175 activists arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza flotilla seizure
Liza Rozovsky, Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz, April 30, 2026
Israeli forces intercept, board and threaten Global Sumud Flotilla in international waters
Greenpeace, April 30, 2026
Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla near Crete and detains 175 activists
David Gritten, BBC, April 30, 2026
Hormuz disruption deepens energy shock through vulnerable regions
UN News, April 30, 2026
Israeli Forces Seize Over 20 Gaza-bound Vessels Near Greece, Flotilla Organizers Say
Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz, April 30, 2026
Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei says Gulf, Strait of Hormuz taking new shape
Al Arabiya, April 30, 2026
Over two dozen global news organisations call on Israel to allow Gaza access
L’Orient Today, April 30, 2026
Israel intercepts and detains crews of Gaza aid flotilla near Crete
Lorenzo Tondo, Caitlin Cassidy, The Guardian, April 30, 2026
US seeks help to reopen Strait of Hormuz as crude prices surge
China Global TN, April 30, 2026
Oil Hits Wartime High Above $120 a Barrel as Standoff Shows No End in Sight
Gregory Schmidt, The New York Times, April 30, 2026
‘Change your course’: IDF intercepts Gaza flotilla far from Israel
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, April 29, 2026
Navy begins intercepting Gaza flotilla hundreds of miles from the Strip
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, April 30, 2026
Pentagon Iran war cost estimates may exclude billions added from damaged US assets – CNN
Danya Saperstein, The Jerusalem Post, April 30, 2026
Israel prepares to stop 100-boat Gaza flotilla before it reaches shore
Itamar Eichner, YNet News, April 29, 2026
European airlines face biggest crisis since COVID as Iran war drives up fuel costs
Joanna Plucinska, Alessandro Parodi, The Times of Israel, April 29, 2026
Pentagon Puts Iran War Cost at $25 Billion as Hegseth Berates Skeptics
Robert Jimison, The New York Times, April 29, 2026
Israel owes billions to domestic defense firms
Yuval Azoulay, YNet News, April 29, 2026
Israel Pushes Return of West Bank Settlement Vacated in 2005 Disengagement
Matan Golan, Haaretz, April 29, 2026
A New Library in Gaza Rises From the Ashes of Destruction
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, April 29, 2026
Rats, Fleas and Endless Queues: Inside the Daily Misery of Gaza’s Tent Camps
Amira Hass, Haaretz, April 28, 2026
Lebanese industrialists say they are strangled by war, costs, and declining Gulf exports
L’Orient Today, April 28, 2026
Haredi anti-draft rioters break into Military Police chief’s home with family inside; 25 arrested
Sam Sokol, Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, April 28, 2026
Aboul Gheit: Israeli occupation is the root cause of instability in the Middle East
Aboul Gheit, Egypt Today, April 28, 2026
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Gaza ceasefire is ‘increasingly fragile’, UN warns
UN News, April 28, 2026
The U.S. Started the War. The Rest of the World Is Feeling the Effects.
Patricia Cohen, Ben Casselman, The New York Times, April 27, 2026
‘Stain on the entire army’: IDF chief condemns soldiers’ looting in Lebanon after Haaretz report
Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz, April 27, 2026
Probe Shows How IDF Failed to Reach Gaza Border Kibbutz in October 7 Attack
Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz, April 27, 2026
PA leader Abbas’s loyalists win local elections, including in Gaza’s Deir al‑Balah
Agencies, Nurit Yohanan, The Times of Israel, April 27, 2026
‘People Have the Right to Be Buried’: In Gaza, Thousands of Palestinians Remain Trapped Under Rubble
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, April 27, 2026
Israel’s wars are changing sleep, diet, and exercise in alarming ways – study
Judith Siegel-Itzkovitch, The Jerusalem Post, April 26, 2026
Inside the vortex: Why Israel keeps getting dragged into the Lebanese mud
Jonathan Spyer, The Jerusalem Post, April 24, 2026
Israeli fire kills 10 in Gaza, medics say
Al Arabiya, April 24, 2026
‘Zionism Led to Genocide. It Must Disappear’: Omer Bartov’s New Book Explores Where, Exactly, Israel Went Wrong
Etan Nechin, Haaretz, April 24, 2026
Hoarding Is Driving Energy Prices Higher Everywhere
Peter S. Goodman, The New York Times, April 22, 2026
Another body recovered from the rubble of buildings destroyed by Israel in strikes on Sour minutes before cease-fire
L’Orient Today, April 22, 2026
The West Bank is expanding, but at what cost?
Oded Shalom, YNet News, April 20, 2026
‘Swimming Against the Tide, but Swimming’: More Israelis and Palestinians Now Choose to Grieve Together
Linda Dayan, Haaretz, April 20, 2026
‘Killing the Palestinian state idea’: Evacuated West Bank settlement Sa-Nur reestablished
Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, April 19, 2026
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson calls out EU on international law violation claims
Tzvi Jasper, The Jerusalem Post, April 19, 2026
Post-October 7 reality proves — Israel is not the Middle East’s Sparta
Dr Michael Milshtein, YNet News, April 19, 2026
Despite cease-fire, Israel continues strikes and destruction in south Lebanon
L’Orient Today, April 18, 2026
UNICEF ‘outraged’ by killing of Gaza water truck drivers, urges investigation
UN News, April 18, 2026
Saudi Arabia condemns attack on UNIFIL in Lebanon
Al Arabiya, April 18, 2026
UN chief strongly condemns killing of another peacekeeper in southern Lebanon
UN News, April 18, 2026
Pope says he regrets his remarks interpreted as a debate with Trump
Al Arabiya, April 18, 2026
IDF expects Hamas to enter disarmament process soon
Yonah Jeremy Bob, The Jerusalem Post, April 17, 2026
‘I Felt I Was a Monster’: IDF Soldiers Talk About the ‘Moral Injury’ – and the Silence
Tom Levinson, Haaretz, April 17, 2026
More than 38,000 women, girls killed in Gaza by end of 2025: UN
Al Arabiya, April 17, 2026
Mourning, pride, destruction: Images from 1st day of cease-fire in Lebanon
L’Orient Today, April 17, 2026
Trump and the first American Pope
Abdullah Elrebh, Al Arabiya, April 17, 2026
In the West Bank, Israeli settlers who commit crimes enjoy total impunity
Isabelle Mandraud, Le Monde, April 17, 2026
Public Condemnation of Settler Violence Hasn’t Changed Anything on the Ground
Rabbi Arik Ascherman: What I Wish for the Settler Who Attacked Me With a Knife [October 30, 2015]
Israel in Gaza: Violence and Injustice Are Not Jewish Values [September 12, 2014]
Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Haaretz, April 16, 2026
Lyse Doucet in Iran: Destruction shows huge civilian cost of the war
Lyse Doucet, BBC, April 16, 2026
These wars will not bring true victory
Jonathan Dekel-Chen, The Times of Israel, April 16, 2026
Middle East conflict chokes end of supply chain as lights go out in the Pacific
Edouard de Bray, UN News, April 15, 2026
‘Diseases Are Everywhere’: Gaza’s ‘Catastrophic’ Healthcare Crisis Is Worsenin
Nagham Zbeedat, Haaretz, April 14, 2026
As Iran War Dragged On, Israel Downed Fewer Missiles – and Cluster Missiles Wreaked Havoc
Bar Peleg, Avi Scharf, Oded Yaron, Yair Foldes, Haaretz, April 14, 2026
‘Pope says he will continue to speak out against war after Trump attack
Joshua McElwee, Reuters, April 13, 2026
I do not fear Trump, says Pope Leo after US president calls him ‘weak’
Angela Giuffrida, The Guardian, April 13, 2026
‘Clock is ticking’: Hormuz disruption raises fears of global food crisis
Vibhu Mishra, UN News, April 13, 2026
Everything is gone’: Israel destroys entire villages in Lebanon
William Christou, Abbas Abdel Karim, The Guardian, April 12, 2026
Gaza flotilla backed by Greenpeace falters on departure date due to storm
Michael Starr, The Jerusalem Post, April 12, 2026
Why Israelis Are Finding Little Reprieve From the Iran Cease-fire
Linda Dayan, Haaretz, April 12, 2026
Be’eri begins demolishing homes destroyed on October 7, choosing life over ruins
The Times of Israel, April 12, 2026
The Iran War Cost Israeli Airlines Millions. Summertime Flyers Will Pick Up the Tab
Yifat Reuven, Daniel Schmil, Haaretz, April 12, 2026
Police arrest 19 in ultra-Orthodox protests against IDF draft across Israel
The Jerusalem Post, April 12, 2026
Pope says ‘enough of war’ and decries ‘delusion of omnipotence’ at peace vigil
Edward Helmore, the Guardian, April 11, 2026
War on Lebanon: Latest toll stands at 2,020 killed and 6,436 injured
L’Orient Today, April 11, 2026
‘We Can Have Peace’: Anti-war Protests Across Israel Amid Iran Cease-fire
Linda Dayan, Bar Peleg, Haaretz, April 11, 2026
‘All those I loved are gone’: Emotional funerals in Saida for 13 members of the Security Forces killed by Israel
L’Orient Today, April 11, 2026
Lebanon says war death toll from Israeli strikes passes 2,000
Al Arabiya, April 11, 2026
‘Endless war’: inside an Israeli kibbutz near Lebanon’s volatile border
Dan Sabbagh, The Guardian, April 11, 2026
Americans weigh in on the Iran war, gas prices, their fears
The Jerusalem Post, April 11, 2026
‘God does not bless any conflict’: pope issues new rebuke over Iran war
Marina Dunbar, The Guardian, April 10, 2026
Organizer of Tel Aviv protest claims 10,000 people at rally, 10x the cap set by Supreme Court
Noam Lehmann, The Times of Israel, April 10, 2026
Fear and uncertainty grow in Lebanon as conflict grinds on
UN News, April 10, 2026
The five big sticking points in US-Iran talks
Paul Adams, BBC, April 10, 2026
Lebanon airstrike casualties ‘still under the rubble’ as ambulances, hospitals face new threats
Dominika Tomaszewska-Mortimer, UN News, April 10, 2026
UN condemns massive strikes in Lebanon, as concerns grow over ceasefire
UN News, April 9, 2026
Is the War Really Over? Not for the Israeli and Global Economies
David Rosenberg, Haaretz, April 9, 2026
Lebanon: Health system overwhelmed following a ‘horrific’ day of Israeli strikes
UN News, April 9, 2026
War cost against Iran and Hezbollah set to reach 65 billion shekels
Gad Lior, YNet News, April 8, 2026
Hundreds feared dead in Lebanon strikes
UN News, April 8, 2026
Hours Before News of Cease-Fire, Pope Leo XIV Issues Strong Rebuke of Trump
Ephrat Livni, The New York Times, April 7, 2026
Israel’s New Death Penalty Law Is a Warning
Talia Sasson, The New York Times, April 7, 2026
Foreign airlines extend Israel flight cancellations as Aegean suspends routes until June 26
Reuters, Iris Lifshitz-Klieger, YNet News, April 6, 2026
Iranian Missile Attack Hits Tel Aviv Area: 5 Wounded, Medics Say; at Least 20 Impact Sites Reported
Haaretz, April 6, 2026
Education minister says wartime school limitations will likely be extended
2.5 million children stuck at home for five weeks since the outbreak of hostilities
Rossella Tercatin, The Times of Israel, April 6, 2026
About 40 villages in south Lebanon ordered to evacuate as Israel kills more paramedics
L’Orient Today, April 6, 2026
Gaza hospital says clashes, Israeli strikes kill 10
L’Orient Today, April 6, 2026
Israel Steps Up Attacks on Lebanon, Killing Dozens
Amelia Nierenberg, Sarah Chaayto, The New York Times, April 6, 2026
Israel launches more deadly strikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs
Al Arabiya, April 6, 2026
Red Cross chief condemns ‘deliberate threats’ against civilians in Mideast war
Al Arabiya, April 6, 2026
The War Is Turning Iran Into a Major World Power
Robert A. Pape, The New York Times, April 6, 2026
‘We’re sinking deeper’: Iranians brace for infrastructure strikes as Trump deadline nears
Ghoncheh Habibiazad, BBC, April 6, 2026
A 12-hour drive through Iran offers glimpses of destruction, defiance and daily life
Bassem Mroue, The Times of Israel, April 6, 2026
Iran has ‘formulated response’ to Pakistani plan for end to hostilities with US
Reuters, L’Orient Today, April 6, 2026
Europe’s conduct in Iran conflict raises questions over NATO’s future
Eitan Lasri, The Jerusalem Post, April 6, 2026
‘Total loss’: Drone factory in Petah Tikva hit by Iranian missile
YNet News, April 5, 2026
Iran parliament speaker warns Trump ‘whole region going to burn’
Al Arabiya, April 5, 2026
Fears grow for 4 missing after Iran missile tears into Haifa home
YNet News, April 5, 2026
IDF unsure how many ballistic missiles accessable to Iran as 10 injured, four missing in Haifa
The Jerusalem Post, April 5, 2026
War overshadows Easter in silent Old City of Jerusalem
Maayan Hoffman, YNet News, April 5, 2026
Iran internet blackout is longest nationwide shutdown on record: Netblocks
Al Arabiya, April 5, 2026
A strategy ‘to make life intolerable’: Israeli settlers are driving Christians out of West Bank
Julian Borger, The Guardian, April 5, 2026
Iranian drone attack on US embassy in Riyadh more destructive than initially revealed – report
Shoshana Baker, The Jerusalem Post, April 4, 2026
5 Wounded After Iran Fires Missiles at Tel Aviv Area; Cluster Munition Hits Near Kirya Defense Ministry HQ ‘A Truly Enormous Explosion‘
Josh Breiner, Ido Efrati, Haaretz, April 4, 2026
Iran said restoring bombed missile bunkers within hours after being struck
The Times of Israel, April 4, 2026
Israeli Settlers Killed a Palestinian Farmer on His Own Land, in Front of His Father. Yes, Again
Gideon Levy, Alex Levac, The New York Times, April 3, 2026
At War With Iran Again, Some Israelis Fear Conflict Is Becoming Routine
Isabel Kershner, The New York Times, April 3, 2026
The Wars in Ukraine and Iran Are Stressing the West to the Brink
Joshua Leifer, Haaretz, April 3, 2026
Israel shifts strategy in Hezbollah fight as army drops disarmament goal
Elisha Ben Kimon, YNet News, April 3, 2026
US-Israel-Iran tensions escalate as regional strikes and humanitarian crisis deepen
China Global TN, April 3, 2026
What We Know About the U.S. Jets That Crashed in the Mideast
Neil Vigdor, The New York Times, April 3, 2026
US fighter jet shot down over Iran, one pilot rescued, source confirms to ‘Post’
Amichai Stein, Goldie Katz, The Jerusalem Post, April 3, 2026
US threats to ‘bomb’ Iran back fuel fear
Jan Yumul, Cui Haipei, China Daily, April 3, 2026
Israeli drone manufacturer reports ‘significant’ damage to central Israel facility after missile strike
Haaretz, April 3, 2026
At least 23 more people killed in Israeli attacks in Lebanon over past 24 hours
L’Orient Today, April 3, 2026
UN force says three peacekeepers wounded in blast inside south Lebanon position
Al Arabiya, April 3, 2026
Trump Struck Iran. Now Farmers Are Paying the Price.
Bethlehem Feleke, Mark Boyer, The New York Times, April 3, 2026
Hamas invited to resume indirect talks with Israel in Cairo over coming days
Egypt Today, April 3, 2026
Guterres warns of ‘wider war’ as Middle East conflict enters second month
UN News, April 2, 2026
Civilian impact deepens as UN chief says ‘we must find a peaceful way out’ before region is engulfed by war
UN News, April 2, 2026
Iran’s two largest steel plants shut down due to air strikes, companies say
Tom Bennett, BBC, April 2, 2026
Jordan condemns Israeli violations in West Bank at Arab League emergency meeting
The Jordan Times, April 2, 2026
IDF Chief’s Response to CNN Attack Aims to Silence Criticism and Advance the Judaization of the West Bank
Amira Hass, Haaretz, April 1, 2026
Trump says he is ‘absolutely’ considering withdrawing US from Nato
Julian Borger, The Guardian, April 1, 2026
Trump says US may exit Iran war soon and threatens to quit NATO, as oil crisis escalates
Al Arabiya, April 1, 2026
Six-story building collapses in Tel Aviv; one injured, four apartments damaged
Maya Cohen, Lihi Gordon, YNet News, April 1, 2026
Iran, Hezbollah launch attacks as Israelis host Passover Seders, sending millions to shelters
Emanuel Fabian, The Times of Israel, April 1, 2026
Why Did Foucault See the Iranian Revolution as Such a Pivotal Event?
Gal Hertz, Haaretz, April 1, 2026
Middle East war: Energy crunch hits vulnerable nations
Daniel Johnson, UN News, April 1, 2026
UK will not be drawn into war, will free energy bills from Russian, Iranian control, PM says – ‘This is not our war’
The Jerusalem Post, April 1, 2026
Israel’s Military Is Stretched to Breaking Point and Faces a Familiar Deadly Stalemate in Lebanon
Amos Harel, Haaretz, April 1, 2026
On Passover, former Gaza hostages say freedom ‘takes on a different meaning’ – interview
Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem Post, April 1, 2026
US gas price tops $4 for first time since 2022
Shanaz Musafer, Natalie Sherman, BBC, April 1, 2026
UN warns of rising evictions and settler violence in Occupied Palestinian Territory
UN News, April 1, 2026
‘When sirens sound, it feels like a heart attack’: anxiety cases surge amid war
Or Hadar, YNet News, March 31, 2026
UN condemns killing of two more peacekeepers in Lebanon
UN News, March 30, 2026
As the World Focuses on Iran, Lebanon Is Being Forgotten, Again
Jack Khoury, Haaretz, March 30, 2026
The image from Gaza that still haunts me: Palestine relief agency chief
Daniel Johnson, UN News, March 30, 2026
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