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Satellite imagery shows the Golbon container ship, carrying sodium perchlorate, off the coast of Iran
Iran is rearming its missile program, Western sources say
HONG KONG — The first of two vessels carrying 1,000 tons of a Chinese-made chemical that could be a key component in fuel for Iran’s military missile program has anchored outside the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas on Thursday, ship tracking data shows. It could be a signal that Iran’s missile production is back to business as usual after the devastating, and embarrassing, attacks by Israel on key factories last year.The ship, Golbon, left the Chinese port of Taicang three weeks ago loaded with most of a 1,000-ton shipment of sodium perchlorate, the main precursor in the production of the solid propellant that powers Iran’s mid-range conventional missiles, according to two European intelligence sources.The sodium perchlorate could allow for the production of sufficient propellant for...
February 14, 2025

Iran is rearming its missile program, Western sources say

Hamas fighters patrol a street before they handover three Israeli hostages to a Red Cross team in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on February 8
Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages as planned 
GAZA — Hamas said it will release Israeli hostages as initially planned after holding “positive” talks with mediators, following a dispute with Israel over the Gaza ceasefire deal.The militant group had postponed the release of more hostages this weekend, accusing Israel of violating the fragile ceasefire. In response, Israel warned it would return to fighting.After talks with key mediators Egypt and Qatar, Hamas said that the releases – which will see Palestinian prisoners exchanged in return – will go ahead.“Hamas confirms its continued position to implement the deal according to what was signed, which includes exchanging prisoners according to the specified timetable,” a statement by the militant group said.“The talks were characterized by a positive spirit,” the...
February 13, 2025

Hamas says it will release Israeli hostages as planned 

Many displaced Palestinians have returned to the ruins of their homes in the north
Confusion clouds efforts to save Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM — The Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas has looked shaky since it came into force on 19 January but now looks the closest yet to totally falling apart.A senior Egyptian source told the BBC that regional mediators Egypt and Qatar were "intensifying their diplomatic efforts in an attempt to salvage the ceasefire agreement".A top-level Hamas delegation has now arrived in Cairo for talks "to contain the current crisis", a Hamas official told the BBC. He reiterated his group's "full commitment" to the terms of the deal.On Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: "If Hamas does not return our hostages by Saturday noon, the ceasefire will end and the [Israeli military] will resume intense fighting."However,...
February 13, 2025

Confusion clouds efforts to save Gaza ceasefire

Palestinian factions held a protest against Donald Trump's plan in Gaza City on Wednesday
Egypt to present 'vision' to rebuild Gaza without displacement
CAIRO — Egypt has said it is working on a "comprehensive vision" for the reconstruction of the war-torn Gaza Strip that guarantees Palestinians the right to stay on their land, unlike the proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump.The Egyptian foreign ministry said it hoped to cooperate with the Trump administration to reach "a just settlement of the Palestinian cause".It followed Trump's meeting with Jordan's King Abdullah on Tuesday, where he doubled down on his plan for the US to take over Gaza and permanently move the two million Palestinians living there to Jordan, Egypt and other locations.Abdullah said every Arab state rejected the idea, and that Egypt would present an alternative.The UN has warned that any forced displacement of the...
February 12, 2025

Egypt to present 'vision' to rebuild Gaza without displacement

US President Donald Trump speaks with Jordan's King Abdullah II at the White House, February 11
Trump insists US will take Gaza as he meets Jordan's King Abdullah
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has once again insisted the US will take control of the Gaza Strip, as he met Jordan's King Abdullah at the White House on Tuesday.It was their first meeting since Trump announced his proposal to take over the enclave and move its population of two million Palestinians to other countries in the region, including Jordan.Earlier this week, Trump suggested he could withhold aid to Jordan and Egypt unless they agreed to take in those Palestinians from Gaza.Jordan, a key US ally in the Middle East, is already home to millions of Palestinians and has rejected the proposal. King Abdullah said after their meeting that Jordan's "steadfast position [is] against the displacement of Palestinians".But speaking to reporters in the Oval Office,...
February 12, 2025

Trump insists US will take Gaza as he meets Jordan's King Abdullah

Three more hostages are due to be released in the next scheduled exchange
Hamas says it will postpone hostage release, blames Israeli violations
GAZA — A spokesperson for the armed wing of Hamas says the group is postponing the next scheduled release of Israeli hostages, blaming what he said were Israeli violations of the ceasefire deal.Three hostages held in Gaza are due to be freed on Saturday in exchange for more Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.Abu Obeida said the releases would not go ahead until Israel complied with its obligations. He said violations included delaying the return of displaced Palestinians to the north, firing on people, and failing to allow into Gaza humanitarian aid "in all its agreed-upon forms".Israel's defense minister called the announcement "a complete violation of the ceasefire agreement".Defence Minister Israel Katz said he had ordered the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...
February 11, 2025

Hamas says it will postpone hostage release, blames Israeli violations

Donald Trump looks on during Super Bowl LIX at Caesars Superdome on February 9 in New Orleans
Trump doubles down on plan to take over Gaza
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has doubled down on his plan to take control of Gaza, and said that he could allow other states in the Middle East to rebuild parts of the war-ravaged enclave.“I’m committed to buying and owning Gaza. As far as us rebuilding it, we may give it to other states in the Middle East to build sections of it," Trump told reporters onboard Air Force One as he traveled to the Super Bowl in New Orleans on Sunday."Other people may do it through our auspices. But we’re committed to owning it, taking it, and making sure that Hamas doesn’t move back. There’s nothing to move back into. The place is a demolition site. The remainder will be demolished," he added.Trump described the enclave as "the most dangerous site anywhere in the...
February 10, 2025

Trump doubles down on plan to take over Gaza

CCTV footage of the raid shows men flicking through books and putting them into trash bags.
Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in occupied East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli police raided two Palestinian bookstores in occupied east Jerusalem on Sunday, confiscating books and arresting one of the owners and his nephew, according to their family members.CCTV footage shared by the owners, four brothers from the Muna family, shows police officers putting books in trash bags at one of the branches of the Educational Bookshop, a decades-old respected institution with Arabic- and English-language branches.“They did throw some books on the ground but the Arabic (language) store is where the material damage was,” store owner Iyad Muna told CNN.Photos shared by Muna of the Arabic-language store show books, notebooks and writing materials scattered on the ground.The owner and his nephew were held overnight and will face a court hearing on...
February 10, 2025

Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in occupied East Jerusalem

Basel Adra with his camera in his West Bank home, an Israeli army bulldozer behind him
Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'
LONDON — A Palestinian and an Israeli sit in a West Bank village at night.They wonder aloud whether Basel will ever be able to freely visit Yuval's home in Israel, whether Basel's village will get building permits, and whether they will one day have stability.For years, the friends have been filming the destruction of houses, a well and a school by the Israeli army after a court order declared Basel's community illegal. They tell each other they hope they will change that reality.Now, that scene has reached some of the world's biggest stages.The film it is in, No Other Land, has been nominated for an Oscar and a Bafta for best documentary feature.It follows the fight over Masafer Yatta, a community of around 20 villages, and the friendship between Basel Adra and Israeli...
February 07, 2025

Oscar-nominated West Bank feature director says films 'can be part of change'

Almost 70% of Gaza's buildings are estimated to be destroyed or damaged following 15 months of war
Israel minister tells army to plan for Palestinians leaving Gaza
TEL AVIV — Israel's defense minister has told its military to prepare a plan to "allow any resident of Gaza who wishes to leave to do so", in line with President Donald Trump's proposal for the US to take over the territory and resettle the 2.1 million Palestinians there.Israel Katz said Gazans should have "freedom of movement and migration" and countries critical of Israel's war with Hamas were "obligated" to take them in.The US secretary of state meanwhile insisted the resettlement would be temporary during Gaza's reconstruction, though Trump had said it would be permanent.Palestinian leaders and Arab states have rejected the plan and said that forced displacement would violate international law.The UN secretary-general has also warned that...
February 06, 2025

Israel minister tells army to plan for Palestinians leaving Gaza

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