JERUSALEM (AA) – Director of Israel’s Mossad spy agency David Barnea held talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha to discuss a Gaza cease-fire and prisoner swap deal, Israeli media reported. Israeli news portal Walla said Barnea’s visit to Qatar was part of efforts to reach a deal with […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor has expressed concern over pressure the court is facing from the US regarding its investigations into Israel’s actions in Gaza. In an interview with Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun, Karim Khan disclosed that ICC officials were receiving personal threats from supporters of Israel. ...
Israel’s Mossad has confirmed that Qatar and Egypt have relayed a positive response from Hamas regarding Israel’s proposal for a prisoner and cease-fire agreement in Gaza. Axios reports that senior Israeli officials view the updated response as constructive, paving the way for more extensive negotiations. The Biden administration, ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Knesset member and former Mossad deputy chief Ram Ben-Barak has said that the ongoing war in Gaza is “futile,” asserting that Israel is on the losing end and facing economic collapse. “This war lacks a clear objective, and it’s evident that we’re unequivocally losing it,” Ben-Barak told the Israeli pu...
JOHANNESBURG (AA) – South Africa’s Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor says that she has been receiving threatening messages since her country filed a genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Speaking to reporters in Cape Town, Pandor said she had spoken to Police Minister Bheki Cele about the matter. “I spoke to Mi...
Istanbul, Turkiye – AFP Turkiye has detained 33 people suspected of spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence service, Turkish media reported, without specifying the nationalities of those detained. The suspects were rounded up in raids across eight provinces around Istanbul, private and state-run news agencies reported, adding that ...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Government is preparing the public for possible “tough decisions”, including releasing “dangerous” Palestinian prisoners as part of a new prisoner exchange agreement with Hamas, Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation (KAN) has reported. Tel Aviv is discussing with mediators the release of dozens ...
ANKARA (AA) – A top Iranian military commander has warned Israel against any attempt to assassinate its senior officials. Speaking in Tehran, Hossein Salami, the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), described the threats of the Israeli intelligence agency to target Iranian officials as “meaningless st...
