The Israeli military said it was opening another route for 48 hours that Palestinians could use to leave Gaza City as the Palestinian death toll from the nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas went past 65,000. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/world/israel-gaza-city-over-65000-dead/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel launched its long-anticipated ground offensive in Gaza City on Tuesday, targeting Hamas militants and prompting widespread international alarm, with the U.N. condemning it as "carnage." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/17/world/israel-launches-ground-assault-on-gaza-city/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #hamas #israelhamaswar #gazastrip #middleeast #benjaminnetanyahu #genocide #donaldtrump #us #palestinians
Israel announced the start of its long-awaited ground operation into Gaza City on Tuesday, declaring "Gaza is burning." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/israel-gaza-assault/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #hamas #palestinians
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday backed Israel's new offensive on Gaza City and its goal of eradicating Hamas, casting doubt on whether diplomacy would work to end nearly two years of war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/world/politics/rubio-backs-israel-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #israel #marcorubio #benjaminnetanyahu #hamas #israelhamaswar #genocide #donaldtrump #middleeast #palestinians #gaza
Qatari Premier Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani is urging the world to reject "double standards" and punish Israel over its actions in the Gaza Strip and beyond, saying silence is encouraging it to continue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/qatar-pm-double-standard-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #qatar #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us
Israeli forces forced thousands of people from their homes in Gaza City as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived to discuss the future of the conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/15/world/politics/israel-gaza-city-bombing-rubio/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #marcorubio #us #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Hours before top U.S. diplomat Marco Rubio's visit to Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu said that eliminating Hamas leaders would end the war in Gaza. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/14/world/netanayhu-hamas-gaza-war/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #benjaminnetanyahu #israel #israelhamaswar #hamas #gazastrip #middleeast #marcorubio #donaldtrump
Aside from the individual victims of the attack on Hamas negotiators in Qatar, the main casualty of Israel’s escalation is U.S. credibility. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/09/12/world/us-credibility-and-israels-doha-strike/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #qatar #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us #palestinians
The U.N. Security Council condemned strikes on Qatar earlier this week and called for de-escalation, without naming Israel, which carried out the attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/un-condemn-qatar-strikes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #un #israel #qatar #israelhamaswar #us
With nowhere to turn to, many displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are heading back toward the falling bombs amid Israel's new offensive on famine-struck Gaza City in recent days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/gaza-no-safe-shelter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #palestinians #gaza #israel
Israel's surprise attack against Hamas leaders in Doha has jolted the U.S. relationship with the Gulf monarchy, angering U.S. President Trump and drawing fierce condemnation from Qatar and Western allies. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/12/world/politics/qatar-strike-tests-trump-netanyahu-ties/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #us #israel #donaldtrump #benjaminnetanyahu #qatar #israelhamaswar
At least 45,000 children have been wounded in Gaza, many of them suffering life-changing injuries, according to UNICEF. Over 18,000 children have been killed in the war, among a total death toll of 64,000, it said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/gaza-children-treatment-abroad/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #children #health #mentalhealth #gaza #palestinians
If Israel ended up failing to kill Hamas leaders in an airstrike on Qatar, it would succeed next time, the Israeli ambassador to the United States said following the operation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/11/world/israel-vows-hamas-kill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #israel #qatar #us #benjaminnetanyahu
After pro-Palestinian protesters forced a premature end to yet another stage of the Vuelta a Espana on Tuesday, race director Javier Guillen said the intention is to finish the race in Madrid on Sunday as planned. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/09/10/more-sports/vuelta-protest-disruptions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #moresports #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #israelpremiertech #vueltaaespana #spain
The Global Sumud Flotilla, an international aid initiative to deliver vital supplies to the Gaza Strip, has said that one of its boats was attacked by a drone at a Tunisian port in the second such strike in two days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/world/gaza-flotilla-second-drone-tunisia/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #drones #tunisia #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians
Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas with an airstrike on Qatar on Tuesday, with the U.S. describing it as a unilateral attack. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/10/world/israel-hamas-leaders-qatar-us/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #qatar #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu #us
The Global Sumud Flotilla said on Tuesday that one of its main boats was struck by a drone in Tunisian waters, though all six passengers and crew were safe. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/world/flotilla-gaza-drone-tunisian-waters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #tunisia
In what it called a final warning, the Israeli military has told Hamas that the Gaza Strip would be destroyed if it did not disarm and release 48 hostages seized in the 2023 attacks on Israel that triggered the war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/world/politics/israel-hurricane-gaza-hamas/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #benjaminnetanyahu
Israel's Ramon Airport near the southern city of Eilat resumed operations after being briefly shut on Sunday when a drone launched from Yemen struck the arrivals hall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/world/crime-legal/israel-airport-drone-yemen/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #crimelegal #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar
British police said on Sunday they had arrested almost 900 people at a demonstration the previous day in support of Palestine Action, and the government appealed for people to stop supporting the banned group. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/world/politics/london-palestine-protest-900-arrested/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #london #uk#palestineaction #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians