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By Ahmed Eljechtimi

By Supantha Mukherjee

The press is reporting that the Biden Administration is contemplating the use of military force in response to continuing attacks on commercial shipping by the Houthi militia in Yemen. It’s about time. The Houthi missile attacks pose the most significant threat to global shipping in decades, and they will continue unless a global coalition unites to stop them.

Israeli hostage abducted from music festival found ‘murdered in captivity’ In 2022, the Gonjeshke Darande group hacked a major steel company in the southwest of the country. A cyberattack on Iran’s fuel distribution system in 2021 paralyzed gas stations across the country, leading to long lines of angry motorists. The hacking group claimed responsibility for the attack on fuel pumps.

Iran's gas stations went out of service on Monday following possible sabotage — a reference to cyberattacks, Iranian state TV reported. The report said a «software problem» caused the irregularity in the gas stations. It urged people not to rush to the stations that were still operational.

fire-charred decade. In polls of 12 rich countries by Pew, an American think-tank, the share of respondents who said it was a “major threat" rose in every country except South Korea, where it was already high (see chart 1). Clear majorities everywhere bar Israel agreed with this description.

Hamas has been the focus of a relentless Israeli onslaught in Gaza but with resilient and diverse finances, it is expected to have a significant war chest at its disposal as the conflict drags on. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to annihilate the Palestinian Islamist movement behind the October 7 attack — the deadliest in the country's history.

Israeli government on Sunday approved the appointment of Reuven Azar as the new Ambassador to India. Azar, who is in his late 50s, will also serve as the non-resident Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Bhutan, a statement from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. His appointment is one of the 21 new Heads of Missions cleared by the Israeli government to assume service soon.

Hamas terrorists during the October 7 attack, has been officially declared dead, as confirmed by the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum. According to the Times of Israel, the cause of Inbar Haiman's death has not been disclosed, and it is suspected that her remains are still in the Gaza Strip. The 27-year-old was taken from the Supernova music festival and tragically lost her life while in captivity.

Israeli troops mistakenly killed three of their own hostages, Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of the General Staff LTG Herzi Halevi guided the troops on the rules of engagement in similar situations in the future. He urged the troops to show caution if there were two people without shirts and with raised hands. Halevi also specified that even if two Gazans come with a white flag to surrender, they should not be attacked. «Absolutely not. That's not the IDF,» he said. «A message from IDF Chief of the General Staff LTG Herzi Halevi on IDF rules of engagement, from a situational assessment with the commanders and soldiers of the 99th Division in Gaza today,» the IDF posted on X (formerly Twitter). «You see two people; they are with hands up and without shirts; take two seconds, and I want to tell you something just as important, and if it's two Gazans with a white flag coming out to surrender, why would we shoot at them? Absolutely not.

A Canadian Jewish organization wants police to investigate Facebook posts allegedly made by the father of a teenage terror suspect arrested in Ottawa.

we win, you know what's gonna happen. People are gonna flood out of the country. They're gonna flood out before we even do anything," Trump said.

biggest Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip so far, just a few hundred metres from a key border crossing. Such was its size that small vehicles would be able to travel within the tunnel, an AFP photographer granted access to it reported. The underground passage formed part of a wider branching network that stretched for over four kilometres (2.5 miles) and came within 400 metres (1,300 feet) of the Erez border crossing, the army said in a statement. It cost millions of dollars and took years to construct, Israeli forces said, with the project lead by Mohamed Yahya, brother of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar, who is believed to have masterminded the October 7 attacks. The honeycomb of passageways features a drainage systems, electricity, ventilation, sewage and a communication network as well as rails. The floor is compacted earth while its walls are reinforced concrete and its entrance is a metal cylinder with 1.5 centimetre (half-inch) thick walls.

Al-Shifa hospital in northern Gaza, devastated by Israeli bombardments, is «a blood bath» and is «in need of resuscitation», the WHO said Sunday. A team from the World Health Organisation and other United Nations agencies was able to deliver medical supplies Saturday to the hospital, the largest in the Palestinian territory.

Israel-Gaza war, Israeli military officials stated on Saturday that three Israeli hostages, mistakenly shot by Israeli troops in the Gaza Strip, were killed despite waving a white flag and being shirtless, as reported by AP. It is to be further noted that this marks Israel's first acknowledgement of causing harm to hostages in its conflict with Hamas. Here are the top ten updates about the Israel-Gaza war: 1.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Ibrahim Abu Mustafa and Dan Williams

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Haitham bin Tarik, the Sultan of Oman, on Saturday adopted a new 'India-Oman joint vision, a partnership for future' focusing on ten essential areas, heralding a new chapter in the strategic partnership between the two nations. «India and Oman have had an unbreakable bond of deep friendship for centuries. At one end of the Arabian Sea is India and at the other end is Oman.

A ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthi rebels has slammed into a cargo ship in the Red Sea near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait

The U.S. military says an American warship shot down 14 suspected attack drones over the Red Sea on Saturday

prime minister is taking heat for what’s been termed inaction on securing a new prisoner exchange deal, weeks after a brief cease-fire ended. The Israel Defense Forces revealed Saturday that the hostages emerged shirtless from a building in the Shejaiya neighborhood of northern Gaza during fighting, holding a makeshift white flag to signify surrender, and that one shouted “help" in Hebrew. Yet they were shot, contrary to the rules of engagement, as soldiers suspected a Hamas threat.