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NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The document was signed by Head of Israel’s National AI Directorate Erez Eskel and Azerbaijan’s Minister of Digital Development and Transport Rashad Nabiyev. The agreement covers cooperation in supercomputing infrastructure, the application of AI in key civilian sectors, joint research initiatives, and the development of human capital. According to the Israeli side, the memorandum strengthens the strategic partnership between the two countries and opens new opportunities for technological leadership. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emphasized the significance of the agreement, noting that artificial intelligence is already a tool of the present, not the future. “We must ensure…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Many hoped the reopening of the Rafah Crossing between Egypt and Gaza would bring relief to the war-battered territory, but for the first few Palestinians allowed to cross, it allegedly proved more harrowing than a homecoming. Three women who entered Gaza on the first day of the reopening told The Associated Press on Tuesday that Israeli troops blindfolded and handcuffed them, then interrogated and threatened them, holding them for several hours and inflicting what they said was humiliating treatment until they were released. The three were among 12 Palestinians — mostly women, children, and the elderly…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A small number of Palestinians from Gaza have started crossing into Egypt for medical treatment after Israel allowed a limited reopening of the Rafah border crossing. It had been largely closed since Israeli troops seized it in May 2024, cutting off a critical lifeline for those in Gaza. About 20,000 Palestinians needing medical care hope to leave Gaza using the crossing, but only a handful have been allowed through so far. The reopening of Rafah is seen as a key step in the US-brokered ceasefire agreement as it moves into its second phase. Lucy Hough speaks…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Only 12 of the 42 Palestinians who sought to return to the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Crossing Monday were allowed to enter, according a Tuesday report, which said 30 were blocked and were returned to Egypt. Monday was the first day of a limited reopening of the Rafah Crossing, a move hailed by Palestinians and international organizations as a milestone in the Gaza ceasefire. But the number of people who actually crossed the border was significantly lower than the number permitted, which was set at 50 per day into the Strip and up to…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed US envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to arrive in Israel on Tuesday for meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir, according to two senior Israeli officials. The discussions will likely concern Iran, after Zamir was in Washington DC over the weekend for a series of discussions with American defense officials regarding the Islamic Republic. Following his visit to Israel, Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi plan to meet on Friday in Istanbul to discuss a possible nuclear deal and other issues, a US official said on…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed On Monday, 20 January / 2 February 2026, His Beatitude our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, Theophilos III, received His Eminence Metropolitan Kirill of Kazan of the Moscow Patriarchate, who was leading a group of priests, monks, and pilgrims. His Beatitude received the delegation with warmth and recalled his visit in previous years to the Metropolis of His Eminence Metropolitan Kyril. He also spoke of the multifaceted spiritual work carried out by the Patriarchate, in the light of the recently initiated and fragile agreement of peace. His Beatitude likewise received His Eminence the Metropolitan of Veria,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed French authorities have issued warrants for two Franco-Israeli nationals for “complicity in genocide,” over allegations that they tried to stop humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, a legal source said Monday. According to a lawyer for the NGOs that made a legal complaint last year, it is the first time a country has considered the blocking of aid as potential “complicity in genocide.” The warrants were issued in July last year for Nili Kupfer-Naouri of the Israel is Forever group and Rachel Touitou of the Tsav 9 group, whose activists attempted to block aid convoys to Gaza,…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed A French investigating judge has issued summonses for questioning against two Israeli women with French citizenship on suspicion of involvement in obstructing the transfer of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip during the war between Israel and Hamas. This was reported by the French newspaper Le Monde. According to the report, the investigation concerns suspected complicity in genocide and incitement to genocide. One of the suspects is attorney Nili Kupfer-Naouri, founder and chairwoman of the organization ‘Israel Forever,’ who revealed in a filmed interview that an arrest warrant had been issued against her. The second suspect…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed The sole border point with Egypt is a lifeline to the world – including for thousands of severely ill or injured Palestinians who require medical treatment outside the enclave, where last October’s fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues to hold. The development comes, however, following reports of violence over the weekend, with the UN voicing concern over the killing of civilians and Israeli airstrikes.  ‘Competing dynamics’ “As we have seen so many times throughout this conflict, we’re seeing really competing dynamics here: on the one hand, positive progress when it comes to the re-opening of Rafah, and yet over the past 24 hours, 30 Palestinians were killed in airstrikes during a ceasefire,” Sam Rose, Acting Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza, told the BBC…

NepalIsrael.com auto goggle feed Israel’s ban on Doctors Without Borders’ humanitarian operation in Gaza spells deeper catastrophe for Gazans, the head of the medical charity told AFP on Monday. Israel announced on Sunday that it was terminating all the activities in Gaza and the West Bank of the organization, known by its French acronym MSF, after it failed to provide a list of its Palestinian staff. MSF slammed the move, which takes effect on March 1, as a “pretext” to obstruct aid. “This is a decision that was made by the Israeli government to restrict humanitarian assistance into Gaza and…