UN head says Gaza City takeover 'dangerous escalation', Egypt, Qatar mediators drafting new deal
UN Security Council to hold emergency session over Israel's Gaza plans • Netanyahu says IDF will 'free Gaza from Hamas' • Germany halts military exports to Israel
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), in Berlin, Germany, May 14, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/LISI NIESNER)
UN Security Council to meet in rare Saturday session over Israel's Gaza plan
UN chief calls Israeli plan to take control of Gaza City a 'dangerous escalation'
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'Ever heard of Dresden?': US Ambassador Huckabee slams UK PM Starmer over Gaza stance
The UK Prime Minister released a statement urging Israel to stop the occupation because he believed that it would "do nothing to bring an end to this conflict."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee arrives to a court hearing of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, July 16, 2025.(photo credit: FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Netanyahu: 'We are going to free Gaza from Hamas'
The prime minister asserted that the Palestinian Authority would not take over Gaza in an online statement.
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFPRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the annual opening of the UN General Assembly last September. Israel’s transformation into a pariah state may reach its peak next month at the General Assembly, says the writer.(photo credit: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)Go to the full article > >
Egyptian, Qatari mediators working on new hostage, ceasefire deal proposal - AP
One of the contentious issues to be addressed in the new framework is Hamas’s disarmament.
US and UK differ on Gaza policy but share common goals, says VP Vance
Britain and the United States may disagree about how to address the crisis in Gaza but they share common goals in the region, Vance said at the start of the meeting.
ByREUTERSU.S. Vice President JD Vance and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy shake hands at Chevening House in Sevenoaks, Britain, August 8, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett/Pool)Go to the full article > >
Ministers admit after Gaza City takeover plan: Op. may not defeat Hamas or bring back hostages
Sources close to Smotrich criticized the decision, admitting that the proposal led by Netanyahu might sound promising but is, in reality, more of the same.
ByAMICHAI STEINAn IDF armored personnel carrier manuvering next to other military vehicles on the Israeli side of the Gaza border, July 16, 2025; illustrative.(photo credit: REUTERS/Amir Cohen)Go to the full article > >
Hamas launched a massive attack on October 7, with thousands of terrorists infiltrating from the Gaza border and taking some 240 hostages into Gaza.
Over 1,200 Israelis and foreign nationals were murdered, including over 350 at the Supernova music festival and hundreds of Israeli civilians across the Gaza border communities.
50 hostages remain in Gaza, while 49 hostages in total have been killed in captivity.
The IDF launched large-scale attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025.
Israel struck key nuclear sites and killed senior Iranian military and IRGC officials.
28 Israelis killed, over 1,300 wounded, including several IDF soldiers, in Iranian attacks.
