PETALING JAYA: Sharifah Faraha Syed Husin, one of two people suspected of supplying firearms to an Israeli man, did not receive proper medical treatment during her detention at the Kajang women’s prison, her lawyer alleges.
DOHA: A deal to allow the delivery of medicines to hostages in Gaza and aid into the territory has been agreed following mediation by Doha and Paris, Qatar and Israel announced yesterday.
GAZA CITY: Israel yesterday said the “intensive” phase of its war on Hamas in devastated southern Gaza would end “soon” as the UN chief pleaded for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire”.
JERUSALEM: An Israeli-French hostage freed by Hamas said in an interview broadcast yesterday that she feared rape while being held captive in the family home of her kidnapper in the Gaza Strip.
JERUSALEM: The Israeli military on Wednesday said it had uncovered a major Hamas command center in the heart of Gaza City, inflicting what it described as a serious blow to the Islamic militant group as pressure grows on Israel to scale back its devastating military offensive in the coastal enclave.
GAZA STRIP: Israeli troops mistakenly shot three hostages to death Friday in a battle-torn neighborhood of Gaza City, and an Israeli strike killed a Palestinian journalist in the south of the besieged territory, underscoring the ferocity of Israel’s ongoing onslaught.