Naveed Akram. one of the alleged shooters One of the gunmen who opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach has been named as Naveed Akram. A driver’s license found at the scene shows Bonnyrigg’s address in Sydney’s south-west, where police raided on Sunday night. The 24-year-old suspect, who was shot by police, was … Read more
The Sydney terror attack may have been carried out by a foreign terrorist cell backed by Iran, Israeli authorities believe. Officials cited Iran as the main suspect and said possible links to groups such as Hezbollah, Hamas and Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba were also being investigated, according to Israeli media reports. Australian officials have not publicly confirmed … Read more
NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Seated in a wheelchair, Haneen al-Mabhouh dreams of rebuilding her family, of cradling a new baby. She dreams of walking again. But with a broken leg, her life in Gaza is on hold, she says, as she waits to go abroad for further treatment. An Israeli airstrike in July 2024 … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rains drenched Gaza’s tent camps and freezing temperatures froze Palestinians huddled inside them Thursday as Winter Storm Byron descended on the war-torn territory, showing that two months of ceasefires have not done enough to resolve the spiraling humanitarian crisis there. Families found their belongings and food supplies soaked in … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — One by one, soldiers filed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. In a dark hallway, some ducked their heads to avoid hitting the low ceiling as they tracked their step as they walked over or around jagged concrete, broken plastic bottles and tattered mattresses. On Monday, … Read more
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very soon expected to move into the second phase of the ceasefire” after Hamas returns the remains of the last hostage held in Gaza. Netanyahu spoke during a press conference with visiting German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and stressed … Read more
Jerusalem (AP) — Hamas said it would hand over the remains of a hostage as Israel said it would begin letting Palestinians leave Gaza through the Rafah border crossing, signs of a U.S.-backed ceasefire, despite an earlier error over the returned remains. Hamas said it would return the newly discovered remains on Wednesday, but it … Read more
Some critical Israeli sites were hit by Iranian ballistic missiles during the war, including the Beersheba Medical Center, the Haifa Bazan Oil Refinery, and the Weizmann Institute of Science. State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman on Tuesday accused the Ministry of Defense, the IDF and the National Security Council (NSC) of failing to provide physical defenses for … Read more
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday it had received remains handed over by Palestinian militants in Gaza to the Red Cross. It was believed to be the remains of one of the two hostages still in the area: an Israeli citizen and a Thai. The Israeli government said the “finds” in Gaza … Read more