Tag - israel-hamas-war

 
Menu
Search
 
November 22, 2024
 

Today's print edition

Home Delivery
Subscribe for more access

ISRAEL HAMAS WAR

A student holds up a mock missile during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians at the campus of Sanaa University on Aug. 21.
WORLD
Sep 15, 2024
Houthi missile reaches central Israel for first time; no injuries reported
The Houthis have fired missiles and drones at Israel repeatedly in what they say is solidarity with the Palestinians, since the Gaza war began.
Palestinians search for survivors of an Israeli strike in the Shejaiya suburb east of Gaza City on Thursday. A report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development described the economy of the Gaza Strip as being "in ruins" more than 11 months after the start of the Israel-Hamas war.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 13, 2024
Gaza economy shrinks to less than a sixth of its pre-war size, U.N. says
A document from the U.N.'s trade agency also describes "a rapid and alarming economic decline" in the occupied West Bank.
Israeli soldiers near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. With about 170,000 active personnel, Israel’s army is large by global standards, relative to its population of 10 million. But it’s still too small to cope with today’s threats.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 12, 2024
Israel needs more soldiers as reservists tire of constant war
That Israel is fighting a protracted war on numerous fronts almost a year after Hamas' deadly rampage on Oct. 7 last year is exacerbating its troop shortage.
A person holds an image of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was shot dead by Israeli forces, as Palestinians march to honor her in Nablus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Death prompts U.S. to demand overhaul of Israeli conduct in West Bank
Israel's military said the American protester's death was unintentional, and it voiced deep regret.
A Palestinian girl walks near a puddle of wastewater and piles of garbage and debris amid the spread of skin infections in the northern Gaza Strip on Aug. 5.
WORLD
Sep 11, 2024
Sickness a 'death sentence' in Gaza with a health care system in ruins
"We have no medical system," a general practitioner with the Palestine Red Crescent Society in Gaza said.
Palestinians look at the destruction following Israeli airstrikes in the humanitarian zone known as Mawasi, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2024
Israel offers Hamas leader safe exit from Gaza in a bid to end the war
A senior Israeli official said he put the offer of safe passage on the table for Hamas a day and a half ago but declined to characterize the response so far.
A displaced women stands in front of her tent, which was damaged by an Israeli strike, in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 10, 2024
Dozens killed and wounded as Israeli conducts strike on Gaza tent camp
At least 65 people had been killed or wounded, the enclave's civil emergency service said, as Israel's military said it had targeted a Hamas command center.
The Knesset, Israel's parliament, on a day of demonstrations and a parliament vote on a contested bill that limits Supreme Court powers to void some government decisions, in Jerusalem on July 24, 2023
WORLD / Politics
Sep 10, 2024
Israel's ultra-Orthodox parties help approve more funding for war
The vote to add 3.4 billion shekels ($906 million) to the 2024 budget passed by a 58-52 margin, according to the Finance Ministry.
A Palestinian student walks between piles of rubble after attending a class in a tent in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Sept. 4.
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2024
Fear of 'lost generation' as Gaza school year begins with classes shut
The Palestinian Education Ministry said all Gaza schools were shut, and 90% of them had been destroyed or damaged in Israel's assault on the territory.
A girl watches the setting sun over Doha, Qatar’s capital, on July 10. Qatar has used its influence with Hamas to press for a truce with Israel.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2024
The road to a Gaza cease-fire runs through Qatar
Throughout the war, Qatar has tried to present itself as an international interlocutor capable of narrowing the gaps between the warring parties.
A Palestinian girl is vaccinated against polio in Khan Younis on Thursday.
WORLD
Sep 8, 2024
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as U.N. pursues vaccinations
Airstrikes on two former schools that were housing displaced people, one in Gaza City and one in Jabalia, killed at least 12 people, Palestinian medics said.
People take part in a demonstration against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2024
Gaza war in its 12th month with truce hopes slim
According to the United Nations human rights office, most of the dead are women and children.
Medics rush a U.S. citizen who received a gunshot wound to the head to the emergency ward of a hospital in Nablus, in the occupied West Bank, on Friday.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2024
Israeli troops shoot Turkish American woman dead at West Bank protest
The White House said it was deeply disturbed by the death of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi and called on Israel to investigate.
A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday.
WORLD
Sep 5, 2024
Polio vaccines give Gaza families an all-too-brief respite from war
One Gazan mother wondered what good the polio vaccination campaign could do when her children would soon face more air strikes and shelling.
Yahya Sinwar, head of the political wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, speaks during a meeting in Gaza City on April 30, 2022.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2024
U.S. unseals 'terrorism' charges against Hamas leaders
Six leaders of Hamas are accused of "conspiracy to provide material support for acts of terrorism resulting in death" along with six other counts.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant during a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 28, 2023
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2024
Israel's Netanyahu and Gallant are locked in a divided government
Arguments have repeatedly broken out between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over the Gaza war.
The Panama-flagged oil tanker Blue Lagoon I transits the Bosphorus in Istanbul on June 14.
WORLD
Sep 3, 2024
U.S. military says Houthis attacked two crude oil tankers in Red Sea
The Houthis first launched aerial drone and missile strikes on the waterway in November, in solidarity with Palestinians under assault in Israel's war on Gaza.
A man raises his arms in front of burning wooden pallets on Sunday as protesters block Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway during an antigovernment rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian militants in Gaza since October.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2024
Hostage deaths prompt angry Israelis to push Netanyahu’s red lines
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis protested to demand a truce with Hamas.
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrives to attend a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street in London on Aug. 6. Lammy said the decision to suspend the licenses did not amount to a blanket ban or an arms embargo, but only involved those that could be used in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2024
U.K. suspends 30 of its 350 arms export licenses to Israel
The suspension is due to the risk such equipment might be used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law, its foreign minister David Lammy says.
Israelis demand hostages be released and protest against the government during a demonstration in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 2, 2024
Protests grip Israel after six hostages are killed in Gaza
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces growing calls to end nearly 11 months of war with a deal for a cease-fire and the release of the remaining hostages.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

SUSTAINABLE JAPAN

Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’
Azabudai Hills, Tokyo’s green new downtown ‘village’

SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS note

Read more

SUPPLEMENTS BINDER