Hamas sends delegation to Turkey, Israel wants private US firms to operate Rafah crossing

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 25, 2026 Meanwhile, Israeli media reports stated some officials were “surprised” by announcements regarding the opening of the Rafah...

Israeli minister attacks Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’, calls for occupying Gaza

Middle East Monitor  /  January 25, 2026 Israeli Settlement Affairs Minister Orit Strock on Sunday denounced US President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” as...

Israel launches ‘large-scale operation’ to locate last hostage in Gaza

Natalie Melzer AP  /  January 25, 2026 NAHARIYA, Israel – Israel said Sunday its military was conducting a “large-scale operation” to locate the last hostage in...

Netanyahu rejected US invitations for Herzog to attend Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ unveiling: report

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 25, 2026 Netanyahu reportedly rejected several White House invitations asking Herzog to attend the board's unveiling, insisting that they...

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland: the strategic calculations at play

Federico Donelli The Conversation  /  January 25, 2026 Somaliland is not internationally recognised as a sovereign state, though it declared independence from Somalia in 1991. A...

Voter registration closes for West Bank municipal elections: Palestinian official

TNA Staff The New Arab  /  January 25, 2026 Voter registration closes in the West Bank ahead of April 25 municipal elections, with Palestinians set to...

‘Board of Peace’ and the illusion of peace without justice

Eko Ernada Middle East Monitor  /  January 25, 2026 The inclusion of several non-Western states, including Indonesia, in the newly formed ‘Board of Peace’ on...

The Middle East is at a tipping point as the U.S. fuels crisis across...

Mitchell Plitnick Mondoweiss  /  January 24, 2026 Long-standing crises in Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Yemen, Sudan, Iraq, and Iran are deepening as the U.S. imprint on the...

‘I wish I had the power to ease his suffering’: Gaza’s cancer patients trapped...

Lorenzo Tondo, Seham Tantesh & Sufian Taha The Guardian  /  January 24, 2026 Thousands of Palestinian cancer patients are living without treatment as they await medical...

US envoys urge Netanyahu to move into Gaza ceasefire’s second phase

Samy Magdy, Wafaa Shurafa & Melanie Lidman AP  /  January 24, 2026 CAIRO – Top U.S. envoys met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday,...