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However, it does not appear as though any major ground offensive aimed at seizing and holding significant amounts of the territory is yet underway. Hamas’ initial surprise attacks on Israel earlier in the month killed more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians. In its Saturday statement, the UN added that a ceasefire could facilitate the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza. Saudi Arabia “condemns and denounces any ground incursions” by Israeli forces into Gaza due to the impact on civilians, the country’s Foreign Ministry wrote in a Saturday statement. Citing the UN resolution calling for a humanitarian truce, Abbas said Israel responded “with more bombing and destruction.”This story is developing and is being updated.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Daniel Hagari, ” Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Netanyahu, Nic Robertson, Mohammed Saber, Hagari, ” Gallant, ”, Gonen, Romi Gonen, Yahya Al, Saudi Arabia “, Abdel Fattah Al, Sisi, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas Organizations: Jerusalem CNN, Hamas, Israel Defense Forces, United Nations, UN, Saturday, Israel’s, Netanyahu Saturday, CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, Communications, IDF, Foreign, Palestinian, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Jerusalem, Israel, Hamas, Sderot, Ramallah, Egypt, United States, Saudi Arabia, Saudi, Ramallah

[1/3] People react as residents of Tel Aviv show support and solidarity with the families of hostages who are being held in Gaza in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 21, 2023. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to eliminate Hamas and Israeli troops could enter Gaza at any moment, but many families are urging him to focus solely on the hostages. Israel has a long experience of dealing with hostage crises, but has previously shied away from attempting rescue operations in the densely populated Gaza Strip. Some of the freed Palestinians returned to the ranks of Hamas, including its current leader in Gaza, Yahya Al-Sinwar. We have to help these hostages very fast," said Daniel Lifshitz, whose grandparents, aged 83 and 85, were abducted and have vanished into Gaza.

Persons: Ammar Awad, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Noam Alon, Inbar, Isaac Herzog, Carmel Gorni, Yiftah Gorni, Gorni, Ilan, Sandy Feldman, Herzog, Keith Siegel, Jonathan Dekel, Chen, Sagui, Netanyahu, Gilad Shalit, Yahya Al, Shalit, Gal Hirsch, Daniel Lifshitz, Crispian Balmer, Alison Williams Organizations: REUTERS, U.S, Aviva, Reuters, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Gaza, Israel, Gaza Israel, Jerusalem, Palestinian, Qatar, Qatari

An Israeli security source acknowledged Israel's security services were duped by Hamas. As a consequence, the source close to Hamas said, a crucial part of the plan was to avoid leaks. When the day came, the operation was divided into four parts, the Hamas source said, describing the various elements. The final part involved moving hostages to Gaza, mostly achieved early in the attack, the source close to Hamas said. the Israeli security source said.

Persons: Israel, Nir, Osama Hamdan, wasn't, Mahmoud Abbas, Yahya Al, Yaakov Amidror, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amidror, Samia Nakhoul, Jonathan Saul, William Maclean, Edmund Blair Organizations: Hamas, Reuters, Israeli Defence Forces, RAN, Israel, West Bank, Jihad, Fatah, National Security Council, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy, Security, Thomson Locations: Palestinian, Israel, Egypt, Syria, Gaza, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Re'im, Dubai, London

☆ Iraq to pay $2.76 billion in gas and electricity debt to Iran
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

BAGHDAD, June 10 (Reuters) - Iraq has agreed to pay about $2.76 billion in gas and electricity debt to Iran after receiving a sanctions waiver from the United States, a senior Iraqi foreign ministry official said. Due to decades of conflict and sanctions, Iraq is dependent on imports from Iran for a lot of its gas needs. However, U.S. sanctions on Iranian oil and gas have hampered Iraq's payments for imports, putting it in heavy arrears and leading Iran to retaliate by cutting gas flows regularly. Iran has been unable to access billions of dollars in assets in several countries due to U.S. sanctions. The United States has insisted that oil-rich Iraq, the OPEC group's second-largest producer, moves towards self-sufficiency as a condition for its exemption to import Iranian energy, yet Baghdad has struggled to do so.

Persons: Fuad Hussein, Antony Blinken, Ahmed Al, Sahhaf, Hussein, Yahya Al, Ahmed Rasheed, Amina Ismail, Andrew Cawthorne Organizations: U.S, Riyadh Conference, Reuters, Iraqi Foreign Ministry, Commercial Bank of Iraq, United, OPEC, Dubai, Thomson Locations: BAGHDAD, Iraq, Iran, United States, Iraqi, Riyadh, Baghdad

☆ Indonesia delays 'risky' rematch of game hit by deadly stampede
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

JAKARTA, March 2 (Reuters) - The rematch of an Indonesian soccer game that ended in one of the sport's worst stadium stampedes has been postponed due to the risk of further crowd trouble, police said on Thursday. They could not play in Surabaya because of ongoing stadium upgrades for the Under-20 World Cup in May. Indonesian soccer has long been blighted by problems, including match-fixing scandals and crowd trouble between rival supporters, which has resulted in some matches being played behind closed doors. At another game in Central Java last month, police used tear gas to stop fans from forcibly entering a stadium during a closed-doors derby match. Investigators concluded the main cause of the crush that killed 135 people last year was excessive and indiscriminate use of tear gas, which world governing body FIFA bans as a crowd control measure.

[1/7] People walk on the cracked soil caused by drought on the outskirts of Sanaa, Yemen, October 20, 2022. Qat can earn three times the revenue of any other crop but the steady cash flow comes at a heavy price. The bitter-tasting plant requires deep-well irrigation and disproportionate use of water, exacerbating Yemen's water scarcity problem. The conflict has destroyed water infrastructure, leaving millions of people without safe water to drink or grow crops. And a qat crop is harvested several times a year, while fruits are harvested only one time per year.

☆ Bashar al-Assad, declarat câștigător al alegerilor prezidențiale din Siria. Occidentul și opoziția au numit scrutinul „o farsă”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +2 min

Bashar al-Assad a fost declarat câștigătorul alegerilor prezidențiale din Siria, în cadrul unui scrutin considerat „o farsă” de criticii săi. În ziua votului, dictatorul sirian a declarat că opinia Occidentului „nu valorează nimic”. Ulterior, președintele parlamentului sirian, Hammouda Sabbagh a anunțat că Assad a câștigat alegerile cu 95,1% dintre voturi, la o prezență de 78,6%. Este o decizie a guvernului, ajutat de Rusia și Iran, pentru a ucide procesul politic. Pe parcursul „domniei” sale, însă, Siria a fost sfâșiată de un război civil care continuă deja de zece ani, după ce Assad a reprimat cu violență proteste pro-democrație în martie 2011.

Persons: Bashar, Assad, Miniștrii, Sabbagh, Abdullah Saloum Abdullah, Mahmoud Ahmed Organizations: BBC, Organizației Națiunilor Unite Locations: Siria, Statele, Franța, Germania, Italia, UK, SUA, Mahmoud Ahmed Mari, Idlib, Rusia, Iran

☆ Bashar al-Assad, declarat câștigător al alegerilor din Siria; Occidentul și opoziția au numit alegerile „o farsă”
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-28 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: SANABashar al-Assad, declarat câștigător al alegerilor din Siria; Occidentul și opoziția au numit alegerile „o farsă”Bashar al-Assad a fost declarat câștigătorul alegerilor prezidențiale din Siria, în cadrul unui scrutin considerat „o farsă” de criticii săi. În ziua votului, dictatorul sirian a declarat că opinia Occidentului „nu valorează nimic”. Opoziția siriană din exil a numit scrutinul „o farsă”. Este o decizie a guvernului, ajutat de Rusia și Iran, pentru a ucide procesul politic. Pe parcursul „domniei” sale, însă, Siria a fost sfâșiată de un război civil care continuă deja de zece ani, după ce Assad a reprimat cu violență proteste pro-democrație în martie 2011.

Persons: Assad, Miniștrii, Sabbagh, Abdullah Saloum Abdullah, Mahmoud Ahmed Organizations: Organizației Națiunilor Unite Locations: Siria, Statele, Franța, Germania, Italia, UK, SUA, Mahmoud Ahmed Mari, Idlib, Rusia, Iran

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