Category: 3. Middle East

Tens of thousands gathered in Tel Aviv Saturday night to rally for a ceasefire-hostage deal, as the US-led proposal to end the Gaza war appeared to be nearing finalization.

“It’s now or never,” said a huge placard held above the…

The head of Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah said Saturday that Washington’s plan for a ceasefire in Gaza was “full of dangers,” accusing Israel of using the proposal to achieve what it “failed” to do during the war.

Naim Qassem,…

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched in Barcelona, Rome and other cities on Saturday as anti-Israel rallies were held across Europe to protest the war in Gaza.

Protests in Spain’s second-largest city as well as in Madrid were…

LONDON — London police arrested over a hundred protesters for supporting a banned pro-Palestinian group at a demonstration on Saturday, which went ahead despite requests to call it off after a deadly terror attack at a synagogue in…

Families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza have told the BBC they are hopeful that US President Donald Trump’s plan for ending the war will bring their loved ones home.

Vicky Cohen, whose son Nimrod is among 20 hostages held in Gaza who are still…

If talks set to be held in Egypt on finalizing the technicalities of Hamas’s release of hostages under US President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace plan proceed smoothly, all the hostages could be released “within a few days,” a senior…

Israelis and Palestinians appear both hopeful and wary that the peace deal proposed by US President Trump earlier this week might lead to a ceasefire.

The US leader has said he believes Hamas is “ready for a lasting peace”, and has urged Israel to…