Israel escalates attacks on south Lebanon
Thousands of Israelis rally for hostages
Houthis accuse US of attacking airport
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 50,000
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March 23, 2025
Israel begins ground offensive in Gaza as death toll mounts
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March 23, 2025
Hamas source says Israeli strike kills Hamas official in Gaza hospitalAn Israeli air strike killed a member of Hamas's political bureau as he underwent treatment in hospital, a source in the resistance movement said.
"The Israeli army assassinated Hamas political bureau member Ismail Barhoum," the Hamas source said, requesting anonymity to speak more freely.
"Warplanes bombed the operating room at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, where Barhoum was receiving treatment after sustaining critical injuries in an air strike targeting his home in Khan Younis at dawn last Tuesday."
March 23, 2025
Pro-Palestine protest erupts at US Consulate in AmsterdamPro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in front of the US Consulate in Amsterdam to protest against US support for Israel and the ongoing situation in Gaza.
During the demonstration, a pro-Israel supporter attacked the protesters and was subsequently arrested by the police.
The protesters also voiced strong opposition to Trump’s policies regarding the region.
March 23, 2025
Deaths reported as US air strike hits residential building in Yemeni capitalUS air strikes hit a residential building in the Yemeni capital Sanaa amid reports of fatalities, the Houthi group said.
The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV reported several people were killed and injured in the strikes that targeted the Asr neighbourhood of the Maeen district in Sanaa.
March 23, 2025
Israel bombs Gaza's Nasser hospital: MinistryIsraeli strike on the surgery department of Gaza's Nasser Hospital killed at least five Palestinians and wounded several more, medics have said.
Witnesses say Israel's kamikaze drone hit the second floor of the hospital, a TRT World reporter from Gaza City said.
March 23, 2025
Egyptian, Palestinian premiers discuss Gaza, reconstruction effortsEgyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly met with his Palestinian counterpart Mohammad Mustafa in Cairo to address ongoing efforts to sustain the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza and explore avenues for the reconstruction of the strip, Egypt’s government has said.
Madbouly reaffirmed Egypt’s support for Palestinians, emphasising the importance of keeping them on their land, the statement said.
March 23, 2025
Arab-Islamic ministerial committee voices ‘deep concern’ over collapse of Gaza ceasefireThe Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee has expressed “deep concern” over the breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaza, according to a statement released after a meeting in Cairo with EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas.
The announcement followed discussions between foreign ministers from Jordan, Palestine, Qatar, Egypt, Türkiye, Indonesia, Bahrain, and the UAE’s minister of state, alongside the secretaries-general of the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The committee underscored the urgency of addressing the latest developments in the occupied Palestinian territories.
It expressed “deep concern” over the Gaza ceasefire breakdown, which has led to significant civilian casualties from recent air strikes.
March 23, 2025
Iran condemns Israel's 'extensive military aggression' in LebanonIran has condemned the latest wave of Israeli strikes on Lebanon that came in response to a rocket attack from across the border.
In a statement, foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei described the Israeli strikes as "extensive military aggression" and slammed the country as "a real threat to international peace and security."
March 23, 2025
Netanyahu, Rubio discuss hostages and Israel's war on Gaza Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, discussing the release of hostages and resumption of Tel Aviv's war on Gaza among other regional developments, Netanyahu's office has said in a statement.
March 23, 2025
Israeli military says division deployed in Lebanon now preparing for GazaThe Israeli military has said that one of its divisions that took part in its incursion in Lebanon was preparing for possible activity in Gaza.
"Following the situational assessment, the 36th Division has begun preparations for operations in the Southern Command. Over the past months, the division has completed operations in Lebanon and several months of operational activity in the northern arena," the military said in a statement.
It distributed a video of tanks unloaded in a field and a caption that read: "Preparations of the 36th Division for Operations in the Gaza Strip."
March 23, 2025
Israel presses ground invasion in GazaIsrael's military has pressed ground invasions across Gaza, encircling part of Rafah city near Egypt almost a week into a renewed assault on the Palestinian territory.
Deployment of Israeli troops in parts of Gaza, despite calls to revive a January truce with Hamas, comes alongside a deadly flare-up in Lebanon and missiles fired from Yemen.