The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 7 days ago

Footage from Gaza's largest city, which Israel plans to seize as part of an expanded military offensive, showed women and young children among the chaotic jostle of dozens clamoring and shouting for food. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/24/world/palestinians-despair-un-famine-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #middleeast
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Israel will immediately resume talks for the release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip and an end to the nearly 2-year-old war, but on terms acceptable to it, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/world/politics/netanyahu-gaza-negotiations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israelhamaswar #benjaminnetanyahu #palestinians #hamas
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

Israel’s military announced the first steps of an operation to take over Gaza City, calling up tens of thousands of reservists while the government considered a new ceasefire proposal to pause nearly two years of war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/21/world/israel-military-gaza-city/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expands the war in the Gaza Strip, some reservists are growing more disillusioned with the political leaders sending them back into battle. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/world/politics/netanyahu-gaza-war-reservists/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Israel is studying Hamas' response to a proposal for a 60-day ceasefire and release of half the hostages still held in Gaza, though one source said all Israeli captives must be freed for the war to end. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/world/politics/israel-hamas-gaza-truce-hostages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Rights groups said the U.S. State Department's decision to stop visitor visas for Palestinians from the Gaza Strip will harm wounded children seeking medical treatment on short-term U.S. visas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/world/us-charity-visas-gazans-kids/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #us #donaldtrump #lauraloomer
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hamas said it has agreed to a deal proposed by Qatar and Egypt to pause the militant group’s war with Israel in Gaza, fueling optimism that a long-awaited breakthrough in negotiations could be close. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/19/world/hamas-gaza-truce-egypt-qatar/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #terrorism #gaza #palestinians
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to expand operations in the Gaza Strip, rather than attempt to negotiate an end to the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/world/protest-israel-gaza-city-operation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Students in Gaza have continued music classes from displacement camps and shattered buildings even after Israel's bombardments forced them to abandon schools in the city. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/world/society/gaza-music-therapy-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #children #mentalhealth #music
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

A far-right Israeli minister says work would start on a long-delayed settlement that would divide the West Bank and cut it off from East Jerusalem, a move his office said would "bury" the idea of a Palestinian state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/15/world/politics/israel-minister-bury-palestine-state-idea/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #palestinians #westbank #bezalelsmotrich #eastjerusalem
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Boxes of Gaza-bound aid turned back by Israel languish in warehouses as exasperated drivers and U.N. officials criticize delays in sending food and medicine to the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/14/world/gaza-aid-shipments-delay/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #egypt #un #who #aid
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Israeli planes and tanks overnight bombardment of Gaza City have killed at least 11 people, as Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya arrives in Cairo for talks to revive a U.S.-backed ceasefire plan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/13/world/politics/israel-gaza-hamas-cairo-ceasefire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

A growing willingness among Israeli news media to critically explore the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has all but disappeared in recent weeks after Hamas released videos of two emaciated Israeli hostages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/12/world/politics/hamas-hostage-video-israel-gaza-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu