Tag: Israel

Released Palestinian prisoner Muhammad Abu Al-Humus, 17, hugs his mother after arriving home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023. Eleven Israeli women and children, freed by Hamas, entered Israel Monday night in the fourth swap under the original four-day truce, which began Friday and had been due to run out. Qatar said Israel was to release 33 Palestinians from its prisons, mostly teenagers.
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Israel and Hamas extend truce, agree to free more hostages and prisoners

Thirty-three Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrived early Tuesday in east Jerusalem…

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AP
X CEO Elon Musk leaves a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. The White House on November 17, 2023, condemned the owner of social media platform X and world's richest person Elon Musk for "abhorrent promotion" of anti-Semitism. Referring to a Musk post on X, formerly called Twitter, in which he endorsed an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory, White House spokesman Andrew Bates said it was "unacceptable" to repeat such a "hideous lie."
International

WATCH: Israeli president tells Elon Musk he has ‘huge role’ in anti-Semitism fight

Israel's president told Elon Musk on Monday that the tech mogul has…

AFP
AFP
People carry their belongings as Palestinians who had taken refuge in temporary shelters return to their homes in eastern Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip during the first hours of a four-day truce in the battles between Israel and Hamas militants, on November 24, 2023. A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on November 24, with hostages set to be released in exchange for prisoners in the first major reprieve in seven weeks of war that have claimed thousands of lives.
International

Israel-Hamas truce begins, hostages to be released

A four-day truce in the Israel-Hamas war began on Friday, with hostages…

AFP
AFP
Parliament votes on a motion for the closure of the Israeli embassy in South Africa
International

South African Parliament votes overwhelmingly to cut ties with Israel over Gaza violence

South Africa has taken steps to sever ties with Israel over the…

BGTN Reporter
BGTN Reporter
International

Qatar confirms Israel, Hamas reach deal on four-day truce, hostage release

Qatar confirmed on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement…

AFP
AFP
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, foreground right, shakes hands with delegates as he welcomes the five Arab and Islamic counterparts, far from left, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, and Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Hissein Brahim Taha prior to their meeting at the Diaoyutai state guesthouse in Beijing, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. China's foreign minister welcomed five Arab and Islamic counterparts to Beijing on Monday, saying his country would work with "our brothers and sisters" in the Arab and Islamic world to try to end the fighting in Gaza as soon as possible.
International

China welcomes Arab and Muslim foreign ministers for talks on ending the war in Gaza

BEIJING (AP) — China’s top diplomat welcomed four Arab foreign ministers and…

AP
AP
BRICS LEADERS ON GAZA
International

DEVELOPING: BRICS Nations to hold extraordinary joint meeting on Gaza violence, Ramaphosa to chair

As Chair of the BRICS group of nations, South African President Cyril…

BGTN Reporter
BGTN Reporter
Portraits of Israeli children hostages are displayed during a rally outside the Unicef offices in Tel Aviv on November 20, 2023 to demand the release of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 attack by Hamas militants, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian armed group. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) RELATED CONTE
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Hamas says Gaza truce deal ‘close’, raising hopes for hostages

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said Tuesday a truce agreement with Israel was…

AFP
AFP
Medical staff care for prematurely born Palestinian babies that were brought from Shifa Hospital in Gaza City to the hospital in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023
International

31 premature babies evacuated from Gaza’s largest hospital, but scores of trauma patients remain

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Health officials said 31 premature babies…

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AP
Palestine TV, Protests
International

More than one journalist per day is dying in the Israel-Gaza conflict. This has to stop

Peter Greste, Macquarie University According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the…

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The Conversation