German Chancellor Friedrich Merz flew into Israel for his first visit since taking office, and reaffirmed Berlin's support after traditionally solid ties between the countries were shaken by the Gaza war. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/jerusalem-merz-germany-israel/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #germany #friedrichmerz #israel #gaza #middleeast #israelhamaswar
Qatar and Egypt, guarantors of the Gaza ceasefire, called for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and the deployment of an international stabilization force. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/world/politics/qatar-egypt-gaza-truce/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #qatar #egypt #gaza #israel #israelhamaswar #us #donaldtrump #middleeast
The head of an armed Palestinian faction that opposes Hamas in Gaza died while mediating a family dispute, in what would be a blow to Israeli efforts to support Gazan clans against the Islamist movement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/05/world/anti-hamas-leader-killed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israelhamaswar #hamas #palestinians
Egypt is training hundreds of Palestinian police officers with an eye toward integrating them into a post-war security force in Gaza, according to a Palestinian official. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/egypt-palestinians-gaza-police/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on trial facing corruption charges, announced he had submitted a pardon request, saying the long-running cases were tearing the country apart. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/world/politics/israel-netanyahu-pardon-corruption/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #benjaminnetanyahu #corruption
Israel's military on Wednesday launched a new operation against Palestinian armed groups in the occupied West Bank, where a local governor said Israeli forces had raided several towns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/27/world/israel-army-west-bank/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas #westbank
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Gaza on Monday, underlining the struggle to broaden a fragile ceasefire approved over six weeks ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/world/politics/gaza-truce-israeli-hamas-violence/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #hamas
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
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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