days.The Houthis first tried to attack the USS Harry S Truman in the Red Sea on Sunday following deadly US strikes on Yemen.The Pentagon said it had struck 30 targets in Yemen since Saturday, in the biggest US military operation in the Middle East since Trump returned to the White House.Trump posted on his Truth Social platform on Monday: "Every shot fired by the Houthis will be...
March 18, 2025

Trump warns Iran will face 'dire' consequences unless Houthi attacks stop

A member of the Syrian forces near a military vehicle as it heads toward the Syrian-Lebanese border in Qusayr, Syria, on Monday
Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after cross-border attacks kill 10
DAMASCUS — The defense ministers of Syria and Lebanon agreed to a ceasefire on Monday, Syria’s state-run SANA news agency reported, after cross-border attacks left 10 dead and more than 50 wounded.The two officials also agreed to strengthen coordination and cooperation between their countries, according to SANA.The agreement follows an escalation of tensions between Beirut and Syria’s new government. In the past two days, cross-border attacks have killed three Syrians and seven Lebanese, according to the two governments, with 52 people being wounded on the Lebanese side.On Monday, Syria shelled Lebanese villages on the border after three Syrians died in the northern Lebanese town of Qasr, according to the Lebanese military, which said its forces responded to the attack.The Syrian...
March 18, 2025

Lebanon and Syria agree to ceasefire after cross-border attacks kill 10

People gather at the site of a house hit by a strike in Saada, Yemen, March 16, on Sunday
Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen, Houthis say
SANAA — Yemen's Houthi rebels say there have been fresh US strikes against them, with the number of dead rising to 53, including five children.Targets in the Al Jaouf and Hudaydah areas were hit early on Monday, according to the rebel group, while the US Central Command said its forces had continued operations.The US launched what it called a "decisive and powerful" wave of air strikes on Houthi targets on Saturday as part of efforts to stop Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea.Washington says some key Houthi figures are among the dead, but the group has not confirmed this.Houthi leader Abdul Malik al-Houthi said his militants would target US ships in the Red Sea as long as the US continued its attacks on Yemen.Updating an earlier death toll, Houthi health ministry...
March 17, 2025

Fifty-three killed in US strikes on Yemen, Houthis say

A Houthi supporter holds a mock missile during a protest marking Jerusalem Day in support of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, April 5, 2024
Houthis respond to Trump's airstrikes with ballistic missile attacks on US aircraft carrier
SANAA — The Houthis announced that they launched an attack comprising of 18 ballistic and cruise missiles, along with drones, targeting the USS Harry S Truman aircraft carrier and its accompanying warships in the northern Red Sea on Sunday.Houthi military spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Saree stated that the attack was a response to more than 47 US airstrikes — ordered by US President Donald Trump — on rebel-controlled areas in Yemen, including the capital Sanaa and the province of Saada, which borders Saudi Arabia.“The Yemeni Armed Forces will not hesitate to target all American warships in the Red Sea and the Arabian Sea in retaliation for the aggression against our country,” Saree declared.Both Washington and the Houthis have warned of further escalation following the US...
March 17, 2025

Houthis respond to Trump's airstrikes with ballistic missile attacks on US aircraft carrier

Ronen Bar, chief of Israel's domestic Shin Bet security agency
Netanyahu moves to fire the head of Israel’s internal security service
TEL AVIV — After months of tension, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would seek to remove the chief of the Shin Bet security service, Ronen Bar.Netanyahu met with Bar and informed him that he would propose his removal to the government this week, the prime minister’s office said on Sunday.Netanyahu is believed to have majority support in government to remove Bar, but the move could be subject to appeals by Israel’s Supreme Court.In a statement, Bar said that he intends to fulfill certain responsibilities before leaving his position.“The duty of trust owed by the head of the Shin Bet is first and foremost to the citizens of Israel – this perception is what underlies all of my actions and decisions,” Bar said, “The Prime Minister’s expectation of a...
March 17, 2025

Netanyahu moves to fire the head of Israel’s internal security service

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