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Boston Globe
10-08-2025
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Netanyahu defends his planned military offensive in Gaza
The goals there, he said, include demilitarizing Gaza, the Israeli military having 'overriding security control' there and a non-Israeli civilian administration in charge. The prime minister also said he had directed Israel's military in recent days to 'bring in more foreign journalists' — which would be a striking development as they have not been allowed into Gaza beyond military embeds. Netanyahu again blamed many of Gaza's problems on the Hamas militant group, including civilian deaths, destruction and shortages of aid. Advertisement THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP's earlier story follows below. Mounted Israeli policemen attempted to disperse demonstrators organized by the families of the Israeli hostages outside the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv on Saturday, August 9. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — At least 26 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in the Gaza Strip, hospitals and witnesses said, as families of Israeli hostages called for a general strike to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to expand military operations in the territory. Netanyahu is scheduled to give a press conference for foreign and local media later Sunday amid international condemnation of his plans. His address will come just before the United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting on Israel's plan to take control of Gaza City. Advertisement Hospital officials said they received bodies from areas where Palestinians were seeking aid — either along food convoy routes or near privately run aid distribution points across Gaza. The dead include 10 who were killed while waiting for aid trucks close to the newly built Morag corridor which separates the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis, said Nasser hospital. A further six people were killed while waiting for aid in northern Gaza near the Zikim crossing, according to the Gaza Health Ministry and the Shifa hospital in Gaza City which received the casualties. In central Gaza, witnesses said they first heard warning shots before the fire was aimed toward crowds of aid seekers trying to reach a food distribution site operated by Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. AP cannot independently confirm who fired the shots. The Awda hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp said four people were killed by Israeli gunfire. 'First, it was in the air, then they started to fire at the people,' said Sayed Awda, who waited hundreds of meters (yards) from the GHF site in the area. Six other aid seekers were killed while trying to reach GHF sites in Khan Younis and Rafah, Nasser hospital said. The U.S. and Israel backed the foundation months ago as an alternative to the U.N.-run aid system, but its early operations have been marred by deaths and chaos, with aid-seekers coming under gunfire near the routes leading to the sites. Responding to Associated Press inquiries, the GHF media office said: 'There were no incidents at or near our sites today and these incidents appear to be linked to crowds trying to loot aid convoy.' Advertisement Israel's military also said there were no incidents involving Israeli troops near central Gaza aid sites. Seven people were killed in airstrikes, local hospitals reported — three people near the fishermen's port in Gaza City and four people, two of them children, in a strike that hit a tent in Khan Younis. The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the strikes, but has accused Hamas of operating from civilian areas. A man carried a bag of food as displaced Palestinians raided trucks with humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, August 9. -/AFP via Getty Images Hunger deaths mount, toll among children hits 100 Israel's air and ground offensive has displaced most of the population and pushed the territory toward famine. Two more Palestinian children died of malnutrition-related causes on Saturday, bringing the death toll among children in Gaza to 100 since the war began. A total of 117 adults have died of malnutrition-related causes since late June when the ministry started to count this age category, it said. The toll from hunger isn't included in the ministry's death toll of 61,400 Palestinians in the war. The ministry, part of the Hamas-run government and staffed by medical professionals, doesn't distinguish between fighters or civilians, but says around half of the dead have been women and children. The U.N. and independent experts consider it the most reliable source on war casualties. A protest in Tel Aviv on Saturday, August 9. Demonstrators rallied in support of hostages. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images Labor strike urged in Israel over looming Gaza City offensive The prospect of expanding the war has sparked outrage both internationally and within Israel, where bereaved families and relatives of hostages still held in Gaza urged companies to declare a general strike next week. Tens of thousands of Israelis rallied in Tel Aviv on Saturday night in what local media called one of the largest anti-government protests in recent months. The families and their supporters hope to pressure the government to reverse its decision to take over Gaza City, warning that expanding the war will endanger their loved ones. Advertisement Of the 251 people abducted when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing about 1,200, around 50 remain in Gaza, with 20 Israel believed to be alive. Lishay Miran-Lavi, whose husband Omri is among the hostages, also appealed to U.S. President Donald Trump and special envoy Steve Witkoff to halt the war. 'The decision to send the army deeper into Gaza is a danger to my husband, Omri. But we can still stop this disaster,' she said. Also Sunday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz toured the northern part of the Israeli-occupied West Bank. He said Israel's military would remain in the area's refugee camps at least until the end of the year. Approximately 40,000 Palestinians have been driven from their homes this year in the West Bank's largest displacement since Israel captured the territory in 1967. Israel says the operations are needed to stamp out militancy, as violence by all sides has surged since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited war in Gaza. Katz on Sunday said the number of warnings about attacks against Israelis in the West Bank had decreased by 80% since the operation began in January. Metz reported from Jerusalem and Magdy from Cairo. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman contributed from Tel Aviv, Israel.
Newsweek
08-08-2025
- Business
- Newsweek
Map of Countries That Have Stopped Weapons Exports to Israel
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Germany has become the latest country to suspend the export of arms to Israel. Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday his government would halt all shipments of military equipment that could be used in Gaza, in direct response to Israel's security cabinet approving a plan to take control of Gaza City. Several countries have imposed full or partial suspensions on arms exports to Israel since it began its military offensive in Gaza. Why It Matters The growing list of countries suspending arms exports to Israel reflects mounting concerns over the humanitarian impact of Israel's military operations, including the high number of civilian casualties and potential violations of international law. What To Know The United States is by far the biggest supplier of weapons to Israel, accounting for two-thirds of all arms sold to the country. Germany and Italy are the second and third largest suppliers, accounting for around 30 and 5 percent of weapons sold to Israel respectively, between 2013 and 2023, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). These are all of the countries that have implemented full or partial suspensions of arms exports to Israel since the invasion of Gaza. Germany – Said it will not authorize any exports of military equipment that could be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice as of August 2025. Slovenia – Banned all arms trade with Israel, including transit and imports, in August 2025, becoming the first European Union country to implement a ban. Canada – Suspended all new arms export permits to Israel in March 2024, but continued with preapproved contracts. Italy – Imposed a total suspension of any new arms exports to Israel in October 2024, but is fulfilling prewar orders. Japan – Itochu Corporation ended its partnership with Israeli arms maker Elbit Systems in Feb 2024 at the request of Japan's Defense Ministry. This was not a formal nationwide government embargo. Belgium – Belgium had already banned arms exports from its Wallonia region to Israel in 2009. A Belgian court ruled in 2025 that the country's Flanders region halt all transits of military equipment to Israel. Israeli army main battle tanks are positioned near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on August 5, 2025. I Israeli army main battle tanks are positioned near the border with the Gaza Strip in southern Israel on August 5, 2025. I JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images The Netherlands – Halted the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel in February 2024, but a December 2024 court ruling rejected a full arms ban. Spain – Suspended all new arms exports to Israel in October 2023. United Kingdom – Suspended about 30 of roughly 350 arms export licenses to Israel in November 2024, over concerns the weapons might be used to violate international humanitarian law in Gaza. The Hague Group – A group of 12 countries, known as The Hague Group, committed at a July 2025 summit to halting all arms transfers to Israel. The countries were Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Indonesia, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Namibia, Nicaragua, Oman, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and South Africa. Turkey later said it would follow the measures. What People Are Saying German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, in a statement on August 8: "From the German government's point of view, the even tougher military action of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, which was decided by the Israeli security cabinet last night, makes it increasingly difficult to see how these goals are to be achieved. Under these circumstances, the German government is not approving any exports of armaments that can be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice." What Happens Next Other countries might follow suit and suspend arms exports to Israel as the conflict in Gaza escalates. However, the U.S, which is by far Israel's largest arms supplier, has shown no signs of restricting military support.
Sinar Daily
24-06-2025
- Politics
- Sinar Daily
Fourth journalist dies in Gaza media tent strike
A medical source said on Friday that photojournalist Ahmad Qalja succumbed to his wounds following Thursday's deadly drone attack that killed three other journalists and injured four more. 06 Jun 2025 06:53pm A plume of smoke erupts during Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip on June 5, 2025. - (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) ANKARA - A Palestinian photojournalist died from injuries sustained in Israel's Thursday airstrike on a media tent at Gaza City's Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, bringing the total number of journalists killed in a single strike to four, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. A medical source said on Friday that photojournalist Ahmad Qalja succumbed to his wounds following Thursday's deadly drone attack that killed three other journalists and injured four more. The Government Media Office in Gaza confirmed that with Qalja's death, the total number of Palestinian journalists killed in Israeli attacks since Oct 7, 2023, has now reached 226. The figure includes 30 female journalists and one journalist from the occupied West Bank. The deadly attack came one day after the United States (US) vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that called for an "immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire" in the Gaza Strip. Slovenia proposed the draft resolution on behalf of the Security Council's 10 elected members-Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Panama, Pakistan, South Korea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, and Slovenia-and received 14 votes. A woman prays at the grave of a loved one on the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, on June 6, 2025. - (Photo by EYAD BABA / AFP) Israel, rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, has pursued a genocidal offensive in Gaza since October 2023, killing nearly 54,700 Palestinians, most of them women and children. Aid agencies have warned about the risk of famine among the enclave's more than two million inhabitants. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war crimes against civilians in the enclave. - BERNAMA
Toronto Sun
21-06-2025
- Politics
- Toronto Sun
Israel hits Iranian nuclear research facility and says it's preparing for possibly long campaign
Published Jun 21, 2025 • 6 minute read Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 21, 2025. Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP via Getty Images TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's military said Saturday it struck an Iranian nuclear research facility overnight and killed three senior Iranian commanders in targeted attacks, while emphasizing it was preparing for the possibility that the war could turn into a lengthy campaign. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Early Saturday, smoke could be seen rising from an area near a mountain in Isfahan, where a local official said Israel had attacked the nuclear research facility in two waves. The target was two centrifuge production sites, and the attacks came on top of strikes on other centrifuge production sites elsewhere in recent days, according to an Israeli military official speaking on condition of anonymity under army guidelines to brief reporters. It was the second attack on Isfahan, which was hit in the first 24 hours of the war as part of Israel's goal to destroy the Iranian nuclear program. Akbar Salehi, Isfahan province's deputy governor for security affairs, confirmed the Israeli strikes had caused damage to the facility but said there had been no human casualties. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Iran launched a new wave of drones and missiles at Israel but there were no immediate reports of significant damage, and the Israeli official called it a 'small barrage' that was largely intercepted by Israel's defences. The official said part of the reason that Iran's overnight attack had been relatively small was that the military had been targeting its launchers, and estimates it has now taken out more than 50% of them. 'We've been able to take out a large amount of their launchers, creating a bottleneck — we're making it harder for them to fire toward Israel,' he said. 'Having said all that, I want to say the Iranian regime obviously still has capabilities.' Israel's Magen David Adom rescue service said Saturday an Iranian drone hit a two-story building in northern Israel, but there were no casualties. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Later, the Israeli military's chief spokesman, Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, said the army had been told by Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir to be prepared for a 'prolonged campaign' to destroy its targets, including nuclear sites, enrichment facilities and missile infrastructure. 'We are deepening our strikes night after night and we have amazing achievements,' he said. 'We will continue until the threat is removed.' Talks in Switzerland fail to produce a breakthrough Talks in Geneva on Friday failed to produce a breakthrough. European officials expressed hope for future discussions, and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he was open to further dialogue while emphasizing that Tehran had no interest in negotiating with the U.S. while Israel continued attacking. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Iran is ready to consider diplomacy once again and once aggression is stopped and the aggressor is held accountable for the crimes committed,' he told reporters. No date was set for the next round of talks. Iran warns against U.S. military involvement U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing active U.S. military involvement in the conflict, which Araghchi said Saturday 'would be very unfortunate.' 'I think that it would be very, very dangerous for everyone,' he said in Istanbul, speaking on the sidelines of a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation. The war between Israel and Iran erupted June 13, with Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear and military sites, top generals and nuclear scientists. At least 722 people, including 285 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 2,500 wounded, according to a Washington-based Iranian human rights group. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Iran has retaliated by firing more than 450 missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel, according to Israeli army estimates. Most have been shot down by Israel's multitiered air defences, but at least 24 people in Israel have been killed and hundreds wounded. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said Israel's military operation in Iran would continue 'for as long as it takes' to eliminate what he called the existential threat of Iran's nuclear program and arsenal of ballistic missiles. But Netanyahu's goal could be out of reach without U.S. help. Barring a commando raid or even a nuclear strike, Iran's underground Fordo uranium enrichment facility is considered to be out of reach to all but America's 'bunker-buster' bombs. Trump said he would put off deciding whether to join Israel's air campaign against Iran for up to two weeks. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. In Israel's opening attack, it killed three of Iran's top military leaders: one who oversaw the entire armed forces, Gen. Mohammad Bagheri; one who led the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Gen. Hossein Salami; and the head of the Guard's ballistic missile program, Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh. The targeted killings of senior commanders continued, with Israel's defence minister saying Saturday that the military had killed a commander in Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard who financed and armed Hamas in preparation for the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that sparked the 20-month long war in Gaza. Israel said Saeed Izadi was commander of the Palestine Corps for the Iranian Quds Force, an elite arm of the Guard that conducts military and intelligence operations outside Iran, and that he was killed in an apartment in the city of Qom. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Iranian officials did not immediately confirm the death, but the Qom governor's office did say there had been an attack on a four-story apartment building and local media reported two people had been killed. Israel also said it had killed the commander of the Quds Force's weapons transfer unit, who it said was responsible for providing weapons to Hezbollah and Hamas. Behnam Shahriyari was killed in his car while traveling in western Iran, the military said. A commander of Iran's drone force was also killed overnight, the Israeli official who briefed reporters said. Iran threatens head of UN nuclear watchdog On Friday, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog warned at an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council against attacks on Iran's nuclear reactors, particularly its only commercial nuclear power plant in the southern city of Bushehr. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'I want to make it absolutely and completely clear: In case of an attack on the Bushehr nuclear power plant, a direct hit would result in a very high release of radioactivity to the environment,' said Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency. 'This is the nuclear site in Iran where the consequences could be most serious.' Israel has not targeted Iran's nuclear reactors, instead focusing its strikes on the main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, centrifuge workshops near Tehran, laboratories in Isfahan and the country's Arak heavy water reactor southwest of the capital. Iran previously agreed to limit its uranium enrichment and allow international inspectors access to its nuclear sites under a 2015 deal with the U.S., France, China, Russia, Britain and Germany in exchange for sanctions relief. But after Trump pulled the U.S. unilaterally out of the deal during his first term, Iran began enriching uranium up to 60% — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90% — and restricting access to its nuclear facilities. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes, but it is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich uranium up to 60%. Israel is widely believed to be the only Middle Eastern country with a nuclear weapons program but has never acknowledged it. Leaders in Iran have blamed Grossi's statements about the status of Iran's nuclear program for prompting Israel's attack. On Saturday, a senior adviser for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamanei, Ali Larijani, said in a brief social media post without elaboration that Iran would make Grossi 'pay' once the war with Israel is over. Iran acknowledges detaining a German cyclist Iran also acknowledged for the first time that it detained a German cyclist on spying allegations, likely an effort by Tehran to pressure Germany — one of the countries that has been involved in the diplomatic talks. The semiofficial Mehr news agency published footage of the unidentified man's arrest. It said he was detained in Markazi province, home to Iran's Arak heavy water reactor. The German news agency dpa reported the arrest took place last year. Germany's Foreign Ministry refused to comment. — Rising reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writers Mehmet Guzel in Istanbul, Josef Federman in Jerusalem and Farnoush Amiri and Jon Gambrell in Dubai contributed to this report. 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Sinar Daily
18-06-2025
- Politics
- Sinar Daily
Iran has taken control of Israel airspace
The IRGC said the operation was in response to what it described as the Tel Aviv regime's aggression on Iranian soil. 18 Jun 2025 09:39am Israeli air defence systems are activated to intercept Iranian missiles over the Israeli city of Tel Aviv early on June 18, 2025. Israel and Iran exchanged fire again on June 17, the fifth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the Middle East. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP) TEHRAN - Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Wednesday said the Iranian armed forces now have control over Israel's airspace following a new wave of missile attacks., Mehr News Agency reported. In a statement issued after the strikes, the IRGC said the operation was in response to what it described as the Tel Aviv regime's aggression on Iranian soil. Rocket trails are seen in the sky above the Israeli coastal city of Netanya amid a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on June 17, 2025. Israel and Iran exchanged fire again on June 17, the fifth day of strikes in their most intense confrontation in history, fuelling fears of a drawn-out conflict that could engulf the Middle East. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) The IRGC said it launched first-generation Fattah missiles targeting the occupied territories. According to the statement, the missiles managed to penetrate Israel's missile defence systems and repeatedly struck shelters. "Tonight's missile attack showed that we have gained complete control over the skies of the occupied territories,' it added. Tensions have escalated sharply since Friday, when Israel launched coordinated airstrikes and drone attacks on multiple sites across Iran, including military and nuclear facilities, prompting retaliatory strikes from Tehran. - BERNAMA-MEHR More Like This
