Archives for November, 2023

Rescuers search the home of Palestine TV journalist Mohammed Abu Hatab after he and members of his family were killed

Palestinian journalist killed in Gaza bombing: network

Agence France-Presse

During the tournament, some fans have worn rainbow clothing

Players 'abandoned' over rainbow armbands in Qatar: Deschamps

Agence France-Presse

People search for survivors and bodies in the rubble of buildings destroyed in a strike on the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on November 2, 2023

US calls for 'temporary, localized' pauses in Israel-Hamas war

Agence France-Presse

The normally teeming streets of Jerusalem's Old City have been emptied by the war in Gaza.

'No income, no life': Jerusalem's Old City suffers as war rages

Agence France-Presse

Yahia al-Sinwar (C), Gaza Strip chief of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement.

Analysis

Hamas 'victories' coming with heavy political cost, missed opportunities

Hamas' Oct. 7 attack seems to have been planned with specific goals in mind, yet without considering the wider consequences for the movement.

Khaled Al Hroub

By Khaled Al Hroub

An Israeli artillery unit fires during a military drill in the annexed Golan Heights near the border with Lebanon

Lebanon-Israel border heats up ahead of speech by Hezbollah leader

Agence France-Presse

French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu (L) visits his country's contingent in the UN peacekeeping force in south Lebanon, telling them their mission has never been so important

Lebanon 'doesn't need war' with Israel: French minister

Agence France-Presse

Israeli firefighters douse vehicles following a rocket attack on the northern town of Kiryat Shmona close to the Lebanese border

Two wounded by barrage of rockets near Lebanon border: Israel medics

Agence France-Presse

Israeli soldiers are seen in the Palestinian village of Dayr Sharaf, in the West Bank located about seven kilometres (four miles) from the Jewish Einav settlement after an Israeli man was killed leading to dozens of Jewish settlers storming the village on November 2, 2023, amid the ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Three Palestinians were killed on November 2, 2023, by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said, and an Israeli

Breaking | Last Updated: November 2, 2023, 7:03 pm

Israel approves transfer of tax revenues to Palestinian Authority

The Israeli cabinet approved the transfer to pay the Palestinian security apparatus, despite objection by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Maayan Zin shows pictures of her daughters Ela, 8, and Dafna, 15, who are believed to be among the hostages Hamas militants took during the October 7 attack

Israeli mother of hostages torn between hope and despair

Agence France-Presse

Erdogan

What is driving Turkey’s Erdogan pro-Hamas, fiery Israel criticism?

Diplomats and experts say Erdogan’s response to Hamas’ attack on Israel and its aftermath have seriously undermined Turkey’s international position.

Burak Kara/Getty Images

Turkey raises year-end inflation forecast to 65%, amid economic headwinds

The projection has been raised from 58% in July due to weakening global economic activity and oil volatility.

Riyadh's skyline has evolved rapidly in recent years

Amid hushed talk of war, Saudi fundraises for Gaza

Agence France-Presse

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken talks to reporters prior to boarding his aircraft at Joint Base Andrews on his way to the Middle East and Asia

Blinken heads to Israel seeking 'concrete measures' to spare civilians

Agence France-Presse

A woman holds a poster of Israeli hostage Omer Neutra during a memorial vigil for the Israeli people killed by Hamas during the October 7 attack, in New York City on November 1, 2023. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELA WEI

Analysis

Families of Israeli hostages frustrated with Netanyahu government, urge talks

The families of kidnapped Israelis and foreign nationals worry that the Israeli government's dual goals of the Gaza operation — eliminating Hamas and rescuing all the hostages — are incompatible with one another.

Rina Bassist

By Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

German police officers stand in front of a flag of the Palestinian prisoner organization Samidoun during a demonstration in Duisburg, Oct. 9, 2023.

Germany announces complete Hamas ban, dissolves pro-Palestinian group

Germany moved to ban Samidoun after it posted celebrations of Hamas’ attack on Israel and with both the German public and the EU divided over the war.

Adam Lucente

By Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change