Month: January 2024

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told his ministers to ‘share in the burden’ of sweeping budget cuts. His cabinet is meeting for a second day to discuss amendments to this year’s budget. Netanyahu wants to increase military spending to help finance the war on Gaza. The conflict could cost Israel 24 billion dollars this…

Khan Younis is once again the target of relentless Israeli artillery shelling. The city and its surrounding areas have been repeatedly struck. Nearly 24,000 Palestinians have now been killed since Israel’s war began. More than 10,000 of those are children. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud has the latest updates from Rafah in southern Gaza. Subscribe to…

Ecuador’s police and military have taken back control of the country’s dangerous prisons. Dozens of staff held hostage by inmates have now been released. Al Jazeera’s Alessandro Rampietti reports from Guayaquil, Ecuador. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram…

The US state of Iowa will formally kick off the national contest to choose the Republican presidential candidate on Monday. Voters will need to brave sub-zero temperatures to discuss who they want to be their next President. Al Jazeera’s John Hendren reports from Iowa’s capital, Des Moines. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on…

In London, thousands of demonstrators gathered at Trafalgar Square in support of Israel. The Israeli embassy organised the event. Al Jazeera’s Paul Brennan reports from Trafalgar Square. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile…

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi called for the establishment of a Palestinian state and a ceasefire in Gaza. In a news conference with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry in Cairo, the top Chinese diplomat said “it is necessary to insist on the establishment of an independent, fully sovereign state of Palestine on the 1967 borders…

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv have held a 24-hour rally, to demand the release of captives held in Gaza. They expressed their anger at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – and his government’s handling of the crisis. Al Jazeera’s Sara Khairat reports from Tel Aviv, Israel. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find…

In Nablus, Israeli forces stormed the campus of An-Najah University where students were staging a sit-in protest. Students are saying upwards of 25 of them have been arrested. The president of the university has recently said that all communications had been cut off in and around the campus. Additionally, all the students who were there…