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Israeli army acknowledges Oct. 7 failures, including slow response and disorganization

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military on Thursday acknowledged a string of errors in its response to the deadly Hamas attacks last Oct. 7, including slow response times and disorganization, as it released...

60 bodies found after Israeli operation in Gaza City

Gaza’s civil defense agency said the 60 bodies were found under the rubble in Shujaiya neighborhood Israel’s operation there had left ‘more than 300 residential units and...

Iraq condemns Turkish military ‘incursions’ into north

Turkiye’s military operations, which sometimes take place deep inside Iraqi territory, have frequently strained bilateral ties BAGHDAD: Iraqi authorities denounced Wednesday renewed Turkish military operations...

Saudi ministers reiterate call for immediate Gaza ceasefire as Israel intensifies raids

Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet on Tuesday said that Kingdom reiterated the importance of exerting all efforts to reach an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and its surroundings, during its participation in the...

Airstrike kills 25 in southern Gaza as Israeli assault on Gaza City shuts down...

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike on a school-turned-shelter in southern Gaza killed at least 25 Palestinians on Tuesday, as heavy bombardment in the north forced the closure of medical...

Egypt, EU to continue joint efforts to halt Gaza war

Foreign Minister Badr Abdel Atty holds calls with EU’s Borrell, Turkiye’s Fidan  Ankara, Cairo to continue coordination to address regional, international challenges

Hamas accepts US proposal on talks over Israeli hostages 16 days after first phase,...

Hamas has dropped a demand that Israel first commit to a permanent ceasefire before signing the agreement DUBAI: Hamas has accepted a US proposal to...

Reformist Pezeshkian wins Iran’s presidential runoff election, besting hard-liner Jalili

A vote count offered by authorities put Pezeshkian as the winner with 16.3 million votes to Jalili’s 13.5 million in Friday’s election Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon and...

Hezbollah fires over 200 rockets into Israel after killing of senior commander

The Lebanese Hezbollah group said it launched over 200 rockets on Thursday at several military bases in Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed one of its senior commanders.

Settlement tracking group says Israel has made largest West Bank land seizure in 3...

Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, a settlement tracking group said Wednesday, a move that could further worsen already soaring tensions...