No deal without ‘Complete withdrawal’ says Haniyeh

JERUSALEM POST STAFF FEBRUARY 2, 2024 18:42 Any deal negotiation must lead to a ceasefire and a complete IDF withdrawal from the Gaza strip, said Ismael Haniyeh on Friday, according to Israeli media sources. According to reports, the Hamas leader said this during a phone call with Islamic Jihad leader Ziad Nakhala.

US launches counter-strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials announce

US launches counter-strikes in Iraq and Syria, officials announce While the US strikes did not target any locations inside Iran, they are likely to increase concern about tensions in the Middle East. By REUTERS FEBRUARY 2, 2024 22:15 Updated: FEBRUARY 3, 2024 01:21 The United States started carrying out retaliatory strikes on Friday in Iraq […]

Iranian Revolutionary Guard advisor said killed in alleged Israeli strike in Syria

State news agency SANA cites Syrian military as saying it shot down Israeli missiles launched at south Damascus from Golan Heights overnight; no immediate comment from IDF By AGENCIES and TOI STAFFToday, 12:06 pm   Honor guards carry the coffin of Razi Moussavi, a senior commander in the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), killed […]

Top UK diplomat Cameron: No recognition of Palestinian state until Hamas out of Gaza

‘You can’t have 2-state solution with Gaza still controlled by those responsible for Oct. 7,’ foreign secretary says on trip to Lebanon; ‘need to give Palestinian people a horizon’ By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 10:43 am   Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Cameron, left, speaks with Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. […]

UN experts: Al-Qaeda messaging increasingly focusing on Al-Aqsa in wake of Oct. 7

New report says terror groups can’t launch long-range operations but still ‘harbor global ambitions’; threat high in Africa conflict zones, Afghanistan, rise in Europe By AP and TOI STAFFToday, 9:32 am   Tens of thousands of Muslim worshipers attend the last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque Compound atop the Temple Mount […]

Alleged Israeli airstrikes target Iranian stronghold near Damascus – report

Syrian state media said only material damage was caused by the airstrikes. TZVI JOFFRE FEBRUARY 2, 2024 07:25 Updated: FEBRUARY 2, 2024 09:47 An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots(photo credit: REUTERS/AMIR COHEN)Alleged Israeli airstrikes targeted Sayyidah Zaynab, a stronghold of […]