Israel

Lebanon urges US pressure on Israel to halt raids as ceasefire frays

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called on the United States on Monday to pressure Israel into halting military strikes, ceasefire violations, and the demolition of homes in southern Lebanon, raising the issue directly with US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa. The…

Brazilian flotilla activist returns home alleging torture by Israel

Brazilian activist Thiago Ávila returned to São Paulo on Monday after being deported from Israel, where he alleged he was tortured and witnessed abuses of Palestinian prisoners during 10 days in custody following his arrest aboard a Gaza-bound humanitarian flotilla.

Spain, Ireland, Slovenia won’t air Eurovision over Israel’s participation

The 70th Eurovision Song Contest officially launched in Vienna on Sunday, May 10, with a turquoise carpet ceremony at the Rathausplatz welcoming delegations from 35 countries — but the festivities were overshadowed by the largest boycott in the competition's history…

Knesset passes law creating military tribunal for Oct. 7 suspects

Israel's Knesset on Monday voted overwhelmingly to establish a special military tribunal to prosecute Palestinians detained during and after the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks, creating a legal framework that could lead to death sentences for those convicted of genocide…

Israel built secret base in Iraq during Iran war, WSJ reports

Israel established a clandestine military outpost in Iraq's western desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who nearly discovered the site, the Wall Street Journal News Corp reported on Saturday, citing people familiar…

US restates opposition to West Bank annexation at UN

A U.S. diplomat told the United Nations on Friday that Washington opposes Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank, restating a position the Trump administration has maintained since taking office amid growing alarm over settlement expansion and escalating violence against…

Rubio calls Israel-Lebanon peace ‘imminently achievable’

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared Tuesday that a peace deal between Israel and Lebanon is "imminently achievable," while identifying Hezbollah as the central obstacle to any lasting agreement between the two nations.

Iran’s nuclear timeline unchanged despite war, US intel finds

Two months into a U.S.-led military campaign against Iran, American intelligence assessments indicate that the time Tehran would need to build a nuclear weapon has not shifted since last summer, when a joint U.S.-Israeli strike extended the timeline to roughly…

US to shut Gaza ceasefire center as Trump plan stalls

The Trump administration is set to shut down the Civil-Military Coordination Centre (CMCC), the U.S. military-run facility in southern Israel that served as the centerpiece of Washington's effort to oversee the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and coordinate humanitarian aid to Gaza, according…

Israeli strikes damage National Museum of Yemen in Sanaa

Israeli airstrikes on Yemen's capital Sanaa last Wednesday damaged the National Museum of Yemen, shattering windows and doors and compromising the security of thousands of ancient artifacts housed within the institution. The attack, which killed at least 46 people and…

100,000-year-old burial site found in Israeli cave

Archaeologists in central Israel have uncovered what they believe to be one of the world's oldest burial sites, containing human remains dating back 100,000 years that were carefully arranged in ceremonial positions with ritual objects. The discovery at Tinshemet Cave…