A person wears a mask depicting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as protesters rally against the government, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Sept 1. The widespread protests and strikes that swept across Israel on Sunday after the recovery of the bodies of six hostages that had been held by Hamas …
Smoke rises following Israeli strikes during an Israeli military operation in Rafah, as seen from Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28. Israel's ongoing assault on Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip continues to cause heavy casualties among the Palestinian civilians that have congregated in the city as a result of Israel's military campaign. Israel …
A boy stands among the rubble of a destroyed house in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, on April 27, 2024. Shortly after Israel intensified its air strikes on Rafah, a city in southern Gaza into which more than 1 million Palestinians have been pushed by Israel's military campaign, the United States announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken …
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Wednesday the 2023-2024 national budget was "no longer relevant" given the Gaza war and would be amended, and sounded unfazed by S&P Global's downgrade of Israel's outlook to "negative" from "stable". While putting the direct cost of the war at around 1 billion shekels a day to Israel, Mr. Smotrich said in an …