Israel's military chief has pushed back against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plans to seize areas of Gaza it doesn't already control, three Israeli officials said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/07/world/politics/israel-military-gaza-expansion-netanyahu/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel may expand its presence in Gaza, despite concern by military chiefs and the public that such a move endangers the remaining hostages held by Hamas. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/06/world/politics/israel-full-gaza-takeover/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel's Cabinet could authorize on Tuesday a complete military takeover of Gaza for the first time in two decades, local media reported. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/complete-gaza-takeover-cabinet/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #palestinians #benjaminnetanyahu
Canada said Monday it delivered humanitarian assistance through airdrops to Gaza, with Ottawa again accusing Israel of violating international law. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/politics/canada-airdrops-aid-gaza-israel-law/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #canada #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #hunger #famine
At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid while another five died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies say may be an unfolding famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/05/world/gazans-aid-hunger-burial-shrouds/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #starvation #famine
The trickle of food aid Israel is allowing to enter the Gaza Strip is seized by Palestinians risking their lives under fire, looted by gangs or diverted in chaotic circumstances rather than reaching those most in need. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/gangs-gaza-aid-most-needy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #un #hunger #famine
Hamas said it was prepared to coordinate with the Red Cross to deliver aid to hostages it holds in the Gaza Strip if Israel permanently opens humanitarian corridors and halts airstrikes during the distribution of aid. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/world/hamas-hostages-israel-airstrikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met anguished relatives of Israeli hostages still held in Gaza on Saturday, as fears for the captives' survival mounted almost 22 months into the war sparked by Hamas' October 2023 attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/03/world/politics/us-envoy-israeli-hostage-families/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #us #gaza #middleeast #donaldtrump
Humiliated by the Hamas attack in 2023, the country’s military intelligence agency is reviving an Arabic-language recruitment program for high school students and training all troops in Arabic and Islam. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/02/world/israel-spy-training/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #israelhamaswar #espionage #hamas #arabic #middleeast
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff has met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to salvage Gaza truce talks and tackle a humanitarian crisis caused by Israel's war in the enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/us-envoy-gaza-ceasefire-push/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #us #aid #stevewitkoff
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul signaled his government could speed up the process of recognizing a Palestinian state should Israel annex the West Bank. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/germany-open-door-palestinian-statehood/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #germany #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Many women in Gaza are feeding malnourished babies food their bodies may not be ready for in an attempt to stave off starvation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/01/world/gaza-babies-risky-methods-feed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #gaza #palestinians #food #hunger #children #aid
As momentum builds for more countries to recognize a Palestinian state, could the Palestinian people gain full membership at the United Nations? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/world/politics/palestinians-member-united-nations/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #un #us
At Nasser hospital’s child malnutrition ward, a handful of Gazan mothers watch over their babies who lie still and largely silent, mostly too exhausted by severe hunger to cry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/world/society/gaza-malnutrition-children/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #hunger #israelhamaswar #palestinians #children #health #aid
When two human rights groups became the first major voices in Israel to accuse the state of committing genocide in the Gaza Strip, they were prepared for a backlash. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/world/politics/israeli-rights-groups-genocide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #genocide
Canada plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly in September, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/world/politics/canada-palestinian-state-un-carney/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #canada #markcarney #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
A worst-case scenario of famine is unfolding in Gaza and immediate action is needed to end fighting and allow unimpeded aid access, a global hunger monitor has warned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/world/gaza-famine-60000-death/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #hunger #children #palestinians #israel #aid
Israel has increased aid distribution to the Gaza Strip in an effort to defuse a growing international outcry over hunger convulsing the Palestinian enclave. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/world/politics/israel-gaza-aid-curbs-hunger/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #hunger #famine
Emmanuel Macron's announcement that France would recognize a Palestinian state in September has caused diplomatic uproar, but it did not come out of the blue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/world/politics/france-macron-palestine-recognize-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #france #emmanuelmacron #palestinians #middleeast #israel #israelhamaswar #gaza #us
Israel said Saturday it would allow food to be airdropped to Gaza and designate humanitarian corridors for U.N. aid convoys, as thousands of Palestinians face the threat of widespread famine. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/27/world/israel-gaza-aid-air-drops/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #gaza #middleeast #israelhamaswar #hamas