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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The ceasefire in Gaza appears to be over. And while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sought to blame Hamas for the resumption of fighting that killed more than 400 Palestinians on March 18, 2025 – “only the beginning,” Netanyahu warned – the truth is the seeds of the renewed violence are to be found in Israeli domestic politics. Ever since the first phase of the ceasefire came into effect in January, Israeli politics experts – myself included – have flagged a likely insurmountable problem. And that is the execution of the plan’s second phase –…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel has launched a fresh wave of airstrikes in Gaza on the second day of its resumed offensive in the devastated Palestinian territory.The attacks were far less intensive than the massive strikes early on Tuesday morning, which killed more than 400 people and shattered the relative calm since a 19 January ceasefire paused the 18-month war.Three people died in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Sabra suburb in Gaza City, while another left two dead and wounded six others in the northern town of Beit Hanoun, Gaza health officials said.Mahmud Bassal, a spokesperson for…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) withdrew its participation from the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism, according to a spokesperson, joining the ranks of attendees who have pulled out over some of the guests and speakers invited by the Israeli government.“In light of some of the recently announced participants at the Israeli government’s antisemitism conference, [ADL CEO] Jonathan [Greenblatt] decided last week that he would no longer be attending the event, and he notified the Israeli government about the decision after the weekend,” the spokesperson said.The March 26-27 conference was intended to gather experts, government officials, civil…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed At least 13 people have reportedly been killed in air strikes across Gaza overnight, after Israel said it was resuming combat operations in the Palestinian territory.Two civilians were killed and five others injured when an Israeli drone hit a tent near the al-Mawasi humanitarian zone, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reports, citing Red Crescent medics.Israel’s army said it had targeted what it called a Hamas military site from where the group was preparing to fire into Israel. Vessels controlled by Hamas were also hit, the army said.It comes after Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said fighting…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed David Lammy has said he “could have been clearer” in his comments about Israel blocking aid to Gaza and if the action broke international law.Answering questions in the Commons on Monday, Lammy twice stated Israel’s 16-day blockade preventing humanitarian supplies into Gaza was a “breach” of international law.This led to the prime minister’s official spokesperson reconfirming that the government’s position is Israel was “at risk” of breaching humanitarian law.Lammy told Bloomberg it was a “matter for the court” to decide if international law had been broken.Asked if he regretted his statement, Lammy said it was “difficult…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The Israeli security cabinet convened an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss a culmination of alerts over the past few weeks that indicate that Hamas has been making preparations for another invasion into Israeli territory, N12 reported.Separately, Defense Minister Israel Katz reiterated these concerns in a meeting with the Otef Israel Forum, a group primarily composed of residents from the Gaza border region, on Tuesday morning, “There are constant preparations being made by Hamas for an invasion [into Israel], similar to October 7,” Katz said in the meeting. “We must strike them and completely finish the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Abu Hamza, the spokesman for the terror group Palestinian Islamic Jihad, was killed in an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, the terror group confirmed in a Telegram message on Tuesday.Sources within the terror group also told Reuters that Hamza had been killed in the strike. Earlier, the Saudi news outlet Al Hadath reported that Hamza and his family were killed in their home in Nuseirat. Operation Strength and SwordPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he instructed the military to take “strong action” against Hamas in Gaza in response to the group’s refusal to release hostages and…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Egypt has presented a new proposal for the resumption of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, according to the Qatari Al-Araby Al-Jadeed.In the past few hours, the report said, Egypt is attempting to bridge differences and find a middle ground between two contradicting deals on the table. The first, which Hamas has agreed to, involves the release of American-Israeli IDF soldier Edan Alexander and the bodies of other American-Israelis five prisoners; the second was put forward by US Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, which included the release of half of the…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The wave of deadly airstrikes that shattered the pause in hostilities in Gaza is “only the beginning”, Benjamin Netanyahu has warned, also promising that the new offensive would continue until Israel achieved all of its war aims – destroying Hamas and freeing all hostages held by the militant group.Any further ceasefire negotiations would take place “under fire”, the Israeli prime minister said in a televised address on Tuesday night, his first after Israel launched attacks that killed more than 400 people in the devastated Palestinian territory, in the bloodiest single day of violence since the first…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed It’s not just the Israeli government that is jumping the gun; Israeli citizens are also expressing premature enthusiasmBeing overly eager to make peace with an enemy is foolhardy — and is often costly. Israel demonstrated this, once again, when it offered all the concessions before last week’s meeting with Lebanese, American, and French representatives.The sides agreed to form three working groups to discuss border security, the current IDF deployment at five bases in Lebanon, and settle longstanding border disputes. Despite what was widely reported, Lebanese officials denied that normalizing relations with Israel was on the agenda.David Mencer,…