Israel-Palestine

November 1, 2024 10:16 AM

US urges Israel to extend waiver on co-operation with Palestinian banks

Israel's decision for a month's waiver extension on co-operation between Israeli and Palestinian banks covered a "very short term" and would create "another looming crisis" by Nov. 30, the United States warned on Thursday. The remarks came after a spokesman for Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said he would sign the waiver to extend banks' co-operation for another month after the cabinet agreed. "The very short-term duration of this extension creates another looming crisis by Nov. 30,...

October 6, 2024 11:55 AM

At least 24 killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza mosque and school

At least 24 people were killed and 93 others wounded when Israeli airstrikes targeted a mosque and a school sheltering displaced people in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday morning, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said. The strikes on the mosque and the school, near the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, came as the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas in the enclave approaches its first anniversary. In its own statement, the Israeli militar...

July 26, 2024 9:44 PM

Envoy Naor Gilon lauds India-Israel ties, calls PM Modi and Netanyahu’s visits “game changer”

Israel's Ambassador to India, Naor Gilon, has lauded the robust relationship between India and Israel, emphasizing the strength of their ties across all fronts. In an exclusive interview with ANI, Gilon highlighted the landmark visits of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel in 2017 and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to India in 2018 as "game changers" for bilateral relations. Ambassador Gilon emphasized the unique "secret ingredient" in India-Israel relations: the strong people-to-people conne...