Erdogan says US, UK strikes in Yemen ‘disproportionate’
© Agence France-Presse Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday US and British strikes on Yemen’s Huthis were “disproportionate”, alleging the US and Britain wanted to turn Red Sea into a “bloodbath”. “First of all, they are not proportional. All of these constitute disproportionate use of force,” Erdogan told journalists after Friday prayers in […]
Hamas, Israel exchange first group of hostages and prisoners, mostly women and children, as truce takes hold
Hamas said a group of hostages seized in the deadliest attack in Israel’s history were handed over on Friday as a temporary truce took hold in Gaza following weeks of fighting
Egypt’s Sisi calls for recognition of Palestinian state
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Friday appeared to discredit the moribund Israel-Palestinian peace process and instead called on the international community to recognise the Palestinian state
Turkey hopes Hamas-Israel deal can ‘completely end’ war
Turkey on Wednesday said it hoped a deal between Israel and Hamas to free hostages and pause the fighting and bombardment in Gaza can help bring a full end to the war
Fresh US air strikes kill five pro-Iran fighters in Iraq
US fighter jets struck two targets in Iraq early on Wednesday killing five pro-Iran fighters in retaliation for repeated attacks on US troops in Iraq by Iran-backed groups, US and Iraqi sources said
The frantic effort behind the Hamas-Israel truce deal
A secret cell headed by CIA and Mossad chiefs, and multiple contacts between US President Joe Biden and leaders of Israel, Qatar, and Egypt underpinned an “excruciating” five weeks resulting in the truce agreement, a US official said
‘My world collapsed again’ says son of Israeli hostage killed in Gaza
When Hamas militants stormed Omer Weiss’ kibbutz in southern Israel on October 7, they killed his father and kidnapped his mother. On Thursday the Israeli military told him she had been found dead, and his world fell apart again
Qatar confirms Israel, Hamas reach deal on four-day truce, hostage release
Qatar confirmed on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had reached an agreement on a four-day humanitarian pause in exchange for the release of 50 hostages in Gaza
