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Tel Aviv, Israel – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu underwent successful surgery on Sunday to remove his prostate, hospital officials said, a procedure that comes as he manages a series of crises including the war in Gaza and an alleged corruption trial. Netanyahu, who has suffered a number of health problems in recent years, has…
Jerusalem Hostages in Gaza faced torture, including sexual and psychological abuse, starvation, burning and medical neglect, according to a new report from the Israeli Health Ministry to be submitted to the United Nations this week. The report is based on interviews with medical and welfare teams who treated more than 100 Israeli and foreign hostages,…
Rome- Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Saturday that efforts to free Italian journalist Cecilia Sala from prison in Iran are “complicated.” Salah was detained by police in Tehran on December 19 and, according to his employer, is being held in the city’s notorious Evin prison. “We are trying to resolve a complex issue and…
Sanaa, Yemen – A day after fresh air strikes on the Houthi-held capital Sanaa, the Israeli military said it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen early Saturday. “A missile launched from Yemen was intercepted before it could enter Israeli territory,” the Israeli military said, as sirens sounded in Jerusalem and the Dead Sea areas on…
Syria’s new authorities on Thursday arrested a military justice official from the government of ousted President Bashar al-Assad. The arrest of Mohammed Kanjo Hassan was confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights a day after deadly clashes broke out in Assad’s stronghold, the coastal province of Tartus, where gunmen sought to protect him. Twenty…
Jerusalem Israel’s military said it struck several targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday, including Sanaa International Airport and three West Bank ports. The Israeli military said the strikes hit Yemen’s Hezias and Ras Kanatib power stations, as well as military infrastructure in the ports of Hodeidah, Salif and Ras Kanatib….
Five journalists were killed in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza in an Israeli airstrike early Thursday, Palestinian doctors said. Al-Quds Today television channel, which is affiliated with the Islamic Jihad militant group, said in a statement that a broadcast truck was hit and five of its employees were killed in the attack. The channel…
Modin, Israel – For more than 400 days, Yonah Brief has tried to recover after being seriously injured during the Hamas terror attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023. But the combat medic died in late November after losing both legs and being in a medically induced coma. The dual Israeli-American citizen has become…
Israel’s military said early Tuesday it intercepted a missile launched from Yemen. The military said the missile set off a siren in the air, but caused no damage after being destroyed before entering Israeli territory. Yemen-based Houthi militants have fired several missiles at Israel since Hamas launched attacks on Israel in October 2023, sparking a…
The former Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmuk, on the outskirts of Damascus, offers a glimpse of how brutal the Syrian civil war has been for the civilian population. Home to more than 150,000 people, Yarmouk was completely destroyed during the early years of the war. Now, many people are returning to try to rebuild their…
