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Netanyahu Says He Will Push Ahead With Gaza City Takeover And Renewed Ceasefire Talks

Netanyahu Says He Will Push Ahead With Gaza City Takeover And Renewed Ceasefire Talks

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he will give final approval for the takeover of Gaza City while also restarting negotiations with Hamas aimed at returning all the remaining hostages and ending the war on Israel’s terms. The wide-scale operation in Gaza City could start within days. Netanyahu’s approval was expected during a meeting with...

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Palestinian Factions Begin Handing Over Weapons At Beirut Refugee Camp

Palestinian Factions Begin Handing Over Weapons At Beirut Refugee Camp

Palestinian factions started handing over some of the weapons held in a refugee camp on the outskirts of Beirut to the Lebanese army on Thursday, an initial step in implementing a plan officials announced three months earlier for removing arms from the camps. It was a modest first step. One pickup left the camp loaded with weapons...

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Protests In Israel And Gaza

Protests In Israel And Gaza

Hundreds gathered Thursday for a rare protest in Gaza City against the war and Israel’s plans to support the mass relocation of Palestinians to other countries. Women and children held placards reading “Save Gaza” and “Stop the war, stop the savage attack, save us,” against a backdrop of destroyed buildings as Palestinian music played. Unlike in previous protests,...

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U.N. Envoy Warns Of Renewed Violence In Syria A Month Into A Fragile Ceasefire

U.N. Envoy Warns Of Renewed Violence In Syria A Month Into A Fragile Ceasefire

Syria’s transition remains “on a knife-edge” and violence could resume at any moment in the southern city of Sweida, which saw deadly clashes last month, the top U.N. envoy for Syria warned on Thursday. Geir Pedersen told the U.N. Security Council that while violence in Sweida has largely subsided following a ceasefire, “the threat of renewed conflict is ever-present...