http://jeetbetwin.com/articlelist/1898272.cmsMiddle East News. TOI brings the latest Middle East news headlines, breaking Middle East news and Live Updates. Catch all the Top Latest and Daily news updates from Dubai, UAE, Bahrain and other Arab countries on politics, current affairs, education news at The Times of India.en-gb2025-04-17T16:46:38+05:30Copyright:(C) Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:46:38 IST Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd, http://in.jeetbetwin.com/policyterms/1554651.cmshttp://syndication.jeetbetwin.com/ http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/507610.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/articlelist/1898272.cms <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/115853088.cms" />Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Edan Alexander appealing to US President-elect Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for his release. Netanyahu condemned the video as psychological warfare, assuring efforts to secure hostages' release. Hamas leaders are in Cairo for ceasefire talks to exchange hostages for Palestinian prisoners.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/watch-hamas-releases-video-of-israeli-american-hostage/articleshow/115853088.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/watch-hamas-releases-video-of-israeli-american-hostage/articleshow/115853088.cms2024-12-01T03:49:47+05:30TOI World Desk <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/110288852.cms" />http://jeetbetwin.com/world/us/trump-sparks-outrage-with-unified-reich-post-in-truth-social-video/articleshow/110288852.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/us/trump-sparks-outrage-with-unified-reich-post-in-truth-social-video/articleshow/110288852.cms2024-05-21T09:32:31+05:30TOI World Desk <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/109451015.cms" />An overnight 'bombing' at the Calso military base in Babylon province, causing injuries to multiple individuals. The incident involved one death and eight injuries, with three Iraqi military personnel wounded. Hashed al-Shaabi confirmed the explosion, leading to 'material losses' and casualties. The responsible party and the use of drones remain unverified.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/1-killed-8-injured-as-bombing-hits-iraq-military-base-say-sources/articleshow/109451015.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/1-killed-8-injured-as-bombing-hits-iraq-military-base-say-sources/articleshow/109451015.cms2024-04-20T11:04:57+05:30TOI World Desk <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/108334664.cms" />A humanitarian airdrop in Gaza led to the tragic death of five people and injured ten others. The incident occurred during an attempt to provide aid to the Palestinian territory. The United States and Jordan conducted the airdrops in northern Gaza, but the government media office in Hamas-run Gaza deemed them ineffective. UN stresses the importance of land deliveries for aid distribution.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/humanitarian-airdrop-in-gaza-claims-five-lives-says-medic/articleshow/108334664.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/humanitarian-airdrop-in-gaza-claims-five-lives-says-medic/articleshow/108334664.cms2024-03-08T21:59:26+05:30TOI World Desk <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/107803047.cms" />Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticizes Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for comparing Israeli war in Gaza to the Nazi genocide. Lula's remarks were condemned by Brazil's presidential palace and the Brazilian Israelite Confederation.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/israel-incensed-after-brazils-lula-likens-gaza-war-to-holocaust/articleshow/107803047.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/israel-incensed-after-brazils-lula-likens-gaza-war-to-holocaust/articleshow/107803047.cms2024-02-19T03:47:31+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/107802904.cms" />Israel formalized its opposition to unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood, emphasizing direct negotiations. Prime Minister Netanyahu's declaratory decision opposes international dictates and rewards terrorism. The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians persists, with efforts for a two-state solution stalled. Biden seeks a broader Middle East deal.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/israel-opposes-unilateral-imposition-of-palestinian-state/articleshow/107802904.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/israel-opposes-unilateral-imposition-of-palestinian-state/articleshow/107802904.cms2024-02-19T03:44:22+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/107802703.cms" />The Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza cannot serve remaining patients due to Israeli military siege. Hamas denies claims of conducting military activities and holding hostages. Israeli forces detained medical personnel and patients. Israeli strikes killed 18 people. PM Netanyahu rejects international pressure to halt planned ground invasion of Rafah.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/besieged-gaza-hospital-no-more-functional/articleshow/107802703.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/besieged-gaza-hospital-no-more-functional/articleshow/107802703.cms2024-02-19T03:40:12+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/107581274.cms" />Israeli airstrikes in Rafah have resulted in the deaths of 28 Palestinians, including 10 children. The airstrikes come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for the mass evacuation of civilians from the southern Gaza city in preparation for a ground invasion. http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/israeli-airstrikes-in-rafah-result-in-deaths-of-28-palestinians/articleshow/107581274.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/israeli-airstrikes-in-rafah-result-in-deaths-of-28-palestinians/articleshow/107581274.cms2024-02-10T15:41:09+05:30TOI World Desk <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/107580551.cms" />Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the military to plan the evacuation of the population from Rafah, a southern Gaza city. The majority of the residents are evacuees from other parts of Gaza. As the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) progress south into Gaza, many Palestinians sought safety in Rafah. However, the border into Egypt has been closed, leaving their next destination uncertain.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-orders-military-to-chalk-out-plan-for-evacuation-of-population-from-rafah/articleshow/107580551.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-orders-military-to-chalk-out-plan-for-evacuation-of-population-from-rafah/articleshow/107580551.cms2024-02-10T15:07:53+05:30TOI World Desk <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/106942652.cms" />Iran's missile strikes on Pakistan and Iraq prompt strong denunciations, raising fears of regional upheaval in West Asia. The strikes are in response to terrorist attacks within Iran. Tensions rise in the region where conflict has touched multiple nations.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/iranian-strikes-in-pakistan-and-iraq-inflame-regional-tensions/articleshow/106942652.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/iranian-strikes-in-pakistan-and-iraq-inflame-regional-tensions/articleshow/106942652.cms2024-01-18T08:30:35+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/103328835.cms" />Iraqi security forces were deployed in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Sunday to avoid additional unrest, as the death toll from ethnic confrontations the previous day grew to four, according to police and security sources.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/security-forces-deploy-in-iraqi-oil-city-after-four-protesters-killed-in-ethnic-clashes/articleshow/103328835.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/security-forces-deploy-in-iraqi-oil-city-after-four-protesters-killed-in-ethnic-clashes/articleshow/103328835.cms2023-09-03T18:16:15+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/103035414.cms" />An explosion ripped through a Hamas militant site in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, Palestinian authorities said, killing one militant and seriously wounding another.The Gaza-based interior ministry did not reveal the cause of the blast but said it killed Ashraf Hussein, a member of Hamas' military wing, the Qassam Brigades. The Qassam Brigades acknowledged that Hussein was killed in what the group described as an accidental explosion.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-authorities-say-an-explosion-at-a-hamas-site-in-gaza-has-killed-1-militant/articleshow/103035414.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/palestinian-authorities-say-an-explosion-at-a-hamas-site-in-gaza-has-killed-1-militant/articleshow/103035414.cms2023-08-25T03:32:33+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102960588.cms" />Turkey's foreign minister has accused the United Nations of losing its neutrality after the Security Council criticized construction work by Turkish Cypriots in the buffer zone dividing Cyprus. The Security Council condemned the assault on UN peacekeepers and described the construction of a road as a violation of the status quo. Turkish Cypriots had punched and kicked peacekeepers who blocked road construction that would encroach on the buffer zone. Turkey's foreign minister argued that Greek Cypriots had been allowed to proceed with similar projects without obstruction or condemnation.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/turkey-says-un-lost-neutrality-after-world-body-condemns-cyprus-roadwork-assault-on-peacekeepers/articleshow/102960588.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/turkey-says-un-lost-neutrality-after-world-body-condemns-cyprus-roadwork-assault-on-peacekeepers/articleshow/102960588.cms2023-08-23T07:14:53+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102957299.cms" />Iran's defense ministry has unveiled a drone called the Mohajer-10, which resembles the American MQ-9 Reaper. The drone is said to have a 24-hour flight capability and the range to reach Israel. It can fly up to 24,000 feet, carry a bomb payload of up to 300 kilograms, and has the ability to carry surveillance equipment and a camera. Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi stated that the drone showcases Iran's advanced technological capabilities. The claims about the drone's capabilities have not been independently verified. Israel has not yet responded to the unveiling of the drone.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/iran-unveils-armed-drone-resembling-americas-mq-9-reaper-and-says-it-could-potentially-reach-israel/articleshow/102957299.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/iran-unveils-armed-drone-resembling-americas-mq-9-reaper-and-says-it-could-potentially-reach-israel/articleshow/102957299.cms2023-08-23T03:46:06+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102935738.cms" />According to Palestinian health officials, fighting broke out when Israeli security forces surged into a community in the northern West Bank on Tuesday. This latest outbreak of violence in the occupied territory resulted in the death of a 17-year-old Palestinian. Local medical professionals reported that the Israeli soldiers carried out an arrest operation in the town of Zababdeh, south of Jenin, before morning. According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, Othman Abu Kharj, 17, died after being fatally shot in the head.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/17-year-old-palestinian-killed-during-israeli-military-raid-in-northern-west-bank/articleshow/102935738.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/17-year-old-palestinian-killed-during-israeli-military-raid-in-northern-west-bank/articleshow/102935738.cms2023-08-22T12:53:33+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102918566.cms" />According to a report released on Monday by Human Rights Watch, Saudi Arabian border guards have reportedly utilized machine guns and mortars to target Ethiopians attempting to cross into the country from Yemen. These actions have likely resulted in the deaths of numerous unarmed migrants over the past few years. The rights organization referenced accounts from witnesses detailing assaults by military personnel, as well as visual evidence depicting deceased bodies and makeshift burial sites along migrant paths. The documented death toll could potentially extend into the "thousands."http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/rights-group-says-saudi-arabian-border-guards-fired-on-and-killed-hundreds-of-ethiopian-migrants/articleshow/102918566.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/rights-group-says-saudi-arabian-border-guards-fired-on-and-killed-hundreds-of-ethiopian-migrants/articleshow/102918566.cms2023-08-22T02:50:49+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102838036.cms" />The global cat cafe trend, where people pay to have coffee and hang out with cats, has finally come to the besieged Gaza Strip.In the impoverished Palestinian enclave run by the Hamas militant group and crippled by a 17-year blockade, residents seeking to escape the territory's troubles flocked on Thursday to the new Meow Cafe - Gaza City's answer to the quirky concept tried successfully around the world.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/the-gaza-strip-gets-its-first-cat-cafe-a-cozy-refuge-from-life-under-blockade/articleshow/102838036.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/the-gaza-strip-gets-its-first-cat-cafe-a-cozy-refuge-from-life-under-blockade/articleshow/102838036.cms2023-08-18T18:42:02+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102831239.cms" />Their simplified clearance procedures have had a significant impact on the rapid deliveries of humanitarian aid and relief goods from Dubai to the most affected areas in the world.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/dubai-customs-facilitates-delivery-of-humanitarian-aid-shipments/articleshow/102831239.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/dubai-customs-facilitates-delivery-of-humanitarian-aid-shipments/articleshow/102831239.cms2023-08-18T15:14:01+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102803527.cms" />Threats to return to war in Yemen are hindering efforts to start peace talks as the Arab world's poorest country faces an increasingly dire economic situation, a senior UN official said Wednesday.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/public-threats-to-return-to-war-in-yemen-hinder-efforts-to-start-peace-talks-un-envoy-says/articleshow/102803527.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/public-threats-to-return-to-war-in-yemen-hinder-efforts-to-start-peace-talks-un-envoy-says/articleshow/102803527.cms2023-08-17T16:23:48+05:30 <img border="0" hspace="10" align="left" style="margin-top:3px;margin-right:5px;" src="http://jeetbetwin.com/photo/102803079.cms" />Iran's foreign minister traveled to Saudi Arabia on Thursday, marking the first trip to the kingdom by Tehran's top diplomat in years after the two nations reached a detente with Chinese mediation.http://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/irans-foreign-minister-visits-saudi-arabia-on-first-such-trip-in-years-as-tensions-ease/articleshow/102803079.cmshttp://jeetbetwin.com/world/middle-east/irans-foreign-minister-visits-saudi-arabia-on-first-such-trip-in-years-as-tensions-ease/articleshow/102803079.cms2023-08-17T16:12:52+05:30