Jerusalem Controversy

Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. JERUSALEM — Israel's Cabinet was expected to meet Thursday to approve a ceasefire and hostage-release deal with Hamas, Israeli media reported, a day after mediators announced an agreement they hope will lead to a permanent end to the Gaza war. The truce…

Ronen Zvulun/Reuters Some protesters objecting to the ceasefire and hostage deal agreed between Israel and Hamas blocked the road into Jerusalem on Thursday. Dozens of cars were filmed in traffic, while one man on the street held a sign reading “yes to victory, no to surrender.” Elsewhere, a few protesters…

Reuters Supporters and family members of hostages kidnapped during the deadly October 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas, protest ahead of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 16, 2025. REUTERS/Shir Torem By Andrew Mills, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Maayan Lubell DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Gaza…

Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage in Gaza since October 2023 stage a protest calling for a deal with Hamas to secure their release, in front of the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on Jan 14. (Photo: AFP) JERUSALEM - A “final round” of Gaza truce talks is due to…

Author of the article: Published Jan 13, 2025  •  1 minute read Women look at smoke rising over the Gaza Strip as they are standing in a viewpoint in the Israeli southern city on Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Sderot, Israel. This morning saw a fresh round of media reports…

Israeli security forces at the scene where fragmensts of a Ballistic missile fired by Houtis damaged a home in the Jerusalem area, January 14, 2025. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90 Alarm sirens rang out across central Israel early Tuesday morning, after a ballistic missile was launched by Houthi rebels in Yemen. …

Jack Guez/Reuters Jerusalem CNN  —  Hamas is “very close to an agreement” with Israel for a ceasefire in Gaza and the exchange of hostages for Palestinian prisoners, according to an official from the militant group. Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said Monday that there had been progress in negotiations. “Israel…

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ABUJA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A suspected bomb explosion killed at least two people and injured two others at a school near Abuja, the Nigerian capital, on Monday, police said. Josephine Adeh, police spokesperson for the Territory of Abuja, said the incident happened at Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya School, in…