Hamas rejects hostage deal, Gallant blames its leadership abroad – report

Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri told Reuters on Monday the organization was open to discussing ideas but that no deal was yet in place. TOVAH LAZAROFF REUTERS JANUARY 24, 2024 20:19 Updated: JANUARY 24, 2024 22:29  Defense Minister Yoav Gallant blamed Hamas’s leadership abroad for thwarting a hostage deal by taking a hardline stance, […]

Hezbollah rockets that landed in Israel possibly contained deadly white phosphorus

If this is true, this would be the first time that Hezbollah has used white phosphorus. JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 24, 2024 21:32 Updated: JANUARY 24, 2024 22:46 (photo credit: EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/REUTERS) Two mortar shells that were fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon into the Metulla area last week are suspected to have contained white phosphorus, […]

Iranian leader heads to Turkey to talk Gaza war with Erdogan

Twice-delayed visit by Raisi comes as Iran state media broadcasts anger at Ankara over continuing trade and diplomatic relations with Jerusalem By AFP and TOI STAFFToday, 9:32 am   This handout picture provided by the Iranian presidency on January 5, 2024, shows Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi speaking in the southern city of Kerman. (Iranian Presidency / AFP) ANKARA, […]

UK says 24 nations launched further strikes on Yemen’s Houthis

By REUTERS24 January 2024, 1:05 am   LONDON — Britain says in a joint statement on Tuesday that 24 countries, including the United States, Germany and Australia, conducted additional strikes on Monday against eight targets in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen. “In response to continued illegal and reckless Houthi attacks against vessels transiting the Red Sea and […]

One-month pause in Gaza fighting now a focus of hostage release talks, sources say

IDF says over 100 Hamas operatives killed in Khan Younis area today, troops find largest underground weapons production site to date * Hezbollah, Iranian ‘asset’ hit in Lebanon By REUTERS and TOI STAFFToday, 11:54 pm  5 Israel and Hamas broadly agree in principle that an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners could take place during a month-long […]

Does Iran really believe Israel wants regional war?

Does Iran really believe Israel wants regional war? Iran has publicly accused Israel of seeking an “all-out war” in the Middle East. But how does the Iranian regime truly feel? By SETH J. FRANTZMAN JANUARY 23, 2024 23:58   Brigadier General Esmail Qaani, the head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, speaks during a ceremony […]

Report: Israel and Hamas mulling exchange deal during one-month truce in Gaza

Reuters reporting that Israel offered to end the war if Sinwar and five other Hamas leaders leave Gaza. Hamas rejected the proposal. Israel National News   Jan 24, 2024, 12:40 AM (GMT+2)   Yahya SinwarAttia Muhammed/Flash 90 Israel and Hamas broadly agree in principle that an exchange of Israeli hostages for Palestinian Arab prisoners could take […]

Iran sternly warned US against attacks on Yemen: FM

https://img9.irna.ir/d/r2/2024/01/23/1/170884359_180p.mp4?ts=1705978385673 New York, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian says Iran has warned the US that its decision to launch joint attacks with the UK against Yemen is a strategic mistake. He made the comment in response to a question by IRNA’s correspondent to New York on Monday local time after the end of […]

Egypt warns Israel that attempt to take over ‘Philadelphi Route’ will damage ties

Head of Egyptian state info service denounces accusations of arms smuggling as ‘lies,’ accuses Israeli government of trying to escape from ‘its successive failures’ in the Gaza war By TOI STAFF and AGENCIESToday, 4:22 am   A shepherd leads a flock of sheep in Rafah near the border with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on January 16, […]

Borrell threatens Israel on two-state solution, as EU begins road map talks

“I don’t think we should talk about the Middle East peace process anymore,” Borrell told reporters. “We should start talking specifically about the two-state-solution.” RINA BASSIST JANUARY 22, 2024 20:19 JANUARY 23, 2024 00:48  European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Monday called for an international peace conference to draft a road map for […]

Saudi Arabia’s top envoy: No recognizing Israel without path to Palestinian state

Prince Faisal bin Farhan tells CNN the kingdom isn’t interested in rebuilding Gaza only to return to pre-Oct. 7 status quo in a way that sets up another round of fighting By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 12:24 pm   Screen capture from video of Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan during an interview with CNN, January 21, […]

US, UK, European officials said pushing Israel to let more Gaza aid enter via Ashdod

NY Times says security cabinet quietly approved shipments of flour via port, but kept decision under wraps amid public pressure over hostages held by Hamas By TOI STAFFToday, 12:50 pm   Trucks carrying humanitarian aid enter Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip after crossing the terminal border from Egypt, on January 17, 2024. (AFP) Israel is […]

UN chief calls Israel’s refusal of two-state solution ‘totally unacceptable’

January 22, 2024 Guterres made no mention of consistent polling showing most Palestinians don’t favor a two-state solution. By Mike Wagenheim, JNS Without mentioning Benjamin Netanyahu by name, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres took aim at the Israeli premier on Sunday. On Shabbat, Netanyahu issued a statement suggesting that Israeli security needs are incompatible with Palestinian […]

Netanyahu rejects Hamas conditions for war end, hostage release deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. (file photo: AP) Israel Palestine Conflict   Published: 21 January ,2024: 09:31 PM GSTUpdated: 21 January ,2024: 11:39 PM GST Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end […]