In the 20 months since the war in Gaza began, Amit Hevrony has been spat at, screamed at, and pelted with rocks and eggs in Israel's streets, all because she was calling for peace. "We would sit in silence, just a bunch of women dressed in white, holding signs in Hebrew, Arabic and English ...
Dozens of former officials have spoken to the BBC about their role enforcing the brutality of the Assad regime – including a man who said he tortured detainees, then defected in 2012. The rare first-hand testimony forms part of a BBC investigation into Syria's notorious prisons under its former ...
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said it handed out food aid "without incident" at two sites in southern and central Gaza on Monday/ Palestinians in Gaza say they were fired on once again as they headed to one of the aid distribution centres run by the Israeli- and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian ...
Security camera footage shows the moment Israeli forces boarded a yacht that was carrying activists towards Gaza, to deliver humanitarian aid. The 12 activists, including Swedish campaigner Greta Thunberg, were detained and their boat, the Madleen, was towed to the Israeli port city of Ashdod. ...
Moment activists say Israel intercepted their boat/ Israeli forces have boarded and seized a yacht trying to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip and detained the 12 pro-Palestinian activists it was carrying, including Greta Thunberg. The Madleen is now on its way to Ashdod, a port city ...
The Israeli military released a video in December 2023 that it said showed Mohammed Sinwar being driven through a Hamas underground tunnel/ The Israeli military has said it has located and identified the body of Mohammed Sinwar, the military leader of Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza. His ...
Transporting dogs in vehicles has also been outlawed/ Iranian officials have expanded a ban on dog walking to a swathe of cities across the country, citing public order and health and safety concerns The ban - which mirrors a 2019 police order that barred dog walking in the capital, Tehran - has ...
Several deadly incidents have taken place near aid distribution centres in Gaza (file photo)/ At least four Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire as they were heading to an aid distribution centre, health workers in Gaza have said. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said troops had ...
Six Palestinians have been killed and several others wounded by Israeli gunfire in the latest deadly incident close to an aid distribution centre in southern Gaza, the Hamas-run Civil Defence agency says. People had gathered to collect food supplies on Saturday morning when the shooting started, ...
Israel has retrieved the body of a Thai national taken hostage during the Hamas-led attack in October 2023, Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz says. He said the body of Nattapong Pinta was retrieved during a special operation in the Rafah area of southern Gaza on Friday. The 35-year-old was ...
