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Smotrich says 'not even a grain of wheat' will enter Gaza Israelโs far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich vowed on Monday that he will continue the total blockade of aid entering the Gaza Strip. โNot even a grain of wheat will enter Gaza,โ he said, speaking at Israeli outlet Yedioth Ahronothโs People of Israel Conference. On 2 March, weeks before breaking the ceasefire in Gaza, Israel shut down all the Palestinian...
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Indictment comes amid an uptick in targeted attacks on Ukrainian officials and public figures.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of people have been moved to emergency shelters after flooding in DR Congoโs capital, Kinshasa.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Report comes as US uses claims of Chinese meddling to push for control over strategic waterway.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:The tragedy in Kocani cannot be explained away as another case of local corruption.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Barely inhabited islands, countries the US enjoys a trade surplus with, and a tariff formula that isn't about tariffs.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:China seems prepared for a showdown even as other countries scramble to re-negotiate new tariffs with Washington.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:US scientists say theyโve used fossilised remains to โde-extinctโ a species of wolf that died out 10,000 years ago.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:The US president says negotiations have taken place at a "very high level" between the two countries.
Published on: April 08, 2025 | Source:Evening Update Good evening Middle East Eye readers, our live blog will soon be closing for the day. Here is what happened today: At least 46 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes across Gaza since dawn today, according to medical sources Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has openly admitted that Tel Aviv is deliberately starving Palestinians, declaring on Monday: โNot even a single...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Netanyahu is the first world leader to visit the White House since the US president announced tariffs on global trading partners.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:The Netherlands tightens military exports to Israel The Dutch government said on Monday it had tightened export controls for all military and "dual use" goods destined for Israel. All direct exports and the transit of these goods to Israel will be checked to see if they comply with European regulations and will no longer be covered by general export licences, the government said in a letter to parliament.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:At least two Palestinians killed near Deir el-Balah in Gaza At least two Palestinians were killed and many others wounded in an Israeli attack on a house south of Deir el-Balah, Al Jazeera reported on Monday. At least 46 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes across Gaza since dawn today, according to medical sources.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Alongside Netanyahu, Trump announces direct US talks with Iran Submitted by Yasmine El-Sabawi on Mon, 04/07/2025 - 21:18 The Israeli prime minister has long pushed for attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities, even without US backing US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in White House's Oval Office in Washington, accompanied by Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer on...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:President Trump says the US is holding direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program with โa very big meetingโ Saturday.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Footage shows the moment 14-year-old Palestinian teen Omar Mohammad Rabea was allegedly fatally shot by Israeli forces.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:US president makes claim in media conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, while also threatening Tehran.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump again pitched his idea to redevelop the Gaza Strip into what he termed a โfreedom zone.โ
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:US President Donald Trump won't relent on tariffs despite global criticism.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Trump says owning Gaza would be 'a good thing', in talks with Netanyahu In a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, US President Donald Trump said that โcontrolling and owning Gaza would be a good thingโ, echoing earlier plans Trump floated about forcibly displacing the population from Gaza to neighbouring countries to โownโ and โredevelopโ Gaza under US control. โI donโt understand...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Palestinian Red Crescent Society is demanding an independent investigation into Israelโs killing of 15 medics in Rafah.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:UK and international lawyers have filed a war crimes complaint against 10 Britons who fought with Israel's army in Gaza.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Four Palestinians injured in Israeli settler attack in occupied West Bank Four Palestinians on Monday sustained injuries in an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Umm al-Kheir, south of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron, Wafa news agency is reporting.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Doctors Without Borders raises alarm over child malnutrition in Greeceโs migrant facility.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Gaza medic killings: How a voice from beyond the grave destroyed Israel's lie Submitted by Soumaya Ghannoushi on Mon, 04/07/2025 - 16:57 As he lay dying, Rifaat Radwan recorded the slaughter of his colleagues, debunking the army's version of events Rifaat Radwan was among 15 emergency workers killed by Israeli forces in Rafah, Gaza, on 23 March 2025 (Social media) Off โMum, forgive me. This is the path I chose. I...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:'America First?': US under fire for ignoring Israel's killing of Palestinian-American teen Submitted by Maysa Mustafa on Mon, 04/07/2025 - 16:15 American citizen Omar Rabea, 14, was killed by Israeli forces one day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the White House The funeral of Omar Mohammad Rabea in Turmus Ayya on Monday (Mohammad Abu Zaid/WAFA News Agency/X) Off Social media is being flooded with...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:The organisation says the attack by Israeli troops on a convoy of ambulances constitutes a "fully-fledged war crime".
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:The IDF's killing of 15 emergency workers has drawn international condemnation. BBC Verify examines new footage of the incident.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Nearly 400,000 displaced since end of Gaza ceasefire, UN says Nearly 400,000 Gaza residents have been displaced in the Gaza Strip since 18 March, with relentless attacks leading to โlarge-scale civilian casualtiesโ , UN secretary generalโs spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Monday. โSurvivors across Gaza are being displaced repeatedly and forced into an ever-shrinking space where their basic needs just cannot be met,โ...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Leaders of France, US, Egypt, and Jordan hold call to discuss Gaza French President Emmanuel Macron, US President Donald Trump, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah held a call on Monday to discuss the situation in Gaza, according to the French presidency. On Tuesday, Macron is expected to visit warehouses for aid to Gaza and a hospital where wounded Palestinians from Gaza are treated on...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Brussels pushes for trade talks with Washington while preparing countermeasures on tariffs.
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Trump-Netanyahu press conference cancelled The White House has announced that the press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, scheduled for 1 pm on Monday local time, is no longer taking place. No reason was given when the announcement was made by the White House. The meeting between Trump and Netanyahu is reportedly still taking place and the twoleaders will take questions in the Oval Office from a smaller...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:An hour from Gaza, Israelis sip coffee as genocide rages Submitted by Lubna Masarwa on Mon, 04/07/2025 - 15:19 As friends and colleagues in Gaza tell me about the horrors they endure, the Israelis around me chat about a play they saw or who will host dinner People play at the beach in Tel Aviv, on 7 August 2024, amid Israel's war on Gaza (Oren Ziv/AFP/file photo) Off I am sitting in a coffee shop in Jaffa. One of the...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Trump prepares to meet Netanyahu as allies warn US against war with Iran Submitted by Sean Mathews on Mon, 04/07/2025 - 17:45 Tariffs, Syria and Tehran will dominate the second Trump-Netanyahu meeting at the White House US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on 4 February 2025 (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP) Off Israeli...
Published on: April 07, 2025 | Source:Thousands of Afghans streamed across the Torkham border as Pakistan ramped up deportations after a March 31 deadline.
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