The Israeli military stepped up airstrikes in south Lebanon, killing at least one person as it pressed a campaign of attacks it says is designed to block a military revival by Iran-backed Hezbollah in the area. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/israeli-military-lebanon-hezbollah/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #lebanon #hezbollah
Israeli airstrikes killed at least 25 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip after its forces came under fire, a fresh flare-up testing an already-fragile truce. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/20/world/israeli-army-gaza-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas
An airstrike killed at least 13 and injured an unidentified number of people in Lebanon’s largest Palestinian refugee camp, one of Israel’s deadliest attacks on its neighboring country’s southern region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/19/world/israeli-strike-refugee-camp-lebanon/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #lebanon #refugees #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #hezbollah
The U.N. Security Council in favor of the deployment of an international force and a path to a future Palestinian state. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/18/world/politics/un-international-force-gaza/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #un #us #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel remained against a Palestinian state after far-right coalition allies shunned a U.S.-backed statement indicating support for a pathway to Palestinian independence. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/17/world/netanyahu-us-statement-palestinian-state/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us
Hamas is seeking to widen control over Gaza as U.S. plans for its future slowly take shape, Gazans say, adding to rivals' doubts over whether it will cede authority as promised. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/15/world/hamas-quietly-reasserts-control/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #gaza
The U.S. gathered intelligence last year of Israeli officials saying their soldiers had sent Palestinians into Gaza tunnels the Israelis believed were possibly lined with explosives, two former U.S. officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/world/us-israel-human-shields/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Israel's police and military say security forces have arrested several Israeli settlers after violent clashes near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem, during which Palestinians were injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/israeli-settlers-arrested-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #westbank
UNICEF says essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/science-health/unicef-israel-syringes-gaza-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #unicef #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #children #vaccinations #health #medicine
UNICEF says essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/science-health/unicef-israel-syringes-gaza-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #unicef #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #children #vaccinations #health #medicine
The U.S. military is exploring whether to build a temporary base capable of housing 10,000 people near the Gaza Strip. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/12/world/politics/navy-base-gaza-us-troops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #us
Donald Trump has talked of normalizing ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but it is unlikely when Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House this month. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/world/politics/trump-saudi-arabia-israel-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #saudiarabia #mohammedbinsalman
Israeli settlers attacked a group of Palestinian villagers, activists and journalists during an attempt to harvest olives near a settler outpost in the West Bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/world/israeli-settlers-journalists-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #westbank
The U.S. gathered intelligence last year that Israel’s military lawyers warned there was evidence that could support war crimes charges against Israel for its military campaign in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/08/world/crime-legal/israel-military-war-crimes-evidence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #israelhamaswar #israel #gaza #palestinians #warcrimes
Far too little aid is reaching the Gaza Strip nearly four weeks after a ceasefire, humanitarian agencies say as winter approaches. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/world/gaza-winter-tents-food-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Gaza residents are suffering "a volcano" of psychological trauma from Israel's devastating military campaign that has become clear since last month's truce, Palestinian mental health specialists said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/world/society/gaza-psychological-trauma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas
Israeli police arrested the military's former top lawyer after she admitted to leaking a video appearing to show soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/world/israel-lawyer-abuse-video/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over two bodies of deceased Israeli hostages on Thursday, a day after the tenuous Gaza ceasefire was shaken by a series of deadly Israeli strikes across the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/31/world/hamas-hostage-handover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #gaza #palestinians