http://feed.informer.com/digests/YSYO20ZZSN/feeder Israel News Review Respective post owners and feed distributors Sat, 07 Dec 2013 13:14:34 -0400 Feed Informer http://feed.informer.com/ https://www.ft.com/content/0706a11c-1702-430a-963e-8b59b00b5507 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:f0a1189b-95ba-bb6b-2de3-c8ce6ae7edde Mon, 30 Dec 2024 20:01:24 -0400 Links between Gaddafi and Blair in 2004 revealed by newly released letter https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/israel-sets-out-case-to-un-security-council-for-full-assault-on-yemens-houthis World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:079fea91-e3d2-39a4-acca-015ffd47bb65 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 14:45:05 -0400 <p>Council tells Israeli ambassador they condemn air raids that have killed Yemeni civilians as well as Houthi attacks</p><p>Israel has set out its case to the UN security council for a full assault on <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/12/yemen-houthi-rebels-who-are-they-what-attacking-us-uk-airstrikes-red-sea-crisis">Houthi forces in Yemen</a>, claiming the Iranian-backed group now represents a well-armed terrorist army that threatens not just the regional economy but the entire global order.</p><p>The Israeli foreign minister, Gideon Sa’ar, also called for the Houthis to be designated as a foreign terrorist organisation, a step that may make it more difficult for Iran to provide material support without facing further economic sanctions.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/israel-sets-out-case-to-un-security-council-for-full-assault-on-yemens-houthis">Continue reading...</a> Israel United Nations Middle East and north Africa World news Yemen Houthis World Health Organization Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor Photograph: Kent J Edwards/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/30/gaza-hospital-director-israeli-prison World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:88d2656a-0136-bcaa-0597-fd158c53d7ed Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:10:07 -0400 <p>Hussam Abu Safiya feared injured as Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza shut down after 11 weeks under siege</p><p>One of the few doctors still working in northern Gaza has been taken to an Israeli prison and his hospital shut down, his family believe.</p><p>Dr <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/who-appalled-by-israel-attack-on-northern-gazas-last-functioning-major-hospital">Hussam Abu Safiya</a>, director of Kamal Adwan hospital in Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, was initially taken to the <a href="https://www.btselem.org/press_releases/20240805_welcome_to_hell">Sde Teiman detention camp</a>, according to his son, who has been told that the doctor’s leg was badly injured during a raid on the hospital by Israeli soldiers.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/30/gaza-hospital-director-israeli-prison">Continue reading...</a> Global development Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Global health Israel Human rights Human rights Guardian Staff Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/6cf7734f-a8d4-48a4-bfcc-c6d92a27cb77 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:e911f2f1-3b98-88c1-be63-ca0cb3d917e6 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:49:46 -0400 Ukraine moves to replace Russia as key grain supplier after overthrow of Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad https://www.ft.com/content/6cf7734f-a8d4-48a4-bfcc-c6d92a27cb77 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:bf8341ae-7349-6a50-1339-1d97dab8648e Mon, 30 Dec 2024 12:49:46 -0400 President Zelenskyy moves to replace Russia as key grain supplier after overthrow of Moscow ally Bashar al-Assad https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/jimmy-carter-foreign-policy- World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:3f44a7a4-978c-0eeb-90af-cf4266e72edb Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:42:04 -0400 <p>Carter signed treaties to hand over the Panama Canal and criticized Israel, drawing respect and fury past his one term </p><p>In May 1989, the former US president Jimmy Carter walked into the lobby of a hotel in Panama and made it known he was determined to be heard in spite of attempts by the country’s military ruler, Gen Manuel Noriega, to shut him up.</p><p>Carter was still widely held in contempt in his own country, where his reputation as a one-term president was crucified in the late 70s by interminable gas lines, Iran’s taunting seizure of American hostages and a general perception that he lacked the mettle to lead the free world.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/jimmy-carter-foreign-policy-">Continue reading...</a> Jimmy Carter US politics Democrats US foreign policy Israel Benjamin Netanyahu US news Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa World news Barack Obama Panama Americas Chris McGreal Photograph: Adalberto Roque/AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/67f31c8f-e9af-4f02-9fb6-59eb26e0d5fe FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:bd531251-8894-0c6d-1065-6e7edc105869 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 07:00:56 -0400 Right on the price of crude — but who would have thought renewables would have another bad year? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/jimmy-carter-israel-apartheid-palestinians World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:21c714fc-8b4b-e56b-4338-28080a489048 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 05:00:32 -0400 <p>The ex-president was pilloried for his characterisation of the Palestinians’ plight but some say an apology is in order</p><p>Jimmy Carter’s terminal illness reignited a bitter dispute over accusations the former president was antisemitic after he wrote a bestselling book likening the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories to South African apartheid.</p><p>Prominent American supporters of Israel lined up to denounce Carter and the book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, when it was published in 2006.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/30/jimmy-carter-israel-apartheid-palestinians">Continue reading...</a> Jimmy Carter Palestinian territories Israel US news Middle East and north Africa World news Chris McGreal in New York Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/first-edition-wadie-said-gaza-israel World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6e4866f6-d4ee-0cfa-0680-bc4e591e54bf Mon, 30 Dec 2024 02:45:28 -0400 <p>In today’s newsletter: While Israel faces accusations of war crimes and genocide, its bombardment of the Gaza Strip shows no signs of abating. Wadie Said reflects on more than 14 months of conflict</p><p>Good morning.</p><p>Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, and the regional conflicts surrounding it, has continued to be the most significant global story of this year. Fourteen months in, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/07/israel-attacks-hospital-in-northern-gaza-leaving-bodies-lying-in-streets-director-says">reports of Israeli airstrikes</a> that leave the streets littered with bodies keep coming.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/30/first-edition-wadie-said-gaza-israel">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Israel Israel-Gaza war International criminal court Law Nimo Omer Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/2715cb60-25e4-49eb-8707-38f70ddaee40 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:94cf7ce0-e8c6-27a8-2a23-3b143c3e7ef7 Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:19 -0400 Strikes near Roman, Crusader and Ottoman sites flattened some and left others with ‘invisible’ damage https://www.ft.com/content/b7be3a4b-d753-42e9-be9a-35ddda8d4045 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:6879cd0d-6636-c5f4-edd8-ac9c775a73fe Mon, 30 Dec 2024 01:00:19 -0400 Asset manager said growth of the kingdom’s bond market had accelerated, driven in part by Vision 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/29/israel-orders-remaining-residents-of-beit-hanoun-to-leave World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6870a37c-d25d-026b-f7cd-66386f7f2700 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:01:37 -0400 <p>The IDF has so far denied its three-month campaign in the north is aimed at depopulating a third of the territory</p><p>Israel has issued new evacuation orders for all remaining civilians to leave Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza as part of a blistering three-month-old campaign that Israel denies is aimed at depopulating a third of the Palestinian territory, amid reports Israeli attacks have damaged two more struggling hospitals in Gaza City.</p><p>The Israeli army <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/who-appalled-by-israel-attack-on-northern-gazas-last-functioning-major-hospital">forcibly evacuated Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia</a> on Friday, leaving the northern third of the strip, which is cut off from the rest of Gaza, with just one small functioning medical centre – al-Awda in nearby Jabalia. On Sunday, everyone remaining in Beit Lahia was ordered to leave after Palestinian militants launched five rockets from the area that targeted Israeli territory.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/29/israel-orders-remaining-residents-of-beit-hanoun-to-leave">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Hamas Israel World news Palestinian territories World Health Organization Bethan McKernan in Jerusalem Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/dec/29/ella-baron-gaza-strip-israeli-forces-bombs-cartoon World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:c128be3a-0dbf-8197-252b-3535049e0498 Sun, 29 Dec 2024 13:39:27 -0400 <p></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/dec/29/ella-baron-gaza-strip-israeli-forces-bombs-cartoon">Continue reading...</a> Gaza Israel Palestinian territories World news Israel-Gaza war UK news Ella Baron Illustration: Ella Baron/The Guardian https://www.ft.com/content/bf11898a-8e0a-416b-bd37-b7835bc8fd1c FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:8215f378-e369-88c2-7bfb-3b7a859945cf Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:01:12 -0400 Ahmed al-Sharaa outlines longer than expected transition after fall of Assad regime https://www.ft.com/content/2c6657ca-1980-4c24-b7c0-9e091bf1bfb9 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d9810d4f-00cd-d312-6a24-7c4241f238df Sun, 29 Dec 2024 01:00:10 -0400 Scattered bodies and records of executions and other crimes laid bare in chaotic aftermath of rebel takeover https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/who-appalled-by-israel-attack-on-northern-gazas-last-functioning-major-hospital World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:31f6fe1e-2ca0-128b-9ee2-c94994035761 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 14:37:30 -0400 <p>Kamal Adwan in Beit Lahia was partially destroyed and critical patients are at grave risk, the UN body says</p><p>The World Health Organization says it is “appalled” by an Israeli raid which it said had <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/israeli-forces-raid-gaza-hospital-after-staff-reported-killed-in-strike">shut down and partly destroyed</a> the last major hospital still functioning in northern Gaza.</p><p>Israel’s “systematic dismantling of the health system” combined with a siege of the population in the north of the coastal strip over the past 80 days “puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk”, <a href="https://www.who.int/news/item/28-12-2024-kamal-adwan-hospital-out-of-service-following-a-raid-today-and-repeated-attacks-since-october">the WHO said</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/28/who-appalled-by-israel-attack-on-northern-gazas-last-functioning-major-hospital">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Gaza Israel Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news World Health Organization Malak A Tantesh in Gaza and Julian Borger Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/cf010631-a7c3-4698-8f88-4b9fe1dec06c FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:73661bf2-45ee-d789-5cc4-923f4e09a301 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 13:24:57 -0400 Attack on Kamal Adwan comes as Israel steps up offensive that began in October https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/28/israel-gaza-hospital-war-hamas-lebanon-syria-latest-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:7f41e5ed-66c8-a90e-0878-c0d0ca399f36 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 09:58:38 -0400 <p>This blog is now closed, you can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">read more of our Middle East coverage here</a></p><p>Five Israeli demonstrators protesting for the release of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 have been arrested outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.</p><p>Twenty protestors gathered outside the home in the early morning, shouting through loudspeakers at the prime minister that the hostages were suffering in the tunnels and were “cold, tortured and sick” while he enjoyed home comforts, Channel 12, an Israeli broadcaster, reported.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/28/israel-gaza-hospital-war-hamas-lebanon-syria-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Syria Lebanon Hamas Hezbollah Palestinian territories Daniel Lavelle (now) and Hamish Mackay (earlier) Photograph: Saeed Qaq/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/28/israel-gaza-hospital-war-hamas-lebanon-syria-latest-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:bc365351-ed41-e171-5878-da83e8b0c7dd Sat, 28 Dec 2024 09:30:28 -0400 <p>Protestors shouted through loudspeakers that the Israeli hostages in Gaza were suffering in the tunnels and were ‘cold, tortured and sick’</p><p>Five Israeli demonstrators protesting for the release of hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 have been arrested outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.</p><p>Twenty protestors gathered outside the home in the early morning, shouting through loudspeakers at the prime minister that the hostages were suffering in the tunnels and were “cold, tortured and sick” while he enjoyed home comforts, Channel 12, an Israeli broadcaster, reported.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/28/israel-gaza-hospital-war-hamas-lebanon-syria-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Syria Lebanon Hamas Hezbollah Palestinian territories Daniel Lavelle (now) and Hamish Mackay (earlier) Photograph: Saeed Qaq/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/dec/28/cctv-footage-shows-who-chief-fleeing-yemeni-airport-amid-israeli-strike-video World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ae2b148a-c4b2-291e-59aa-746c32951d5e Sat, 28 Dec 2024 06:43:54 -0400 <p>CCTV footage shows the director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, escaping a room at Sana’a airport as it was targeted by an Israeli airstrike. Tensions between Yemen’s Houthi movement and the Israeli government have escalated in recent weeks, with the Houthis intensifying attacks against Israel in an effort to pressure it to end its war in Gaza</p><p></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/israeli-forces-raid-gaza-hospital-after-staff-reported-killed-in-strike">Last major health facility in north Gaza ‘out of service’ after Israeli attack</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/israel-strike-yemen-sanaa-airport-world-health-organization-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus">UN voices alarm after WHO chief caught up in deadly Israeli strike on Yemen airport</a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/dec/28/cctv-footage-shows-who-chief-fleeing-yemeni-airport-amid-israeli-strike-video">Continue reading...</a> Yemen Israel Middle East and north Africa World news Guardian Staff Photograph: Reuters/Almasirah https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/28/israel-gaza-hospital-war-hamas-lebanon-syria-latest-news-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:75ac1a0a-1d9c-2c29-476a-45a4bb3b4015 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 06:35:25 -0400 <p>Gaza health officials said the IDF detained the director of a hospital, which the WHO said was put out of service by an Israeli raid</p><p>The WHO has reiterated its call for a ceasefire.</p><p>“This raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital comes after escalating restrictions on access for WHO and partners, and repeated attacks on or near the facility since early October,” the WHO said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/28/israel-gaza-hospital-war-hamas-lebanon-syria-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Israel Israel-Gaza war Gaza Syria Lebanon Hamas Hezbollah Palestinian territories Daniel Lavelle Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/israeli-forces-raid-gaza-hospital-after-staff-reported-killed-in-strike World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f7938d25-95c7-3f35-4ff6-f171a43c00e4 Sat, 28 Dec 2024 03:33:07 -0400 <p>Gaza officials say staff at Kamal Adwan hospital, including its director, have been detained as WHO reports Israeli forces burned and destroyed key departments</p><p>The last major health facility in northern Gaza has been put out of service, the World Health Organization has said, and its director detained according to Gaza officials after an Israeli military operation targeting sites near the Kamal Adwan hospital.</p><p>“Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burnt and destroyed during the raid,” the WHO said in a statement on X.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/israeli-forces-raid-gaza-hospital-after-staff-reported-killed-in-strike">Continue reading...</a> Global development Israel-Gaza war Gaza Hospitals Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Israel Kaamil Ahmed Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/f578b6c0-d534-4a04-ae25-3b97d11b6e71 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:90eaf0d7-9502-2228-536c-d014e663746f Sat, 28 Dec 2024 01:00:24 -0400 Few western intelligence officials say they would approve something similar to Israel’s pager attack https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/27/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:8a986dd9-30fa-51fb-b472-f22ffacb93cf Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:35:13 -0400 <p>Russian airstrikes on Christmas Day, the aftermath of the fall of Assad, remembering the Indian Ocean tsunami and a Boxing Day swim in Scotland: the past seven days as captured by the <a href="https://www.instagram.com/_twenty_photos_/">world’s leading photojournalists</a></p><p><strong><em>• Warning: this gallery contains images that some readers may find distressing</em></strong></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2024/dec/27/the-week-around-the-world-in-20-pictures">Continue reading...</a> Photography Art and design World news Culture Israel-Gaza war Hamas Gaza Israel Palestinian territories Syria Middle East and north Africa Ukraine Russia Climate crisis Jim Powell Photograph: Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/houthis-missile-israeli-airport-airstrikes-sanaa-yemen World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:0cec95f8-562f-2d3a-fdcf-0d7387b590d7 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:42:16 -0400 <p>IDF says missile was intercepted before it reached Israeli airspace, as Netanyahu says strikes on Yemen will continue</p><p>Houthi rebels in Yemen claim to have retaliated against Israeli airstrikes on Sana’a’s airport early on Friday with a missile aimed at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport and a drone attack on Tel Aviv.</p><p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said their defences intercepted the ballistic missile before it reached Israeli airspace, though residents in the centre of the country were ordered into shelters for fear of falling debris. There were no reports in Israel of hostile drones over Tel Aviv.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/houthis-missile-israeli-airport-airstrikes-sanaa-yemen">Continue reading...</a> Israel Yemen Houthis Israel-Gaza war Middle East and north Africa World news Julian Borger and Malak A Tantesh in Gaza Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/israeli-forces-raid-gaza-hospital-after-staff-reported-killed-in-strike World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:8a5e239b-86bf-8254-af16-4f89c58500e0 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:24:16 -0400 <p>Staff arrested, injured and killed as Israeli forces burn departments and attack buildings surrounding one of the area’s last remaining hospitals, says director</p><p>A fire has broken out at one of northern Gaza’s only functioning hospitals, while medics and patients have been forced to leave by Israeli forces who raided the hospital on Friday morning, according to staff members.</p><p>Kamal Adwan hospital and the surrounding area has been under increased attack this week, according to the hospital’s director, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, who said five medical staff were killed in a strike on Thursday.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/dec/27/israeli-forces-raid-gaza-hospital-after-staff-reported-killed-in-strike">Continue reading...</a> Global development Israel-Gaza war Gaza Hospitals Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories World news Israel Kaamil Ahmed Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/b714d05b-26c3-451d-af2c-0211621c3749 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:b091e37e-8f56-ea5f-d50d-3ecc8ce8745a Fri, 27 Dec 2024 12:16:05 -0400 Cecilia Sala jailed days after two Iranians were detained in Italy and Switzerland for allegedly passing on drone technology https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6ec3432c-ac83-343f-9307-b7cabf0ab833 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:52:31 -0400 <p>This live blog is now closed, you can <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">read more of our Middle East coverage here</a></p><p>An estimated 730,000 people living in tents in camps for the displaced in northwest Syria are experiencing dire conditions this winter including from flooding, the UN humanitarian office has said.<br><br> The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) said yesterday that more than 200 family tents in camps in <strong>Idlib</strong> and northern <strong>Aleppo</strong> were damaged by flooding from heavy rainfall on 23 December.<br><br> “Since the start of 2024, flooding and strong winds have damaged more than 8,800 family tents – including nearly 2,000 that were fully destroyed – across 260 camps,” OCHA said.</p><p>In early December, the UN said about 1.1 million people had been displaced since Syrian rebels launched the offensive that ousted former president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/bashar-al-assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>. Among those displaced were more than 100,000 people who have fled into Kurdish-administered areas in northern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/syria">Syria</a> amid escalating factional fighting and fears of retaliatory attacks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Israel Yemen Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel-Gaza war Hamas Hezbollah Lebanon Yohannes Lowe (now) and Rachel Hall (earlier) Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:718265f4-1e92-48fd-bc0d-56de2eb5b70a Fri, 27 Dec 2024 10:03:01 -0400 <p>Israel says Gaza hospital is ‘Hamas terrorist stronghold’ and it made efforts to facilitate evacuation of those inside</p><p>An estimated 730,000 people living in tents in camps for the displaced in northwest Syria are experiencing dire conditions this winter including from flooding, the UN humanitarian office has said.<br><br> The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) said yesterday that more than 200 family tents in camps in <strong>Idlib</strong> and northern <strong>Aleppo</strong> were damaged by flooding from heavy rainfall on 23 December.<br><br> “Since the start of 2024, flooding and strong winds have damaged more than 8,800 family tents – including nearly 2,000 that were fully destroyed – across 260 camps,” OCHA said.</p><p>In early December, the UN said about 1.1 million people had been displaced since Syrian rebels launched the offensive that ousted former president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/bashar-al-assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>. Among those displaced were more than 100,000 people who have fled into Kurdish-administered areas in northern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/syria">Syria</a> amid escalating factional fighting and fears of retaliatory attacks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Israel Yemen Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel-Gaza war Hamas Hezbollah Lebanon Yohannes Lowe (now) and Rachel Hall (earlier) Photograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f6eb94c7-7e98-560f-b88f-a10bda4b1996 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:31:50 -0400 <p>Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the overnight firing of a missile at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport</p><p>An estimated 730,000 people living in tents in camps for the displaced in northwest Syria are experiencing dire conditions this winter including from flooding, the UN humanitarian office has said.<br><br> The UN office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs (OCHA) said yesterday that more than 200 family tents in camps in <strong>Idlib</strong> and northern <strong>Aleppo</strong> were damaged by flooding from heavy rainfall on 23 December.<br><br> “Since the start of 2024, flooding and strong winds have damaged more than 8,800 family tents – including nearly 2,000 that were fully destroyed – across 260 camps,” OCHA said.</p><p>In early December, the UN said about 1.1 million people had been displaced since Syrian rebels launched the offensive that ousted former president <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/bashar-al-assad">Bashar al-Assad</a>. Among those displaced were more than 100,000 people who have fled into Kurdish-administered areas in northern <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/syria">Syria</a> amid escalating factional fighting and fears of retaliatory attacks.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Israel Yemen Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel-Gaza war Hamas Hezbollah Lebanon Rachel Hall (now) and Yohannes Lowe (earlier) Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:99be77cb-e23f-cd20-5bb7-9a274305af69 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 05:07:16 -0400 <p>Head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said he was at Yemen’s international airport when it was hit</p><p>Houthi rebels have claimed responsibility for the overnight firing of a missile at Tel Aviv’s <strong>Ben Gurion airport</strong> and say they launched drones at Israel’s commercial capital, as well as a ship in the <strong>Arabian Sea</strong>, according to reports. Here is <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-december-27-2024/">a report from The Times of Israel</a>, which we have not yet been able to independently verify:</p><p><em>The Houthis claim that “the missile succeeded in reaching its target despite the enemy’s censorship, and the operation resulted in casualties and the cessation of navigation at the airport.”</em></p><p><em>The IDF said the missile was successfully downed by air defenses, and there were no reports of impacts at the airport. Flight arrivals were reportedly halted for 30 minutes.</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/27/israel-gaza-war-yemen-hamas-hezbollah-lebanon-netanyahu-middle-east-latest-news">Continue reading...</a> Middle East and north Africa World news Palestinian territories Israel Yemen Benjamin Netanyahu Gaza Israel-Gaza war Hamas Hezbollah Lebanon Yohannes Lowe Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/c2862689-2e08-4bc6-9665-e88e13df76ae FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:7d4062f6-bc2e-57a0-784a-8f7ccaaf7d6f Fri, 27 Dec 2024 04:59:23 -0400 Prime minister’s wife accused of harassing witnesses and obstructing justice in her husband’s corruption cases https://www.ft.com/content/32b5f45d-3363-496d-86e7-01727b6d05ee FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:cf089087-6d52-7605-1a5b-3de3e12b4556 Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:37:52 -0400 Boss of World Health Organisation among those present during Israel’s strike on Sana’a airport https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/israel-strike-yemen-sanaa-airport-world-health-organization-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:5d55cce5-9093-3059-1b2f-f55a37cd7ac3 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 21:32:13 -0400 <p>UN secretary general decries escalatory actions on both sides after WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says he was just metres from airport strike </p><p>The United Nations chief has denounced the “escalation” in hostilities between Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Israel, calling IDF strikes on targets including at the airport in Sana’a “especially alarming” after it came under attack while the head of the World Health Organization was about to board a plane.</p><p>Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday, including the international airport in the capital, Sana’a. Houthi media said at least six people were killed.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/27/israel-strike-yemen-sanaa-airport-world-health-organization-who-tedros-adhanom-ghebreyesus">Continue reading...</a> Yemen Houthis Middle East and north Africa World Health Organization Israel Staff and agencies Photograph: AL-MASIRAH TV/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/dec/26/yemen-israeli-strike-hits-international-airport-with-who-chief-inside-video-report World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:34ad0048-c318-f9dd-bdae-5b748d13f478 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 16:32:18 -0400 <p>At least three people were killed and nearly a dozen injured after Israeli airstrikes struck multiple targets controlled by the Houthi movement in Yemen. The international airport in the capital, Sana'a, was hit while the head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was boarding a plane. Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli strikes would continue “until our job is done”.</p><p></p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates?filterKeyEvents=false&amp;page=with%3Ablock-676d82658f08d6f7991f58f8#block-676d82658f08d6f7991f58f8"><strong>Middle East crisis – as it happened</strong></a></p></li></ul> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2024/dec/26/yemen-israeli-strike-hits-international-airport-with-who-chief-inside-video-report">Continue reading...</a> Yemen Houthis Israel World news Guardian Staff Photograph: Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/five-palestinian-journalists-killed-israeli-strike-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:333a8001-23c9-5474-aa39-d09df5ee9a5d Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:19:52 -0400 <p>Men were asleep in marked press vehicle, say witnesses, as renewed hostage negotiations reach impasse</p><p>Five Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in central Gaza, their employer has said, while Israel has also struck several areas in Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen in air raids.</p><p>Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Ayman al-Jadi, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna and Mohammed al-Lada’a were sleeping in their broadcasting truck, marked as press, when it was targeted in a direct strike by the Israeli military, witnesses told Palestinian media. Another 32 people were killed in other Israeli pre-dawn strikes across the territory, the local health ministry said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/five-palestinian-journalists-killed-israeli-strike-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Journalist safety World news Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Media Israel Hamas Press freedom Gaza Yemen Bethan McKernan in Ramallah Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/five-palestinian-journalists-killed-israeli-strike-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:6998a59c-9f8e-d35f-fd04-d540cdc84417 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:19:52 -0400 <p>Head of the World Health Organization and other UN staff reportedly safe after strikes on Sana’a airport in Yemen</p><p>Five Palestinian journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in central Gaza, their employer has said, while Israel has also struck several areas in Houthi rebel-controlled Yemen in air raids.</p><p>Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Ayman al-Jadi, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna and Mohammed al-Lada’a were sleeping in their broadcasting truck, marked as press, when it was targeted in a direct strike by the Israeli military, witnesses told Palestinian media. Another 32 people were killed in other Israeli pre-dawn strikes across the territory, the local health ministry said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/five-palestinian-journalists-killed-israeli-strike-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Journalist safety World news Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Media Israel Hamas Press freedom Gaza Yemen Bethan McKernan in Ramallah Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:e146edc9-98db-3a1c-84a6-a14247d4571f Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:05:27 -0400 <p>Houthi television reports say three people were killed in Israel’s strikes on Yemen; Israel says airstrikes target military infrastructure</p><p>An <strong>IDF reservist soldier</strong> was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the <strong>Israeli</strong> military said.</p><p>The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.</p><p>The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.</p><p>However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.</p><p>May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a> Syria Gaza Israel World news Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Jane Clinton (earlier) Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:45bef46b-96dc-fc3a-2549-35217c8aa66a Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:05:27 -0400 <p>This live blog is now closed. For the latest on the Middle East, read our full report:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/25/syrian-forces-suffer-14-fatalities-in-countryside-clashes">17 reported killed in Syrian clashes after attempted arrest of former prison officer</a></li></ul><p>An <strong>IDF reservist soldier</strong> was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the <strong>Israeli</strong> military said.</p><p>The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.</p><p>The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.</p><p>However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.</p><p>May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a> Syria Gaza Israel World news Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Léonie Chao-Fong (now) and Jane Clinton (earlier) Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters https://www.ft.com/content/32b5f45d-3363-496d-86e7-01727b6d05ee FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:5a67b232-6419-726e-4ef9-f3027da47a4b Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:17:33 -0400 Exchanges of fire between Israeli military and Iran-backed militants intensify in recent weeks https://www.ft.com/content/bda2f30d-f0b3-44d0-9723-7809c936fc26 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:2f147fd2-be1e-3128-6bb6-b612e13fa00c Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:00:01 -0400 Israel has achieved military success, but only peace can guarantee its security https://www.ft.com/content/77159ae3-5bd9-4c2a-bb30-ec777bef2aa9 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:5823ca03-f5a4-d603-71f2-f54f01d6ea8b Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:46:57 -0400 Deaths in Tartus province come as protests highlight new leadership’s instability concerns https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:a17fa976-d1c7-0869-0a68-1a54a7fcba7d Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:34:51 -0400 <p>Multiple airstrikes target airport, military airbase and power station, says Israeli military as it says it was targeting military infrastructure</p><p>An <strong>IDF reservist soldier</strong> was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the <strong>Israeli</strong> military said.</p><p>The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.</p><p>The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.</p><p>However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.</p><p>May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a> Syria Gaza Israel World news Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Jane Clinton Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:ef5325c7-807c-c90b-cd47-2a527b883a0a Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:42:03 -0400 <p>Multiple airstrikes target airport, military airbase and power station, say witnesses and Houthi media</p><p>An <strong>IDF reservist soldier</strong> was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the <strong>Israeli</strong> military said.</p><p>The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.</p><p>The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.</p><p>However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.</p><p>May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a> Syria Gaza Israel World news Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Jane Clinton Photograph: Khaled Abdullah/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f36c2219-2702-d826-6734-f33d87f8c9bd Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:06:11 -0400 <p>United Nations’ peacekeeping force says ‘there is concern at continuing destruction’ in residential areas, agricultural land and road networks</p><p>An <strong>IDF reservist soldier</strong> was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the <strong>Israeli</strong> military said.</p><p>The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.</p><p>The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.</p><p>However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.</p><p>May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a> Syria Gaza Israel World news Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Jane Clinton Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.ft.com/content/77af861e-9af3-4a32-8fef-b6b4d73d4ca7 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:813f7c79-0a57-2b27-6dd3-03a9c261dabe Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:19:04 -0400 Incursion by Israeli forces 8km north of UN ‘Blue Line’ adds to allegations of truce violations https://www.ft.com/content/77af861e-9af3-4a32-8fef-b6b4d73d4ca7 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:49a70e7a-2705-4d5e-ee58-c998982f52ec Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:19:04 -0400 Incursion by Israeli forces 8km north of UN ‘Blue Line’ adds to allegations of truce violations https://www.ft.com/content/77af861e-9af3-4a32-8fef-b6b4d73d4ca7 FT.com - World, Middle East urn:uuid:d6f56957-db79-60a6-c338-dc95a301ee9b Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:19:04 -0400 Israeli military continues to target Hizbollah amid claims by both sides of truce violations https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:115fb506-3ee8-db4e-5654-e8d12e310f8b Thu, 26 Dec 2024 10:09:30 -0400 <p>Security personnel and three armed men killed in Tartous province after forces sought to arrest officer linked to Sednaya prison, says Syrian Observatory for Human Rights</p><p>An <strong>IDF reservist soldier</strong> was killed in fighting in the central Gaza Strip, the <strong>Israeli</strong> military said.</p><p>The 35-year-old was named as Amit Levi, the Jerusalem Post reported.</p><p>The Israeli army justifies or excuses this targeting by claiming it is aimed at individuals involved in Palestinian organisations and cells.</p><p>However, on the ground, these individuals were on journalistic assignments, residing in press vehicles and covering events.</p><p>May God take revenge on them, may God take revenge on them. He’s the one that makes the news and broadcasts the crimes to the world, this is what they do to them.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Continue reading...</a> Syria Gaza Israel World news Middle East and north Africa Palestinian territories Jane Clinton Photograph: Zohra Bensemra/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/five-palestinian-journalists-killed-israeli-strike-gaza World news: Israel | theguardian.com urn:uuid:f2a3c17c-3472-0868-1a7a-2fe9dbdc88b1 Thu, 26 Dec 2024 08:52:40 -0400 <p>Men were asleep in marked broadcast lorry, say witnesses, as renewed hostage negotiations reach impasse</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/dec/26/middle-east-crisis-live-security-personnel-killed-syria-sednaya-prison-gaza-israel-latest-updates">Middle East crisis – latest updates</a></li></ul><p>Five Palestinian journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on their vehicle in central Gaza, their employer has said, as renewed ceasefire negotiations between Hamas and Israel have reportedly reached an impasse.</p><p>Faisal Abu al-Qumsan, Ayman al-Jadi, Ibrahim al-Sheikh Khalil, Fadi Hassouna and Mohammed al-Lada’a were sleeping in their broadcasting truck, marked as press, when it was targeted in a direct strike by the Israeli military, witnesses told Palestinian media. Another 16 people were killed in other Israeli pre-dawn strikes across the territory, the local health ministry said.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/26/five-palestinian-journalists-killed-israeli-strike-gaza">Continue reading...</a> Israel-Gaza war Journalist safety World news Palestinian territories Middle East and north Africa Media Israel Hamas Bethan McKernan in Ramallah Photograph: APAImages/REX/Shutterstock