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October 1, 2026 3:42 PM

Israeli leaders hail Indian pilot as ‘true hero’ for foiling flydubai crash attempt

Israeli leaders have hailed Captain Smit Machchhar, an Indian national, as a "hero" for thwarting an alleged attempt by his co-pilot to crash a flydubai flight carrying nearly 180 people, and wished him a speedy recovery. Machchhar was stabbed and seriously injured by his co-pilot in the cockpit of flydubai flight FZ1073, travelling from Dubai to Tel Aviv, on Wednesday. "Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and c...

April 28, 2026 5:05 PM

Israel’s purchase of ‘stolen’ Ukrainian grain is not ‘legitimate’, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday that Israel's purchase of grain from occupied Ukrainian territory "stolen" by Russia "cannot be legitimate business" and that Kyiv was readying sanctions against those attempting to profit from it. "Another vessel carrying such grain has arrived at a port in Israel and is preparing to unload," Zelenskiy said on X. "This is not – and cannot be – legitimate business." "The Israeli authorities cannot be unaware of which ships are arrivin...

December 17, 2024 4:46 PM

Israeli airstrikes kill 14 Palestinians in Gaza, tanks push south

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 14 Palestinians on Tuesday, at least 10 of them in one house in Gaza City, medics said as tanks pushed deeper towards the western area of Rafah in the south. Medics said the Israeli airstrike on the house in the Daraj suburb of Gaza City destroyed the building and damaged nearby houses. Four other people were killed in two separate airstrikes in the city and the town of Beit Lahiya north of the enclave said medics, medics added. Th...

December 4, 2024 3:06 PM

Israeli forces advance in Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, 20 killed across enclave

Israeli tanks pushed into northern parts of the Khan Younis area in the south of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and Palestinian medics said Israeli airstrikes had killed at least 20 people across the enclave. Residents said tanks advanced one day after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, saying there had been rocket launches from the area. With shells falling near residential areas, families left leave their homes and headed westwards towards the humanitarian-designated area of Al-...

July 16, 2024 11:19 PM

Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 57, Palestinian health officials say

Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, and Palestinian health officials said at least 57 people were killed in Israeli bombardments of southern and central areas. The Palestinian Islamist militant group Hamas has accused Israel of stepping up attacks in Gaza to try to derail efforts by Arab mediators and the United States to reach a ceasefire deal. Israel says it is trying to root out Hamas fighters. In Rafah, a southern border city where Israe...