Eric Sylvers

Eric Sylvers Wed, November 22, 2023 at 12:50 PM GMT+1 Israeli Military Says It Has Destroyed About 400 Tunnel Shafts

The Israel military kept the pressure on Hamas right up to the cease-fire deadline, blowing up tunnels while attacking the Gaza Strip from land, air and sea. Israeli troops destroyed tunnels and shafts near the Al-Shifa Hospital and elsewhere in the enclave in the hours before the cease-fire, the m

Ten ambulances operated by the Palestine Red Crescent Society left the southern Gaza Strip to evacuate wounded and patients from the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City in the northern half of the enclave. The United Nations coordinated and accompanied the convoy to the medical facility, which is al

Almost two-thirds of Israelis think their government doesn’t have a clear plan about what to do once the fighting ends in the Gaza Strip, according to a poll from the Israel Democracy Institute, a Jerusalem-based think tank. More than 90% of Israelis who identify as left-wing, two-thirds of centris

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and his Belgium counterpart, Alexander De Croo, lauded the temporary cease-fire in the Gaza Strip and called for it to be made permanent. “A cease-fire is a good step, but it’s not enough,” said Sanchez, adding that Madrid could unilaterally recognize a Palestin

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