Middle East Experience

According to sources familiar with the details, Hezbollah has shown flexibility in several key issues in recent weeks.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'Positive signals': Progress in Lebanon talks as Hezbollah considers withdrawal

Singing together in harmony, hundreds of religious Jews gather in a Tel Aviv square to listen to the devastated families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza for 13 months.The paved area, now known as "Hostage Square", welcomes the families of the captives -- most taken from secular kibbutzim -- for emotional gatherings every Saturday evening where they issue a rallying cry for their loved ones' freedom: "A deal now!"On Tuesdays, religious Jews attend to provide solace to the families.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Religious Jews comfort hostages' families in Tel Aviv

In the crowded Qalandia refugee camp, UNRWA's training centre is an island of calm where young people from the occupied West Bank master trades, but a recent Israeli ban on all cooperation with the UN agency has left the centre in limbo.On the spacious campus a stone's throw from the wall separating the West Bank and Israel, plumbers in training assemble pipes, future electricians wire circuits and carpenters hammer together roof frames.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Uncertainty ahead for UN agency's students in West Bank camp

Gaza's civil defence agency said 30 people were killed on Sunday, including children, and dozens were missing after an Israeli air strike hit a building in the Palestinian territory's north.Israel's army told AFP that it had conducted overnight strikes and hit "terrorist targets" in the area.After the strike early Sunday, 30 bodies were pulled from the rubble of the five-storey residential building in Beit Lahia, "including children and women", civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP, updating a previous figure of 26.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Gaza civil defence says 30 dead after Israeli air strike

The latest indictment seeks lengthy prison sentences for the bank executives over a scheme targeting soccer stars.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: Turkey prosecutors indict bank CEO in  million Ponzi scheme

When users begin typing a message and leave the chat before sending it, WhatsApp marks the conversation with a green “Draft” label in the chat list.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: WhatsApp rolls out message drafts to save unsent messages

"I want you to hear my brother's voice," 16-year-old Ofir Angrest, who questioned joining IDF combat service while hostages remain in Gaza, pleaded.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: 'Hear my brother's voice': Shouting breaks out at Knesset over refusal to play hostage recordings

Historically speaking, southern Lebanon is in fact northern Israel, and the roots of the Jewish people in the area run deep.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Southern Lebanon is actually northern Israel

A US envoy said he was in Beirut Tuesday because he saw "a real opportunity" to end the Israel-Hezbollah war, with the Lebanese group announcing then postponing a speech by its leader shortly after.On September 23, Israel began an intensified air campaign in Lebanon before sending in ground troops, nearly a year into exchanges of fire initiated by Hezbollah in support of Palestinian ally Hamas after its October 7, 2023 attack sparked the war in Gaza.
Source: Al Monitor
Full Article: US envoy in Beirut says 'real opportunity' to end Israel-Hezbollah war

Tensions hit a high last week when a 31-year-old Kuki woman was burned alive.
Source: Jerusalem Post
Full Article: Mass violence returns to Indian state home to the Bnei Menashe