Thousands of people are trapped in Gaza’s Jabalia camp as Israeli forces attack the area Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. At least 20 Palestinians were killed and dozens more were wounded late on Friday by Israeli strikes in Jabalia, which also damaged four nearby homes, medics told Reuters. The death toll is likely to rise,…
More than 100 Israeli soldiers signed a letter saying they’ll refuse to serve in the military unless the government commits to a Gaza ceasefire and secures the release of captives held there, Al Jazeera reports. According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the 130 signatories of the letter — addressed to Israeli cabinet ministers and army chief of staff…
Arab and international efforts are ongoing to halt Israeli attacks on Lebanon “despite Israel’s intransigence,” Anadolu reports according to caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati. “Some may think that diplomatic efforts have stopped, but this is untrue, we continue to hold required contacts,” Mikati said in a statement released by his office. He affirmed that Lebanon’s friends…
A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said on Wednesday. The plane had taken off from the western US coastal city of Seattle on Tuesday evening, airline spokesman Yahya Ustun wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “The pilot of our…
Left-leaning politician Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election after a historic second round of counting. No candidate won more than 50% of the total votes in the first round, where Dissanayake got 42.31% while his closest rival, opposition leader Sajith Premadasa, got 32.76%. But Dissanayake, who promised voters good governance and tough…
Jerusalem/Beirut – Tensions between Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah have reached a boiling point, with both sides exchanging intense strikes overnight, sparking fears of an imminent full-scale war.sraeli warplanes conducted multiple sorties over southern Lebanon, targeting suspected Hezbollah strongholds and military installations. Hezbollah militants fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel, causing widespread damage and injuries….
