Yolande Knell

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Yolande Knell |Rushdi Abualouf

Hamas is said to have rejected an Israeli proposal for a six-week ceasefire in Gaza which called for the armed group to give up its weapons. A senior Palestinian official familiar with the talks said the plan gave no commitment to end the war or for an Israeli troop pull-out - key Hamas demands - in exchange for releasing half of the living hostages which it holds. It comes as Israel continues its military offensive in Gaza.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Yolande Knell

A Palestinian man jailed by Israel for an attack when he was 13 has been released after nearly a decade in prison. Ahmed Manasra, who is now 23, became a symbol of a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence that began in 2015. Surveillance footage showed him and his 15-year-old cousin, Hassan, brandishing large kitchen knives in a Jewish settlement in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem. Hassan wounded a 13-year-old Israeli boy and an Israeli man before he was shot dead by police.

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Yolande Knell

Yolande Knell - Middle East correspondentWed, April 9, 2025 at 7:47 PM UTC14 min read"This week is Passover - the festival of freedom," Liri Albag, an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza for 15 months by Hamas, told a crowd of thousands gathered in Tel Aviv last weekend.

3 weeks ago | terra.com.br | Rachel Hagan |Yolande Knell

Grandes ataques aéreos israelenses foram registrados na Faixa de Gaza, ao mesmo tempo em que o ministro da Defesa de Israel anunciou a expansão da ofensiva com o objetivo de tomar grandes áreas do território palestino — incorporando-as ao que ele descreveu como "zonas de segurança". Israel Katz disse que a operação ampliada visa "destruir e limpar a área de terroristas e infraestrutura terrorista" e exigiria uma evacuação em grande escala dos palestinos.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Yolande Knell |Jacob Evans

One month since Israel closed all crossings to Gaza for goods, all UN-supported bakeries have closed, markets are empty of most fresh vegetables and hospitals are rationing painkillers and antibiotics. It is the longest blockade yet of Israel's nearly 18-month-long war against Hamas. This week, during the normally festive Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, many Gazans say they have gone hungry.