TOPIC: MIDDLE EAST CRISIS
UN report accuses Israel of 'genocidal acts,' sexual and gender-based violence in Gaza
A new United Nations report says Israel used sexual and gender-based violence as a war strategy in Gaza, and carried out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians through the systematic destruction of women's health-care facilities.
Violent clashes between Syria's government, Assad loyalists left hundreds dead. Here's what to know
Hundreds of people were killed in Syria over four days after violent clashes between the army and loyalists of the deposed president Bashar al-Assad swept its western coastal region.
Gaza desalination plant could run out of clean water after Israel cuts off power supply
Palestinians in Gaza could be out of clean drinking water in a matter of days after Israel cut off its electricity supply to the territory, which drastically slashed operations at a water desalination plant.
Israeli airstrike kills 4 Palestinians in central Gaza
An Israeli airstrike killed four Palestinians in Gaza on Tuesday, the territory's civil emergency service said, as Arab mediators and the United States tried to hammer out differences between Hamas and Israel over a Jan. 19 ceasefire agreement.
Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza
Israel says it is cutting off its electricity supply to Gaza. The full effects of that are not immediately clear, but the territory's desalination plants receive power for producing drinking water.
The Assad regime detained these 6 Syrian children with their parents in 2013. Where are they now?
Hassan Al-Abbasi, who lives in Ottawa, has been searching for his sister's six children in orphanages across Syria, after she was detained nearly 12 years ago by the ousted Assad regime alongside her husband, secretary and six children.
Israeli drone strike kills 2 people in Gaza as ceasefire standoff continues
An Israeli drone strike killed two people in Gaza on Friday, local Palestinian medical authorities said, underscoring the uncertainty surrounding a fragile ceasefire deal that has halted fighting in the enclave for weeks.
U.S. and Israel dismiss $53B plan endorsed by Arab states to rebuild Gaza, prevent mass displacement
The United States and Israel have both rejected an alternative plan to rebuild Gaza after it was adopted by Arab states at a summit on Tuesday.
Arab states adopt Egyptian alternative to Trump's 'Gaza Riviera' plan at summit
Arab leaders adopted an Egyptian reconstruction plan for Gaza on Tuesday that would cost $53 billion US and avoid resettling Palestinians, in contrast to U.S. President Donald Trump's "Middle East Riviera" vision, according to a copy of the plan.
Fear of aid, food shortages grows in Gaza as Israel continues to block goods from entering
Israel's block on deliveries into the war-stricken Gaza Strip has led to price increases and fears of food shortages, prompting punitive measures from the Hamas-run authorities against merchants, according to Hamas sources and witnesses.
This mother reunited with her son 420 days after his detention. She feared he was dead
Muhammad Abu Sahloul, who was among 42 minors released last week as part of a ceasefire deal, says he was detained by Israel in January 2024 and spent 13 months in custody. His mother searched for him but eventually feared he had died during the Israel-Hamas war.
Israeli fire kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza amid impasse over ceasefire, total blockade
Israeli fire has killed at least two people in Rafah and injured three others in Khan Younis in the south of Gaza, raising fear among Palestinians that the ceasefire could collapse altogether after Israel imposed a total blockade on the shattered enclave.
Israel blocks aid into Gaza in move Hamas calls 'blackmail' to force truce concessions
The first phase of the ceasefire, which included a surge in humanitarian assistance, expired on Saturday. The two sides have yet to negotiate the second phase, in which Hamas was to release dozens of remaining hostages in return for an Israeli pullout from Gaza and a lasting ceasefire.
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Palestinians mark Ramadan with uncertainty as 1st phase of ceasefire ends
Many Palestinians marked the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid the rubble of where their houses used to be, as the first phase of the fragile ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas ended Saturday. Hamas says 'no progress' has been made on talks on the second phase of the ceasefire.
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Israel says it agrees to U.S. plan for extending 1st phase of Gaza ceasefire
Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem earlier on Saturday said the group rejected Israel's "formulation" of extending the first phase of the ceasefire in Gaza but did not explicitly mention the U.S. plan.
Israel sends negotiators to Cairo to extend 1st phase of Gaza ceasefire
Israel announced on Thursday it was sending negotiators to Cairo for talks, seeking to extend a first phase of a ceasefire due to expire in two days, in the apparent aim of securing the release of more hostages while delaying any final deal on Gaza's future.
Hamas returns bodies of 4 hostages to Israel in final exchange of this ceasefire
Hamas handed over the bodies of four Israeli hostages while it waited for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners to be released by Israel in return, the last such exchange agreed to as part of a fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
Israel mourns Bibas family as Hamas signals breakthrough on hostages
Israelis on Wednesday mourned the Bibas family, which symbolized the trauma the country suffered in the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, as the Palestinian militant group agreed to free the last hostage bodies included in the initial phase of the Gaza ceasefire.
Medical officials in Gaza sound the alarm after 6 infants die from cold weather
At least six infants have died from cold-related injuries over the past two weeks in the Gaza Strip, local medics say, due to a lack of adequate shelter and heating.
Israel's offensive in West Bank intensifies as tanks move in. Here's the latest
Tensions are rising in the occupied West Bank after Israel sent more troops and, for the first time in more than two decades, tanks into the Palestinian territory.
Israeli tanks move into occupied West Bank for the 1st time since 2002
Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank for the first time since 2002 on Sunday, shortly after Israel's defence minister said troops will remain 'for the coming year' in parts of the Palestinian territory.
Israel delays release of Palestinians, claiming 'humiliating' handover of hostages by Hamas
Israel says the release of more than 600 Palestinian prisoners is delayed "until the release of the next hostages is assured, and without the humiliating ceremonies" at handovers of Israeli captives in Gaza.
'1.7 million' Palestinians in Gaza? Trump's statement raises questions about death toll
President Donald Trump's assertion that the U.S. can relocate "1.7 or 1.8 million" Palestinians has raised questions about the death toll in Gaza. Trump made the comments last week while announcing a surprise plan to take over the region that has been devastated by the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023.
Israel says body released by Hamas is not Shiri Bibas, slain mother of 2 children killed in Gaza
The Israeli military said on Friday that two bodies released by Hamas had been identified as infant Kfir Bibas and his four-year-old brother, Ariel Bibas — but a third body was not that of Shiri Bibas, the children's mother, whose body was also supposed to be released.
Tens of thousands of Palestinians forced to flee West Bank as Israeli military operation deepens
By car and on foot, through muddy olive groves and sniper sight lines, tens of thousands of Palestinians in recent weeks have fled Israeli military operations across the northern West Bank — the largest displacement in the occupied territory since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.