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# Israel

January
January 2024
The Explainer: Why did the US and the UK start bombing Yemen - and who are the Houthis?
'We're continuing as if it's business as usual': Dáil suspended briefly after TDs push for debate on Gaza
Calls for Leo Varadkar and Mary Lou McDonald to boycott St Patrick's Day White House visit
Israel and Hamas reach deal for Gaza hostages to receive medicines in exchange for aid to civilians
A wave of Israeli strikes killed at least 78 people in the Gaza Strip overnight.
US strikes Yemen again as Houthi rebels claim attack on Greek-owned cargo ship
Hamas releases new video announcing deaths of two Israeli hostages taken on 7 October
One woman dead and 13 injured after suspected car ramming attack in Israel
McDonald invokes Northern Ireland peace process in address at Pro-Palestine rally in London
Lebanon was already in crisis - now it's dealing with thousands fleeing Israel-Hezbollah conflict
The conflict has made it unsafe for civilians on either side of the border to remain in their homes.
Mary Lou McDonald to address rally in London calling for ceasefire in Gaza
‘Track-record of impunity’ around killing of media in Gaza, says Committee to Protect Journalists
MSF says healthcare system in Gaza has 'virtually collapsed' as death toll hits more than 23,700
Irish MEPs say Ireland should have supported South Africa's genocide case against Israel
Israel argues its defence in South Africa's Gaza genocide case at The Hague
Explainer: Why did the US and UK just launch airstrikes in Yemen?
Tánaiste: Calls for govt to join genocide case against Israel are 'trying to create division' in Ireland
Irish lawyer tells Hague that Gaza is 'first genocide in history' being broadcast in 'real-time'
South Africa begins genocide case against Israel at The Hague
South Africa argues that Israel is breaking its commitments under the UN Genocide Convention.
Israel army claims two journalists killed in Gaza strike were 'terror operatives'
Genocide: South Africa's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice
Antony Blinken meets head of Palestinian Authority as Israel continues to bombard Gaza
Mahmud Abbas spoke with Blinken of the need “to stop the Israeli aggression against Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank”.
Palestinian Authority currently exercises limited rule in the West Bank, which has been occupied by Israel since 1967.
Netanyahu is not known to have shifted his position on reviving talks for a Palestinian state.
Blinken has called for "more food, more water, more medicine" to be delivered to Gaza.
Israel agrees for UN mission to assess north Gaza situation, says Blinken
The US diplomat says the IDF is entering a “lower intensity phase” in Gaza.
Sinn Féin, Labour, PBP and SocDems call on Govt to join genocide case against Israel in ICJ
The government has been accused of making a “shameful political calculation” not to join the case out of deference to Washington and the US.
Blinken arrives in Israel as UN calls for investigation into number of journalists killed in Gaza
Two Al Jazeera reporters were killed on Sunday when their car was struck in southern Gaza’s city of Rafah, near the border with Egypt.
The US Secretary of State met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman today after talks in the UAE ahead of his visit to Israel.
The Palestinian health ministry said in a statement that it had recorded 249 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Hezbollah announced the killing of a "commander" for the first time since October.
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah commander in southern Lebanon
Varadkar rules out joining South African genocide case against Israel in UN Court
Irish senators call on Government to join South Africa's genocide case against Israel
RTÉ receives over 600 emails asking it to boycott Eurovision due to Israel’s involvement
Israel's bombing of Gaza continues, as Israel says over 100 targets struck in 24 hours
Martin Griffiths said people in the territory are witnessing “daily threats to their very existence”.
Defence Minister Yoav Gallant outlined proposals for how Gaza would be run if Hamas is defeated.
The proposals were unveiled on the eve of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's fourth trip to the region since the conflict started.
The health ministry in Gaza said it had recorded 162 deaths also over the past 24 hours.
Airstrike kills 12, mostly children, in Gaza area declared 'safe zone' by Israel
Funeral of Hamas leader in Beirut as Blinken heads for Middle East amid wider conflict fears
Tensions have surged with Lebanon, where a strike in Beirut on Tuesday, widely assumed to have been carried out by Israel, killed Hamas deputy leader Saleh al-Aruri.
Aruri was killed in the south Beirut stronghold of the powerful Iran-backed Hezbollah movement.
The Israeli military, in its campaign to destroy the Islamist militant group, has reported more strikes in and around Gaza City.
Hezbollah leader warns Israel against waging war on Lebanon as fears rise of wider conflict
Hamas’s number two Saleh al-Aruri was killed along with his bodyguards in the strike by Israel.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged Israel to "avoid any escalatory attitude".
Deputy head of Hamas killed in Israeli strike in Beirut
Second Israeli minister calls for return of settlers to Gaza
Israel's top court strikes down key government legal reform challenging power of judiciary
Israel warns Gaza war will continue throughout 2024, as overnight strikes kill more than 20
Last year
2023
At least 48 Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza, health ministry says
Gaza’s health ministry says the Israeli military campaign has killed at least 21,822 people.
A Hamas delegation was in Cairo on Friday to discuss an Egyptian plan proposing renewable ceasefires.
Asked about the negotiations yesterday, Netanyahu said Hamas had been "giving all kinds of ultimatums that we didn't accept".
'The bombs keep falling on us': Gazans desperate for war to end as Israel presses offensive
The Israeli army is keeping up its campaign across the length of the Gaza Strip in the face of mounting international pushback.
South Africa launches genocide case against Israel at International Court of Justice