Tag: Israel

Two missiles shot down by Syrian air defences: State TV

AMMAN: Syrian anti-aircraft defences shot down missiles fired at the Syrian air base of Shayrat in Homs province late on Monday and another base northeast...

Netanyahu praises US strikes in Syria, warns about Iran

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coupled praise for US-led strikes on Syrian targets on Saturday with a warning that Iran’s presence there further endangers...

Renewed hope after Israel, Palestine reach rare compromise at UNESCO

NEW YORK: Diplomats at UNESCO are hailing a possible breakthrough on longstanding Israeli-Arab tensions at the UN cultural agency. Israel's ambassador to UNESCO said the...

Iran vows retaliation against alleged Israeli strike on Syrian airbase

TEHRAN: The top adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, on Tuesday described a strike on a military airbase in Syria as “Israel’s crime” and...

Israel to investigate sniper shooting unarmed Gaza citizen video

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Monday that it was investigating a video that appears to show an Israeli army sniper shooting a motionless...

Israeli jets target Hamas positions in Gaza  after ‘infiltration attempt’

GAZA: Israeli fighter jets targeted a Hamas “military target” in northern Gaza on Monday in response to Palestinians infiltrating the border and laying bombs the...

Syria, Russia blame Israel for airbase attack

DAMASCUS: Syrian state media blamed Israel for the overnight attack on a Syrian airbase in central Syria on Monday. “The Israeli aggression on the T4...

Syria suspects US over airbase strikes, Pentagon denies

AMMAN: Syrian state TV said on Monday the United States was suspected of striking an air base hours after US President Donald Trump warned...

‘No innocent people’ in Gaza, says Israeli defence minister after 30...

TEL AVIV: Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday there were “no innocent people” in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after days of protests and...

Israeli gunfire wounds 40 Palestinians in renewed Gaza border protest: medics

GAZA BORDER: Israeli forces shot and wounded at least 40 Palestinian protesters on Friday, Palestinian medics said, as thousands converged on Gaza’s border with...

Negotiating with ‘usurper’ regime Israel ‘unforgettable error’, says Iran’s supreme leader

BEIRUT: Any move to negotiate with Israel would be an “unforgettable error”, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday, after Saudi Arabia’s...

Another Palestinian killed near Gaza-Israel border as more protests loom

GAZA:  A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire in Gaza on Tuesday, Palestinian medics said, raising the death toll from clashes along the...

Saudi king reaffirms support for Palestinians after son’s Israel comments

  Saudi King Salman reaffirmed support for Palestinians to US President Donald Trump, state media said Tuesday, after his son and heir apparent said Israel...

Israel cancels controversial plan to deport African migrants

ATHENS: Greece said on Monday that Turkey appeared to be seeking some political leverage by continuing to hold two of its soldiers without trial...

France calls on Israel to exercise restraint in Gaza

PARIS: France urged Israel on Sunday to show restraint following its military response to Palestinian demonstrations on the Gaza-Israel border that killed at least...

No Gaza inquiry, Israeli defence minister says

JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister rejected on Sunday calls for an inquiry into the killing of 15 Palestinians by the military during a Palestinian demonstration...

Israel says it will expand response if Gaza clashes go on

Israel will target “terror organisations” in Gaza if violence along the territory's border with Israel drags on, the chief military spokesman warned on Saturday,...