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Israel’s president says normalizing ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia would be a key element of ending the war with Hamas and a game-changer for the entire Middle East

INS Vishakhapatnam reportedly responded to a drone attack distress call in the Gulf of Aden. The drone attack distress call was made from Marshall Islands-flagged vessel in the Red Sea.

Hamas aired video on Sunday showing three Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza urging their government to stop the offensive against the Palestinian Islamist group and bring about their release, as both sides marked the 100th day of the war. The 37-second video of Noa Argamani, 26, Yossi Sharabi, 53, and Itay Svirsky, 38, ended with the chyron: «Tomorrow we will inform you of their fate.»

Houthi rebels in Yemen amid growing crisis in oil-rich West Asia, thereby escalating a conflict in response to a string of attacks that have disrupted commercial shipping in the Red Sea. Notably, the spill over from the war between Benjamin Netanyahu's Israel and Hamas fighters in Gaza had been flagged repeatedly by US when Tel Aviv began a relentless airstrike campaign in the densely populated Gaza Strip.

Gaza, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rebuffed for the first time calls by some right-wing ministers to permanently occupy the enclave. As Israel's war in Gaza continued to rage, the International Court of Justice in The Hague, also known as the World Court, was to hold hearings on Thursday and Friday in a case brought by South Africa in December claiming Israel's war against Hamas militants in Gaza violates the 1948 Genocide Convention.

Brent crude slipped 0.93%, or 73 cents, to $78.03 a barrel by 0753 GMT after falling more than 1% earlier in the session, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures shed 1.04%, or 77 cents, to $73.04 a barrel. «Saudi Aramco slashing its February OSPs bolsters the weak demand narrative,» said Vandana Hari, founder of oil market analysis provider Vanda Insights. Rising supply and competition with rival producers prompted Saudi Arabia on Sunday to cut the February official selling price (OSP) of its flagship Arab Light crude to Asia to the lowest level in 27 months. «If we were just to focus on the fundamentals including, higher inventories, higher OPEC/non-OPEC production, and a lower-than-expected Saudi OSP, it would be impossible to be anything other than bearish crude oil,» IG analyst Tony Sycamore said. «However, that doesn't take into account the fact that geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are undeniably rising again which will mean limited downside.» Both contracts climbed more than 2% in the first week of 2024 after investors returned from holidays to focus on geopolitical risk in the Middle East following attacks by Yemeni Houthis on ships in the Red Sea. U.S.

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By Ari Rabinovitch, Simon Lewis and Nidal al-Mughrabi

Israeli military signaled that it has wrapped up major combat in northern Gaza, saying it has completed dismantling Hamas' military infrastructure there, as the war against the militant group entered its fourth month Sunday. The military did not address troop deployments in northern Gaza going forward. Its spokesman, Rear Adm.

Benjamin Netanyahu had reportedly planned to employ American advocate Alan Dershowitz's skills to defend Tel Aviv in the International Court of Justice (ICJ), against a case alleging genocide brought forth by South Africa. The advocate famous for his notorious clientele, was Netanyahu's choice the ICJ court, next week.

Harvard president Claudine Gay on Tuesday, following bitter criticism of her appearance at a congressional hearing in early December, has fired a debate in the US on campus antisemitism. She goes along with U Penn president Elizabeth Magill who quit last month, and with pressure growing on their MIT counterpart, Sally Kornbluth, to follow suit. Gay and Magill are collateral damage of the Israel-Hamas war.

Lebanon's Hezbollah group says top Hamas official Saleh Arouri was killed on Tuesday in an explosion in a southern Beirut suburb. Arouri, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, had headed the group's presence in the West Bank. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had threatened to kill him even before the Hamas-Israel war began on October 7. Israeli officials declined to comment.

Israel’s Supreme Court struck down a key component of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s contentious judicial overhaul Monday, delivering a landmark decision that could reopen the fissures in Israeli society that preceded the country’s ongoing offensive against Hamas.

Hamas saw the world change stance from ‘right of one nation to defend itself’ to ‘need for aids to enter the attacked nation’, but none holding the power to has sought an ‘immediate ceasefire’. The war inflated on 7 October, when Hamas fighters from Gaza launched a multi-pronged attack on Israel, killing at least 1,200 people.

Israel, causing alarm as the new year began. Sirens had been heard across various cities including Ashdod, and Sderot, as well as in Rehovot, Ness Ziona, Holon, Lod, and Modiin. There have been no injuries reported.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi, Arafat Barbakh and Dan Williams

Artificial Intelligence ruled 2023-- its discovery, usage, abuse, and a potential threat to jobs-- the new year 2024 can expect a changed stance of this discovery- based on takes the seat of governance. 2023 saw AI boost stock prices, and a profound shift in how humans function. 2024 will see regulators all over the world scrambling to impose rules on this rapidly growing technology.

Jama Masjid Shahi Imam on Israel-Palestine conflict, says ‘Muslim world not…’ While the long trail of death and devastation in the sleepy kibbutzes of southern Israel sent shockwaves across the globe, among the unarmed civilians who were mercilessly slaughtered by the masked gunmen were children. At least 33 children, including some barely months old, lay dead in their cots in the wake of the October 7 attacks, with their throats slashed or bodies carved open. And, as if that wasn't enough, an estimated 40 children were taken as hostages by Hamas terrorists.

The year 2023 can be marked as notably successful for gold, boasting a return rate of just over 14%.

Volodymyr Zelensky, the Joe Biden-led United States administration sanctioned military aid for the war torn country. However, this could be the ‘last’ aid the western country has available without fresh approval from US Congress, where talks have stalled. The latest tranche from the US for the includes air defence, artillery and small arms ammunition, and anti-tank weapons.

Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to keep up the fight against Hamas militants, but a United Nations humanitarian team leader said Palestinian civilians in Gaza who honor Israeli evacuation orders cannot be guaranteed they will be safe. Netanyahu, who visited Israeli troops in northern Gaza on Monday, told lawmakers from his Likud Party that the war was far from over and dismissed what he cast as media speculation his government might call a halt to the fighting.