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October 24, 2025 9:41 AM

Trump dismisses bid by some Israeli lawmakers to annex West Bank

U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday dismissed an effort by some Israeli lawmakers to push forward with annexation of the occupied West Bank, saying Israel is "not going to do anything with the West Bank." A bill applying Israeli law to the West Bank, a move tantamount to annexation of a territory that Palestinians seek for part of a future independent state, won preliminary approval by Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday. U.S. Vice President JD Vance said earlier during a visit to Israel that T...

October 21, 2025 9:15 PM

Israel urges Canadian PM Carney to drop pledge to arrest Netanyahu

Israel urged Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to drop his pledge to honour the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he travelled to the country. Carney was asked in an interview with Bloomberg published last week if he would fulfil the commitment of his predecessor Justin Trudeau to arrest Netanyahu on war crimes charges if he came to Canada, to which he replied "yes". "We believe that Prime Minister Carney should, of course, reconsider this...

October 21, 2025 3:04 PM

Vance to visit Israel with Gaza ceasefire uncertain

U.S. Vice President JD Vance will arrive in Israel on Tuesday, as Washington tries to stabilise the first, shaky, phase of the Gaza ceasefire and push Israel and Hamas towards the harder concessions asked of each side in coming talks. The two sides have accused each other of repeated breaches of the ceasefire since it was formally agreed eight days ago, with flashes of violence and recriminations over the pace of returning hostage bodies, bringing in aid and opening borders. However, U.S. Pres...

October 21, 2025 12:42 PM

‘May India-Israel partnership continue to flourish’: PM Modi thanks Netanyahu for Diwali greetings, extends birthday wishes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday thanked his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu for his warm Diwali greetings and extended heartfelt wishes to him on his birthday. In a post on X, PM Modi said, “Thank you, my dear friend, for your warm Diwali greetings. I also extend my heartiest wishes on your birthday. Wishing you good health and success. May India–Israel Strategic Partnership continue to flourish in the years to come.” PM Modi’s message came a day after Netanyahu extended...

October 19, 2025 3:26 PM

Israeli military launches attack on Gaza

The Israeli military has launched an attack on Gaza, as Israel continued to trade blame with Palestinian militant group Hamas over violations of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire aiming to end the war in the enclave, Israeli media reported on Sunday. There was no immediate comment from the military or Hamas on the reported attack. Israeli public broadcaster Kan said the air force was attacking Rafah in the south of Gaza. Most media outlets described the attack as air strikes. The Israeli military s...

October 19, 2025 9:11 AM

Border crossing to stay closed, Israel says, as US alleges Hamas ceasefire violation

The Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt will remain closed until further notice, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday, adding its reopening will depend on Hamas handing over the bodies of deceased hostages as the two sides continued to trade blame over ceasefire violations. Netanyahu's statement came shortly after the Palestinian embassy in Egypt announced that the Rafah crossing, the main gateway for Gazans to leave and enter the enclave, would reopen on Monday f...

October 18, 2025 3:53 PM

Israel says it has received body of another hostage held in Gaza

Israel said early Saturday that the Red Cross had turned over the body of another deceased hostage from Gaza to Israel's military amid a dispute over delays in the return of remains under the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel. Hamas had said on Friday it planned to transfer a deceased hostage to the Red Cross. This was the 10th deceased hostage Israel has received out of 28 bodies held in Gaza. and Hamas, citing technical problems, has said it needed heavy machinery and excavating equipm...

October 17, 2025 12:41 PM

Ceasefire offers Israel opportunity to end its international isolation

A ceasefire in Gaza is raising hopes among many in Israel that the country can begin to repair its image abroad, after months of deepening isolation due to the toll of the two-year conflict. Public opinion in the West has shifted significantly since the war erupted following Islamist group Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, in which some 1,200 people were killed and 251 taken hostage. Outcry has steadily grown over the humanitarian cost of Israel's offensive and several Western nations h...

October 17, 2025 9:27 AM

France and Britain refine plans at UN for Gaza force resolution

France and Britain, in coordination with the United States, are working to finalise a U.N. Security Council resolution in the coming days that would lay the foundation for a future international force in Gaza, France said on Thursday. With a shaky U.S.-mediated ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holding, planning has begun for an international force to stabilize security in the Palestinian enclave, two senior U.S. advisers said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters in Paris, French Foreign Minis...

October 16, 2025 4:15 PM

Israel, Hamas trade blame over truce deal violations, Rafah border reopening in question

Israel said on Thursday it was preparing for the reopening of Gaza's Rafah crossing with Egypt to let Palestinians in and out, but set no date as it traded blame with Hamas over violations of the U.S.-mediated ceasefire. A row over the return of bodies of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza retains the potential to upend the truce along with other major planks of the plan yet to be resolved, including disarmament of militants and Gaza's future governance. Israel demanded that Hamas fulfill its obli...