Israeli strike on vehicle in Gaza claims 11 lives — media

CAIRO, October 17. /TASS/. An Israeli airstrike killed at least 11 people on the outskirts of Gaza City, the administrative center of the enclave, the Quds website, which is close to the Palestinian Hamas movement, reported. According to its...

Israel's policy of separation perpetuates Hamas

The promises of a real estate boom in Gaza – from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's vision, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's pledge of upscale neighborhoods for policemen, and settler leader Daniella Weiss's plans (with divine...

Israeli Attorney General opposes bill that would allow political interference in Netanyahu's criminal trial

Israel Violates Ceasefire In Lebanon Almost Daily: OHCHR

Lebanese people walk amid shambles. Photo: NPR. October 17, 2025 Hour: 2:28 pm On Friday, the United Nations Human Rights Office (OHCHR) denounced that Israeli occupation forces have kidnapped 19 people and killed 108 civilians, including 37 women...

Israeli military kill several displaced Palestinians and injure multiple others

The Israeli military killed several displaced Palestinians and injured several others after they launched attacks on a car trying to return to their home in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City on Friday, Wafa news agency reported, citing...

Israel received coffin of missing hostage handed over to the Red Cross from Hamas, Israeli prime minister's office says.

The other conflict that's been flaring between Israelis and Palestinians

Since the October 7 attacks on Israel, much of the world's attention has been focused on the war in Gaza. But another kind of conflict has also been flaring nearby. Rear Vision puts contemporary events in their historical context, answering the...

Witkoff says he and Kushner ‘felt a little bit betrayed’ by Israeli strike in Qatar

US President Donald Trump felt the “Israelis were getting a little bit out of control” after Israel’s botched September 9 strike on Hamas’s leadership in Doha, his son-in-law and top adviser Jared Kushner said in comments broadcast Friday. The...

DAWN's Statement on UN Report Confirming Israel Killed 1,001 Palestinians in West Bank Since October 7, 2023

(Washington, D.C., October 17, 2025) — In response to the the UN Human Rights Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory report that Israel Defense Forces and Israeli paramilitary settler forces have killed 1,001 Palestinians, including over 200...

Unloving Italy? On the Italian Hysteria over Israel

I lie awake thinking of Italy, love and broken illusions. And even the news of the return of the Hamas-held hostages to Israel does not dispel all my sadness. I visualize some of the happiest times in my life. My parents and I, former refuseniks,...

‘It will require action not just words’ – Israelis hope deal can begin to repair country’s shattered reputation abroad

Sixty six per cent of people polled said they were worried about being isolated internationally Public opinion in the West has shifted significantly over the humanitarian cost of Israel’s offensive and several western nations have publicly...

Opinion The biggest impediment to peace between Israelis and Palestinians has little to do with Gaza By Dan Perry 4 min read

The mother of 10-year-old Mohammed Bahjat Al-Hallaq sits surrounded by relatives in the family home in the village of Al-Rihiyah, south of Hebron, on Oct. 16, after her son was killed by the Israeli army, according to local sources. Photo by Mosab...

Senate Candidate Returns AIPAC Money As Pro-Israel Group Becomes Political Poison

In the latest indication that the war in Gaza is significantly threatening Israel's dominance over American politics, a sitting US congressman and Senate hopeful has announced he's returning donations received from the American Israel Public...

Remains of another Israeli hostage in Gaza handed over by Hamas

Hamas has handed over the body of another Israeli hostage, the militant group and Israeli military have confirmed. It comes amid an ongoing dispute about the delay in the handover of the remains of hostages by Hamas. Israel says it has received...

Chattanooga Jewish Federation welcomes new Israeli cultural emissary, here to share ‘her Israel’

Linor Shirinov arrived in Chattanooga just in time for the Jewish High Holy Days and has probably been to synagogue more in the past three weeks than she has in her entire life growing up in Israel, she said. Shirinov, 23, is the new "shlicha" at...

ICC rejects Israeli appeal against arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant

The International Criminal Court Friday rejected Israel’s bid to appeal against arrest warrants for its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant over the war with Hamas in Gaza In a ruling that made headlines...

‘A fascist policy of collective punishment’ – Hamas accuses Israel’s PM!

HAMAS has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of blocking the handover of Israeli captives’ bodies and obstructing humanitarian aid to Gaza, calling his actions part of a ‘fascist policy of collective punishment and political...

How Israel's settlement expansion defies international law

Over the past two years, Israel has intensified the construction of illegal settlements across the occupied West Bank, thumbing its nose at international law, the United Nations, and even its own claims of pursuing peace. Despite repeated...

Hamas reaffirms commitment to ceasefire with Israel

Delays in returning hostages’ bodies fray nerves Deir Al-Balah, Oct 17: Hamas moved Friday to shore up its brittle ceasefire agreement with Israel by reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the deal, including a pledge to hand over the remains...

Hamas using bulldozers to search Gaza rubble for bodies of Israeli hostages

The militant group’s statement followed a warning from US president Donald Trump that he would green-light Israel to resume the war if Hamas did not live up to its end of the deal and return all hostages’ bodies, totalling 28. So far in the past...