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Israeli army says humanitarian pauses no longer valid in Gaza City
CAIRO, August 29. /TASS/. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have declared Gaza City a dangerous combat zone and announced that daily tactical pauses in military activity will cease to apply there, IDF Spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Friday....

Israel kills 16 as it prepares to take Gaza City
Local medics reported that on Thursday, Israeli forces killed at least 16 Palestinians throughout Gaza and injured dozens more in the southern region of the enclave, while residents said the suburbs of Gaza City were experiencing increasingly...

Israel recovers remains of hostages, as Gaza City declared a ‘dangerous combat zone’
JERUSALEM — Israel’s military recovered the body of one hostage and the remains of another in Gaza on Friday, as it declared Gaza City a “dangerous combat zone” ahead of a major assault. The recovered body was identified as Ilan Weiss, 56, from...

Israel fumes as UK bars its officials from London arms fair amid Gaza genocide
The British government has barred Israeli authorities from attending a major London arms fair in September amid the ongoing campaign of genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip. “We can confirm that no Israeli government delegation will be invited to...

Israel Eliminated The Prime Minister Of The Houthis
Ahmed al-Rahawi The Israeli Air Force swooped down on Ansar Allah's military and government top brass. The Israeli Air Force in a large-scale airstrike on the Yemeni capital Sana'a killed the Prime Minister of the Yemeni Houthi government (Ansar...

Turkish man arrested in the Netherlands over plot to assassinate Pope Francis in Italy
A 45-year-old man from Turkey was arrested in the Netherlands for allegedly being part of a plan to kill Pope Francis over a year ago in Trieste, Italy, authorities in that country told newspaper Il Piccolo and press agency ANSA. The suspect was...

Israel accuses UK of “discrimination” after DSEI decision
The Israeli Ministry of Defence (IMoD) has accused the UK government of “discrimination” after the imposition of “unilateral restrictions” on the official participation of Israeli government and military officials at the upcoming DSEI 2025 defence...

Israeli strikes in Sanaa kill Houthi PM
2025-08-29T12:56:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Sanaa Prime Minister of the Houthi-led government, Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahwi, was killed along with several of his companions in the recent Israeli airstrike on a residential...

Media: Rubio denies visas to Palestinian leaders for UN General Assembly, citing terror support
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has denied Palestinian leaders visas to attend next month’s United Nations General Assembly, citing longstanding U.S. law that prohibits recognition of Palestinian statehood and sanctions the Palestinian Authority...

Israel kills Houthi prime minister — Houthi sources
DUBAI, August 29. /TASS/. Head of the government formed by the Yemeni Houthis Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi was killed on Thursday in an Israeli strike on rebel-controlled Sanaa, two sources in the Ansar Allah movement told TASS. The Yemeni media outlets...

Israeli military targets DW team in West Bank
A DW team was threatened with weapons and fired on with tear gas by Israeli soldiers while filming in Ramallah, despite wearing clearly marked "PRESS" gear. The attack was caught on video. The team – Senior International Correspondent Fanny...

Israeli forces raid West Bank town in Nablus
2025-08-29T14:35:30+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Nablus On Friday, Israeli troops raided the town of Beit Furik, east of Nablus, sparking clashes with local residents, Palestinian media reported. Local media cited witnesses...

Israel says 2 hostages' bodies returned as Gaza City offensive begins
Israel's military said Friday that it had launched the "initial stages" of a planned offensive to seize Gaza City, declaring the Palestinian territory's biggest population center a "dangerous combat zone." The Israel Defense Forces said it was...

Israeli Hostages Testify Hamas Stole Aid, Starved Hostages
Israel has facilitated staggering amounts of aid into Gaza throughout the war, yet Hamas’s hostages were and are starving. The evidence paints a grim picture: Hamas steals aid, lies about “famine,” and has its lies picked up by all the mainstream...

Israeli airstrike in Yemen reportedly killed Houthi prime minister
Local media sources reported on Friday that Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the Iran-backed Houthi rebel group, was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Yemen's capital Sanaa. No further confirmation is so far available, and some reports have...
Turkey closes its airspace to Israeli planes and curbs Israel-bound trade over the Gaza war
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey announced Friday it was closing its airspace to Israeli government planes and any cargo of arms for the Israeli military while closing its ports to maritime trade between third countries and Israel. The announcement by...

Türk Telekom pledges $17 billion as it seals concession renewal
One of Türkiye's leading telecoms and technology companies, Türk Telekom, this week announced it had reched a deal with Turkish authorities to extend its concession agreement until 2050, as part of which it committed to invest $17 billion in the...

Turkey severs trade ties, closes airspace for Israel
Turkey has stopped all trade with Israel and closed its airspace for Israeli aircraft, Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan told parliament on Friday. Speaking during a Gaza-focused session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, Fidan said, as reported...

Israel Launches Bold Strike on Houthi Leadership in Yemen as Al-Houthi Delivers Televised Speech
By Gloria Ogbonna Israeli forces carried out their most dramatic strike in Yemen to date on Thursday, targeting a rare high-level gathering of Houthi officials just as the Iran-backed group’s leader, Abdul Malik al-Houthi, was delivering a...

Israeli strikes in Sanaa reportedly kill Houthi PM
2025-08-29T12:56:36+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Sanaa Sources close to Yemen’s Houthi (Ansarallah) movement reported on Friday that the group’s Prime Minister, Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahwi, was killed in a recent Israeli...