middle east
Israel-Gaza war: US blocks Security Council ceasefire resolution The US has blocked a Gaza ceasefire draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council – the fourth time it has used its veto power during the conflict to shield its ally, Israel. Fourteen of the 15 Council members voted in favour of the draft, which demanded … Read more
US envoy heads to Israel after progress on Hezbollah ceasefire Reuters Amos Hochstein (L) held talks with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (R) for a second day in Beirut A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, after reporting “additional progress” during a second day of … Read more
Beirut: Meet the TikTokers filming destroyed homes As people are displaced by the Israeli air strikes pounding the Beirut suburb of Dahieh, two TikTokers are filming the damage for families who have fled. Ali Baydoun and Adam Kassak post videos online documenting the scale of damage to buildings for those who have been forced to … Read more
Israeli strikes on Syria’s Palmyra kills 36, state media say At least 36 people have been killed and 50 others injured in Israeli air strikes on residential buildings and an industrial area in the central Syrian town of Palmyra, Syrian state media report. The Sana news agency cited a military source as saying that Israeli … Read more
Virtually no aid has reached north Gaza in 40 days, UN says AFP Israel’s military says its offensive in Beit Lahia and other areas of northern Gaza targets regrouping Hamas fighters Palestinians are “facing diminishing conditions for survival” in parts of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces because virtually no aid has been delivered … Read more
Palestinian olive harvest under threat from Israeli settler attacks and restrictions Family handout Hanan Abu Salameh, 59, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier while she harvested olives On a Thursday afternoon towards the end of last month, a 59-year-old Palestinian woman set out to gather olives on her family’s land near the village … Read more
Iranian woman detained over undressing is released without charge An Iranian woman will not face charges after she stripped to her underwear in an apparent anti-hijab protest at a university in Tehran, Iranian authorities say. Earlier in November, video went viral on social media capturing the moment the woman, named by BBC Persian as Ahoo … Read more
Hamas leaders no longer in Doha but office not closed, Qatar says The most senior Hamas leader outside Gaza and other key figures in its negotiating team are no longer in Doha, Qatar’s government and a senior Palestinian official have said. Qatar’s foreign ministry spokesman said Hamas’s office no longer had a function because Qatar … Read more
Four UN peacekeepers injured by rocket fire in Lebanon Reuters The UN peacekeeping agency in southern Lebanon says four of its troops were injured when a rocket hit a base, one of three separate incidents in which its troops and bases came under fire on Tuesday. Four Ghanaian peacekeepers were injured, with three requiring hospital … Read more
Israel hit part of Iran nuclear programme, Netanyahu says Israel’s prime minister says it hit part of Iran’s nuclear programme last month, despite pleas from the US not to do so during the strikes it carried out in response to a missile attack. “It’s not a secret. It was published,” Benjamin Netanyahu told the Israeli … Read more