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Raided West Financial institution town holds funerals after Israeli military withdraws

The families of Palestinians killed in an air strike in the occupied West Bank city of Tubas held funerals on Friday after Israeli forces withdrew following their latest raid in the territory. The Israeli military said in a...

US lawmakers warn of Israeli inactivity after any other American killed in West Financial institution

The deaths of several US citizens at the hands of Israeli troops raise questions over Israel’s willingness to investigate and prosecute its own.

Automobile blast kills 4 in Israel town: medics, police

Four people were killed and eight injured when a vehicle exploded in the central Israeli city of Ramla on Thursday in an apparent gangland hit, medics and police said. Liad Aviel, spokesman for the Asaf Harofe Medical Center...

Iran president arrives in Iraqi Kurdistan on day two of talk over with

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian arrived Thursday in Iraqi Kurdistan to meet the autonomous region's leaders, on the second day of a visit aimed at deepening ties with the neighbouring country.It is Pezeshkian's first foreign trip abroad since he...

Israeli authors take on trauma of October 7 with phrases

Hamas's October 7 attack has spurred a literary output so extensive that nearly one year later, some Israeli bookstores have entire sections devoted to the country's deadliest day since independence.The roughly 50 Hebrew-language titles surveyed by AFP include...

Islamists best Jordan election held in shadow of Gaza conflict

Jordan's leading Islamist opposition party has won 31 out of 138 seats in the kingdom's parliament, tripling its representation in legislative elections dominated by frustration over the ongoing Gaza war.The Islamic Action Front (IAF), a political offshoot of...

Fearing Iran assault, Israeli museum hides most sensible artistic endeavors

An Israeli museum that hid some of its most valuable artworks after the October 7 attack has now stashed away even more, fearing a strike by Iran.Paintings by Pablo Picasso and Gustav Klimt are among the treasures moved...

US approves $20 billion guns bundle for Israel

US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday approved more than $20 billion in new weapons sales to Israel, brushing aside pressure from rights activists to stop arms deliveries over the death toll in Gaza.The sale comes as Biden...

US delegations head to Heart East in bid to go off main escalation

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration reportedly plans to dispatch senior diplomats to the Middle East this week to persuade Israel and Hamas to accept a cease-fire deal to halt the war in Gaza in order to de-escalate the...

Palestinians say one useless in Israeli West Financial institution raid

Palestinian official media said Israeli troops shot a man dead in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday during a raid to demolish the apartments of two detained Palestinian suspects."The occupation soldiers fired bullets and tear gas, killing a...