The Israeli army said on Monday it had discovered and blocked a tunnel leading out of the Gaza Strip that had been dug by the beseiged Palestinian enclave’s Hamas rulers. Israel says the militant group aims to use so-called ‘attack tunnels’ to infiltrate fighters and abduct Israeli soldiers or civilians as bargaining chips in prisoner exchanges. The Israeli military said it […]
Israel’s regional cooperation minister said today that he had asked Saudi Arabia to admit direct flights from Tel Aviv for Muslim pilgrims, pointing to a possible new accommodation by Riyadh ahead of next week’s visit by US President Joe Biden, Reuters reports. Israeli officials have also been seeking expanded permission for their airlines to fly over Saudi […]
The European Union yesterday warned of the “possible” displacement of Palestinians from the West Bank as Israel continues to force residents out of Masafer Yatta following a court ruling. Touring Masafer Yatta in the occupied West Bank, EU Ambassador to the occupied Palestinian territories, Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff, warned: “If mass evictions and forcible transfer […]
Israel and Poland agreed on Monday to restore strained relations “to their proper course,” Israeli President Isaac Herzog said, adding that he had requested the return of Warsaw’s envoy. Polish President Andrzej Duda said Israel’s ambassador-designate to Poland will present his letters of credentials in the coming days, the Israeli statement added. Developing
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has claimed that Israel is planning to assassinate Iranian President, Ibrahim Raisi, and other senior officials in an effort to politically destabilise Tehran. Announcing the apparent revelation on its official Telegram channel, the IRGC cited anonymous Iranian sources who reportedly possessed intelligence that Israel’s intelligence agency, Mossad, is aiming […]